A fight broke out between an Arik manager and passengers at the Lagos International airport yesterday because Arik had reportedly delayed their flights to Johannesburg South Africa for 3 days without notice. Demanding an explanation, one of the enraged passengers approached the manager only for tempers to flare and a fight ensued between them. Other…
Police are investigating the death of a British airline worker whose body was foundo n a stretch of railway between Schiphol and Amsterdam on Monday, a day after going missing. Dutch police are investigating and said it appeared the Emirates cabin crew member had been hit by a train. A spokesman for the Dutch police…
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane clipped the wing of an Air France plane while taxiing to its gate at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Tuesday evening. The Air France Boeing 777 (reg. F-GSPP) flight #AF351 was parked at a gate at Terminal 3 when the PIA plane taxiing towards its gate, clipped wings with…
An Aeroflot plane skidded off runway during landing at Kaliningrad International Airport (Russia). The Airbus A321 (reg. VP-BES) flight #SU1008 from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow (Russia) was landing at Kaliningrad International at 1010 LT when it violently skidded off the runway. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft stopped in the snow. Passengers were evacuated and the airport…
Fresh doubt has been cast over the future of the Airbus A380, with 12 aircraft deliveries postponed. Six aircraft deliveries will now be postponed from 2017 to 2018 and six others from 2018 to 2019. The latest postponement is believed to be linked to technical issues Emirates is having with the new Rolls-Royce Trent 900…
Turkish Ground Service staff were trying to hit famous fashion designer Barbaros Şansal detained by Turkish Police in a flight from Cyprus to Istanbul.
El Al flight #LY7 from Tel Aviv to New York JFK is delayed 3 hours due to a cat in the cargo hold. The cat was carried by a passenger and managed to sneak out of its cage. All passengers are asked to disembark. UPDATE 1645 UTC The search has stopped and the flight is to…
On december 28, 2016, Kenya Airways Dreamliner #KQ112 suffered a pressure issue at 32,000ft, close to Mount Kenya (4,000m). The pilot decided to go quickly down to 15,000 ft with oxygen mask. Passengers panicked and the cabin crew was not really trained to face the situation. The plane came back in NBO and the pilot…
