A female passenger threw some coins into the aircraft’s engine before boarding a China Southern Airlines flight, which delayed the flight for over four hours at the Pudong International Airport. The Airbus 320 (reg. B-6702) with Flight CZ380 from Shanghai Pudong to Guangzhou was scheduled to take off at 12:40pm and arrive in Guangzhou at…
Norwegian has announced a new route from London Gatwick to Buenos Aires, marking the airline’s first ever South American route as its UK expansion plans gather pace. The new route will start in February 2018, with fares from £299 breaking the current monopoly on direct London to Buenos Aires flights, offering passengers more choice and…
Airbus will fit deployable flight data and cockpit voice recorders on new A350 XWB aircraft beginning in 2019 and on the rest of its long-range fleet soon thereafter. A deployable flight data recorder is designed to separate itself from the aircraft in a crash. They are particularly useful for crashes over water where accessing or…
easyJet has on June 26 become the first European airline to launch an Amazon Alexa skill that enables passengers to easily and quickly check their flight status. Skills are Alexa’s in-built capabilities that enable users to interact with devices, like Amazon Echo and Amazon Echo Dot, using just their voice. easyJet customers can now start…
Corendon flight #CD295 to Kos Island returned to Amsterdam due to Fire indication. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. PH-CDE) took off at 07:00 UTC from runway 36L at Amsterdam Schiphol when fire alarm triggered. Due to main wheel well fire indication, the Boeing 737-800 returned to Amsterdam with landing gear down. The plane landed safely runway…
Thomas Cook flight #MT2652 to Cuba with part of its wing missing was forced to land at Manchester airport with a broken tip wing after a low oil alert. The Thomas Cook plane left for Holguin, Cuba shortly after midday on Monday but was forced to return to Manchester Airport just after 3pm. Earlier, the…
A Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Houston was forced to make an emergency landing after a woman tried to open an emergency exit door, passengers say. Southwest flight #WN4519 landed safely in Corpus Christi Sunday afternoon. The pilot made the decision to land after flight attendants warned of a potential threat in the…
Passengers on flight D7237 en route to Kuala Lumpur have told how they heard a bang and looked out the window to see the left engine vibrating violently under the wing. The aircraft started shuddering and a strong engine smell wafted through the cabin for a couple of minutes before the pilot made a U-turn…
JustPlanes filmed the Airbus A350-900 (A350XWB) with Latam Airlines on the route from Sao Paulo Brazil to Milan Malpensa Italy. For the full film visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/latama350.html
