ALERT British Airways #BA2039 diverted to Boston after a drunk passenger demanded to get off in mid air
A British Airways flight from London to Orlando was forced to make an emergency landing in Boston after a ‘drunken passenger’ tried to get off the plane in mid-air. Eyewitnesses claim the man began to wander around the Boeing 777 before asking cabin crew if he could get off the plane after it departed Gatwick…
ALERT Jet2 #LS875 returned to Manchester due to gear issue once again
[td_block_weather w_location=”Manchester” w_units=”imperial”][td_block_text_with_title] © Sean Rooney [/td_block_text_with_title][td_block_text_with_title custom_title=”Jet2 #LS875 to Faro”]Jet2 flight #LS875 from Manchester to Faro entered holding pattern few minutes after departure. This Boeing 757-200 (reg.G-LSAG) already had gear issue two days ago. @CarlaxyS5 @airlivenet pic.twitter.com/C5r1f7NicQ — Sean Rooney 0⃣ (@sean4646) September 9, 2016 Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 0836 UTC Jet2 #LS875 landed…
VIDEO Christine’s stunning night landing at Toronto on the Air Canada Airbus A321
First Officer Christine briefs and performs a great night landing at Toronto on the Air Canada Airbus A321 from Montego Bay.
BREAKING Cathay Dragon aircraft collision with ground vehicle at HongKong airport
An airport service van has hit Cathay Dragon (ex Dragonair) A330’s engine this morning at HongKong airport. Cathay Dragon Airbus A330 flight #KA691 (reg. B-HLL) was taxiing to reach runway when the ground vehicle collided into the Rolls-Royce engine. The driver was injured during the incident. VIDEO Ground vehicle collided with Cathay Dragon Flight #KA691 at…
ALERT Close encounter between US Navy P-8 Poseidon and Russian Su-27
Russian Ministry of Defense statement: On September 7, 2016US Navy reconnaissance aircraft P-8 “Poseidon” tried twice to get close to the state border of the Russian Federation over the Black Sea without transponders. Su-27 fighters from Belbek airbase were scrambled. When Russian fighters approached the US reconnaissance aircraft for visual identification, American plane abruptly changed course to the opposite…
REPORT ATSB issued report of AirAsia #D7223 flying in the wrong direction last year
This morning the Australian Transport Safety Bureau issued its findings into the incident in March last year involving an AirAsia X Airbus A330, registered 9M-XXM operating from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The report said that on departure from runway 16R the aircraft was observed by air traffic control to enter the departure flight path…
NEWS British Airways is recruiting new pilots for its expanding fleet of Embraer jet aircraft at London City Airport
An ambitious recruitment programme is launched this month to find both direct entry captains and first officers to join BA CityFlyer, the wholly owned British Airways’ subsidiary that operates from the Docklands airport to more than 30 business and leisure destinations across Europe. The new recruits will join over 200 existing pilots who currently fly…
ALERT Jet2 flight #LS819 to Rhodos is holding since departure from Manchester
Flight Jet2 #LS819 to Rhodos returned to Manchester due to landing gear issue. UPDATE 1112 UTC Jet2 #LS819 landed runway 05R. UPDATE 1104 UTC Jet2 #LS819 leaving hold and returning to Manchester runway 05R. UPDATE 1047 UTC Jet2 #LS819 will leave hold to approach runway 05R in 10 minutes. UPDATE 1041 UTC Jet2 #LS819 is still…
