VIDEO Christine’s Stunning Night Landing!
In the cockpit of the Air Canada Airbus A321 en route from Montego Bay Jamaica for a beautiful night landing at Toronto Pearson’s Airport, First Officer Christine at the controls.
BREAKING Wing of Qatar Airways Dreamliner clipped a mast during taxi in Namibia
The wing of a Dreamliner clipped a mast during taxi in Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport (Namibia). According to our information the Qatar Airways Dreamliner 787-8 (reg. A7-BCC) flight #QR1373 was taxiing when the tip of the wing clipped a mast. The return flight #QR1374 to Doha is delayed until further notice. Although details are sketchy, the…
LIVE Rosetta spacecraft crashing into a comet
The first spacecraft to orbit a comet will soon meet a dramatic end. At 10:40 GMT on September 30, a robotic pioneer will go from dust to dust: The European Space Agency is intentionally crash-landing its Rosetta spacecraft. Launched in March 2004, Rosetta arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August 6, 2014, after a decade of…
NEWS The red arrows left UK today to Asia-Pacific & Middle East Tour
The Red Arrows have embarked on the team’s biggest overseas tour in a decade. 2016 Tour Departure More than 20 displays and a series of flypasts will be performed across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions by the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team. The major tour, which will take two months to complete, will see…
NEWS Easyjet 26-year-old airline captain and her 19-year-old co-pilot
Their combined ages are just 45. But that didn’t stop 26-year-old captain Kate McWilliams and her 19-year-old co-pilot Luke Elsworth from flying hundreds of passengers to their destinations this week. The young pilots manned a flight from London to Malta, after McWilliams earlier passed a course ascending to the rank of captain. Their employer, the…
NEWS easyJet adds Apple Pay to web bookings
easyJet has announced that customers can now use Apple Pay on web for bookings made on easyJet.com. This makes payment a seamless “two touch” process. Apple Pay is already available via easyJet’s iOS mobile app however from today customers will also be able to confirm their booking via easyJet.com on their Apple iPad or Apple…
NEWS Lufthansa to buy remaining 55% of Brussels Airlines
German carrier Lufthansa on Wednesday said it would buy the 55 percent of Brussels Airlines it does not already own, completing a long-mooted takeover. Shareholders in Brussels Airlines must still agree to the deal, the statement said, adding that managers expect to complete the transaction by early 2017. Lufthansa has owned 45 percent of Brussels…
REPORT Malaysia Airlines flight #MH17 shot down by missile that ‘came from Russia’
A Malaysian airliner shot down in eastern Ukraine was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile launched from a village held by rebels fighting Ukrainian government forces, international prosecutors said on Wednesday. The Buk missile system used to shoot down the plane fired one missile from the village of Pervomaysk and was later returned to Russia,…
