BREAKING American Eagle flight hits a deer during takeoff at Charlotte Airport
Runway 18L/36R is closed at Charlotte Airport after an American Eagle has hit a deer on runway 36R during takeoff. The aircraft returned and landed safely. The airport is still operational and open but flight delays are expected. The American Eagle plane was headed to Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, in Mississippi, with 44 passengers and four…
NEWS London Stansted Airport recording its busiest ever January
During the month, over 1.74 million passengers passed through Stansted, an increase of five per cent over January last year and surpassing the previous record of 1.66 million passengers also set in January 2016. Aircraft load factors also hit a record high for the month of January with an average of 81.4 per cent of…
EMERGENCY China Eastern Airlines #MU552 from Heathrow diverted to Siberia due to engine #2 failure
A plane from London Heathrow to Shanghai with 186 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Siberia yesterday 14 february 2017. The China Eastern Airlines airbus A330-200 requested permission to land in Krasnoyarsk after an alarm indicated a fault in the aircraft’s right side engine and successfully landed at 1100 LT. On board were 186 passengers and 13 crew members.…
ALERT Harrison Ford involved in near miss with American Airlines Boeing 737
Harrison Ford had a near miss on Monday when he almost crashed his single-engine Husky plane into a Boeing 737. The actor had been instructed to land on runway 20L at John Wayne Airport, California, NBC News reports. But the 74-year-old mistakenly aimed for a taxiway, just passing over an American Airlines 737 loaded with…
ALERT Older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, killed at Kuala Lumpur airport
Kim Jong Nam, the older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was attacked at a Kuala Lumpur airport and died on the way to a hospital, a senior Malaysian official said Tuesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the incident’s diplomatic sensitivity, said Kim Jong Nam was attacked with…
BREAKING Runway incursion at Tel Aviv during easyJet flight #U24783 short final
Runway incursion today at Tel Aviv during easyJet flight on short final. At 1128 UTC, a Turkish Airlines A321 (reg.TC-JMH) flight #TK795 to Istanbul (IST) crossed runway 12 via taxiway R, on its way to depart from runway 26. At the same time, an easyJet A320 (reg.G-EZTK) flight U24783 from from Berlin (SXF) was about to land…
NEWS Airbus A380 MSN4 will do her last flight today to Paris-Le Bourget aerospace museum
As part of its contribution to preserving aviation heritage, Airbus will be transferring Airbus A380 test aircraft to the Museum of Air and Space in Paris-Le Bourget. Airbus A380 MSN4 will arrive today afternoon at Le Bourget. Following the arrival and preparation for its display at the museum there, the iconic test aircraft will undergo a unique…
