A full emergency plan was activated at Cork Airport on Wednesday morning after smoke started to appear in the cockpit of a plane (reg. EI-FCY) from Birmingham. The plane with 59 passengers and 4 crew on board was forced to make an emergency landing at 1006 LT. Six fire brigade units responded after the captain raised the…
The world’s largest aircraft – the Airlander 10 – has been damaged during landing on its second test flight. The 302ft (92m) long aircraft – which is part plane and part airship – was damaged during a flight from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire. Source BBC
Pilot and stewardess of Air New Zealand suspended over photos, including a picture of a pilot posing with a blow-up doll in the cockpit. The photos, which were believed to have been taken about a year ago, were reportedly shared to Facebook and Instagram after staff sent them to Snapchat. A spokeswoman for Air New Zealand…
Security threat on flight Egyptair Airbus A330 (reg. SU-GDS) flight number MS799 scheduled to leave Cairo at 0935 LT to Paris CDG. Because of an unidentified bag, the plane has been moved to an isolated area for inspection. Passengers will also be re-screened. UPDATE 0910 UTC Al Arabiya reports a fake bomb threat.
A gunshot was accidentally fired on board Vueling Airbus A320 aircraft. Fortunately the incident caused no injuries, although the sound of the shot and the smell of gunpowder sparked unrest among the passengers. The incident occurred at Ibiza airport, when flight VY3420 was about to take off to Madrid Barajas. Four agents of national police were traveling on…
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Mariah Carey will appear in a series of concerts at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this month but you probably won’t see any ads for her shows at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. The Airport Authority, which runs the facility, decided last week that a proposed ad for the top-selling singer showed a little…
Sri Lanka’s national carrier has suspended a captain who failed a breathalyser test just before he was due to fly 274 passengers and crew from Frankfurt to Colombo, the airline said on Sunday. An airline source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Flight UL554 was held up at Frankfurt airport for more than 15 hours…
14 aircraft from 4 nations forming up behind a KC-135 over the Baltic Sea during the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2016 exercise. Aircraft include one USAF B-52, four USAF F-16s, two German Eurofighters, two Polish F-16s, and four Swedish JAS 39 Gripens.
