Reuters is reporting an EgyptAir flight to China was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan few hours ago after the airline received a call claiming that there was a bomb on board, two Egyptian aviation officials said. The plane carrying 118 passengers to Beijing had been evacuated and searched. No explosives were found.
With a Government decision on airport expansion imminent, CEO of Birmingham Airport Paul Kehoe has today declared support for Gatwick Airport’s expansion plan. In a major intervention in the debate, Mr Kehoe said that a new Gatwick runway, when compared to the alternative Heathrow option, would lead to “greater competition and choice across the UK’s…
Video shows rescue of pilot in helicopter crash at Parks. Details on @FOX2now. pic.twitter.com/dIFrBZvZ7x — Joe Lamie (@GIJoter) 7 juin 2016
@airlivenet Dutch F-16 and F-35 above Amsterdam this afternoon pic.twitter.com/LeTvrPO4qC — Airportnieuws (@Airportnieuws) 7 juin 2016
A back-up system is now in place to let people who have landed at Luton through, but significant delays are still being reported. What a joke #london Luton 2 hour delay at passport control. I've seen cattle herded to market more efficiently pic.twitter.com/r6G9Vuf0gQ — Andrew Smith (@nosnopro) 7 juin 2016
UPDATE 19:58 UTC easyJet #U28366 landed at London Gatwick. UPDATE 19:18 UTC easyJet #U28366 is taking off from PARIS CDG to London Gatwick. UPDATE EMERGENCY easyJet #U28366 to London Gatwick is diverting to Paris CDG. BREAKING easyJet #U28366 to London Gatwick is declaring an emergency and diverting https://t.co/Pj5ntyYK0d pic.twitter.com/QawZsxXVXH — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) June 7, 2016
American Airlines is equipping a fleet of Boeing 737 MAX planes with in-flight WiFi other than Gogo’s. It has inked a deal with California-based company ViaSat, which also provides internet connection to some of Virgin America’s newest A320 planes. ViaSat promises an “at home” experience by providing you with a (12 Mbps) connection strong enough…
Several hundred activists CGT, opposed the El Khomri law blocked for over an hour on Tuesday road access to terminals 2E and 2F at Paris Roissy- Charles de Gaulle airport this morning.
The nose gear of a MD-11F collapsed at Seoul Incheon (ICN) on late evening yesterday 6 june 2016. The UPS flight 5X61 was from Seoul to Anchorage. All 4 crew members onboard evacuated by using the slide on the front left door. No injuries were reported.
An airport built with £250million from the ballooning foreign aid budget risks becoming a white elephant because it is too windy to land there safely, it was claimed yesterday. A royal opening at the airport on the remote island of St Helena has been postponed indefinitely after test flights raised safety concerns. The cliff-top landing…
