An electronic cigarette in a Delta Airlines passenger’s carry-on bag ignited Wednesday night while MD-90 aircraft was still on the tarmac, causing the flight to be delayed. Delta flight 689 from Atlanta to St. louis was scheduled to depart at 7:25 p.m. Instead, it departed Atlanta at 7:50 p.m. Delta spokeswoman Ashley Black said, “During the…
Major assembly of the first Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787-10 Dreamliner is underway, the latest major milestone in the development of the newest member of the super-efficient 787 family. Boeing partner Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. began installing the circular frames into the midforward section of the fuselage on March 14, a full two weeks ahead of schedule.…
A Alaska Airlines flight 800 Sacramento to Seattle was diverted on Monday when a drunk passenger got a bit too rowdy. Crew had asked the passenger in row 9 to calm down, but that further agitated him. The pilot diverted to Portland where police met the plane, according to local station KING5. The flight arrived…
Bomb scare on Air India #AI332 from New Delhi. The plane landed at 7:10pm local. The Dreamliner was parked in an isolated area of Bangkok International Airport. Authorities safely evacuated all 231 passengers and 10 crew members from the Dreamliner to begin checking for a bomb.
Russian forces have started leaving Syria after Monday’s surprise withdrawal announcement by President Vladimir Putin. Russian defence ministry video showed the first group of aircraft taking off from Hmeimim air base in Syria on Tuesday morning and later in flight. But Russia will continue air strikes, and keep several hundred personnel and air defence systems,…
British Airways company ceases flights on the route London-Baku and vice versa from May 1, 2016, the company’s Baku office told Trend on March 15. The last flight on the London-Baku-London route will be performed on April 29.
Cargo loader filmed by British passenger at Guangzhou Airport. Posté par AIRLIVE.net sur dimanche 13 mars 2016
Otra fotografía. Es el accidente más grande de los últimos años pic.twitter.com/sNLI5oLNGx — Paul Romero (@mromerorivera) March 15, 2016 A plane carrying Ecuadorian military personnel crashed in the country’s eastern Pastaza province Tuesday, according to a statement from Ecuador’s army. Twenty-two people were on board the plane at the time of the crash. Ecuador’s President…
While traveling on the national road 21, a truck carrying a Airbus A320 fuselage has been in a difficult situation when he wanted to perform a particularly difficult maneuver for his size. It took more than 4 hours for police to find the solution to release the truck, which was finally able to take the road…
92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfire 70 years on from the end of World War 2. Seven decades after her last flight in the iconic plane, Joy described the experience as “lovely: it was perfect”, making her feel “quite young.” The ATA made an enormous contribution to…
