The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA’s award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom” flight demonstration aircraft. This is the first in a series of ‘X-planes’ in NASA’s New Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget. NASA Administrator…
Security officials at Kenya’s major airports are on high alert this week after Kenya’s Airports Authority issued a warning to all airport managers about possible terror threats against the facilities. The internal memo, marked as “secret,” was sent to CNN and has been verified by a high-level source in the Kenyan aviation industry who received…
Suzy Cortez, former Brazilian supermodel and Miss Bum Bum 2005 caused a minor scandal when she posted on social networks a picture of her taken in the toilets of Emirates Boeing 777 flight EK262 from São Paulo to Dubaï. “Breaking a record: the first nude at 11000 meters” Posted on Instagram, the photo quickly went around the web…
Two Israel Air Force fighter jets came “dangerously close” to the Ryanair passenger plane, which had 162 passengers on board, close to Ovda Airport, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of the southern resort town of Eilat, Army Radio reported. The incident occurred at 27,000 feet. The Ryanair pilots prevented a crash by changing course…
Wizz Air will launch a new service from Budapest to Sofia, beginning November 1st. The service between the Hungarian and Bulgarian capitals will run three days a week. With the new routes, Wizz Air now offers low fare flights from Budapest to 48 destinations in 23 countries and flights from Sofia to 29 destinations in…
A Spicejet flight had to make an emergency landing in Kolkata today after one of its tyres blasted. The incident took place around 8:30 PM and the flight SG 517 was travelling from Bengaluru to Kolkata. The pilots were able to land the flight safely.
Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 (registration B-KPX) flight #CX234 from Milan to Hong Kong did an emergency landing at Istanbul. Engine #1 was shut down after 3 hour flight. The flight is cancelled and passengers are disembarked. First night in #Istanbul #turkey #canceled-flight #cathaypacific left engine was shut off after flying for three hours departing from…
A Business jet slid off Runway at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Runway 9L was closed due to Band of heavy snow. Track flights at ORD:
A McDonnell Douglas MD-80 flight AA1051 just slid off taxiway at A6 intersection at Chicago O’Hare International Airport due to snow. Track flights:
It was one month ago – on 29 January – the brand new Swiss Air Boeing 777-300ER flagship touched down for the first time in Zurich, Switzerland.
Lufthansa flight LH727 diverted to Yemelyanovo International Airport in Krasnoyark at 05:00 (local time) due to a serious medical emergency on board. A girl 9-year-old girl died on board the Airbus A340 over Russia. “The child had no pulse and was not breathing. The doctors tried to bring her back to life but to no…
