In an operation lasting a few hours, two Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) Airbus A380s were towed on their final trip to Changi Exhibition Centre, where they will be taken apart. This is the first time that SIA is scrapping its superjumbos locally. The planes, registration numbers 9V-SKH and 9V-SKG, are among seven A380s that SIA had…
No one seriously hurt when plane crashes on Highway 124 in Winnie at Rice Festival Parade site. No one was hurt when a biplane crashed on Highway 124 at the site of the Rice Festival Parade in Winnie. Sheriff Brian Hawthorne tells KFDM/Fox 4 the plane had been towed to the parade and the pilot…
Firefighters and Milan police at work in via Marignano, near the San Donato metro station, for a plane carrying six people crashed at 1pm. The people on board, six passengers and two crew, all died. From the first information the passengers were French: it was a private flight from Linate to Olbia. There was also…
Passengers of a Spirit Airlines A320 were forced to evacuate via emergency slide at Atlantic City Airport. The Airbus A320 (reg. N922NK) was performing flight #NK3044 from Atlantic City Airport to Ft Lauderdale. The plane suffered a birdstrike and a fire in engine #2 during its take-off on runway 31. The passengers were evacuated on…
Many of the world’s airlines and governments require proof of a negative COVID-19 test before a person can board a flight, but very few have said they will require vaccination. Air New Zealand has announced that it will require passengers to be vaccinated on international flights from February. The airline’s chief executive Greg Foran said…
Two people are dead after a helicopter reportedly collided mid-air with a small plane before crashing Friday near a Chandler airport. According to the Chandler Fire Department, a mid-air collision between a helicopter and a fixed-wing plane was reported on Oct. 1 near the Chandler Municipal Airport. The plane landed safely, but the helicopter crashed…
The Miami-Dade Police Department reports an American Airlines passenger has been detained after opening the plane’s emergency exit and walking on the wing. MDPD said the incident happened at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday after the flight from Cali, Colombia had just arrived at Miami International Airport. According to MDPD, the male passenger opened the emergency…
United Airlines said Tuesday that 593 of its employees are facing termination for failing to comply with its Covid-19 vaccination policy, one of the strictest mandates for inoculation from a U.S. company. More than 96% of United’s 67,000-person U.S. workforce complied with the vaccine requirement. The deadline to upload proof of inoculation, or the first…
Turkey had been planning to help secure and run the airport before the hardline Islamist Taliban swift capture of the Afghan capital last month. There were also negotiations on the subject this summer between Turkish and US officials but after the Taliban’s return, Turkish troops stationed in the country pulled out. Turkey’s withdrawal alongside other…
Emirates will restart flights to London Gatwick Airport from December 10th. The carrier said it was responding to the easing of international travel restrictions and an upsurge in passenger demand for winter sun. The airline will resume services to its second London gateway with a daily flight operated by a B777 aircraft, across first, business…
Airport workers occasionally remove stray cats and racoon dogs from the runway but turtle sightings are rare. The turtle, which weighs just over 2kg, was seen moving slowly along the tarmac at Narita international airport near Tokyo on Friday morning, prompting a pilot preparing for takeoff to contact air traffic control. Staff removed the animal…
Britain will ease travel curbs for fully vaccinated travellers from next month, but expensive testing requirements and flight restrictions could see Heathrow Airport welcome fewer passengers this year than last year. From being the busiest airport in Europe in 2019 with over 80 million travellers, Heathrow is now tenth as rivals including Schiphol, Paris and…
