Air France flight AF-136 was travelling from Paris, France to Chicago in the U.S. when a ’suspicious’ mobile phone was found on the aircraft. The flight was almost two hours into its journey when the pilot advised air traffic controllers that they wished to divert to Shannon Airport for “security reasons.” The flight landed safely…
The first non-stop commercial airline flight from New York to Sydney has landed after 19 hours 16 minutes in the air. A total of 49 passengers and crew were on the flight, which was used to run a series of experiments to assess health and well-being onboard. Data from these experiments will be used help…
A Saab 2000 carrying 38 passengers, including a high school swim team, went off the runway while landing Thursday at a small Alaska community on the Bering Sea. The extent of injuries was not known, but a school official said the swim team was fine and eating pizza shortly after the incident about 5 p.m.…
The engine #1 of Asiana Airlines Airbus A380 engine caught fire whilst standing at the gate at Seoul-Incheon Airport. Smoke and flames appear out of outer left engine as the aircraft was undergoing refueling when the incident happened. The video was published on China social network Weibo.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner revealed Thursday at night TV show that a massive attack had been foiled in France. The Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner revealed that police had arrested a man who wanted to hijack a plane to commit an attack in France. The man intended to be inspired by the attacks of…
A Royal Air Force plane carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge aborted a landing in Pakistan after being caught in a severe thunderstorm. The RAF Voyager twice tried to land in Islamabad – at Rawalpindi air base and the main airport – before returning to Lahore, from where they had departed. Prince William and…
In the first two years of the aircraft’s operation, the airline replaced 50 engines. Having just 13 aircraft in that period means that almost every engine was replaced twice on average. AirBaltic operates a fleet of 20 Airbus A220-300 aircraft.
Boston Logan International Airport wasn’t immune to the storm that moved through Massachusetts Wednesday night into Thursday morning. A Southwest Boeing 737 sitting at a gate was blown into the jet bridge, according to the company. A spokesperson for Southwest said the plane made contact with the jet bridge but didn’t say if it had…
Qantas Boeing 787-9 to make its first ultra long-haul research flight from New York to Sydney on Friday October 18. The 19-hour flight from New York to Sydney could mark the world’s first non-stop flight between Sydney and New York operated by a commercial airline. No airline has ever completed this route without stopping. Qantas…
At approximately 8:29AM this morning, a private jet (Hawker) with five people onboard declared an emergency due to landing gear issues while about six minutes out from Richmond Airport. The aircraft landed on RWY 16/34, but a “sideways” nose gear forced the aircraft to veer off the runway. It became stuck in the grass midfield…
The Air Force’s B-2 Stealth bomber has test-dropped an upgraded, multi-function B61-12 nuclear bomb which improves accuracy, integrates various attack options into a single bomb and changes the strategic landscape with regard to nuclear weapons mission possibilities. Earlier this summer, the Air Force dropped a B61-12 nuclear weapon from a B-2 at Nellis AFB, marking…
Swiss is grounding its entire Airbus A220 fleet. An A220 aircraft from London to Geneva was diverted Tuesday morning on Paris following a new engine problem. These coming days will be complicated for Swiss and its passengers. The airline has confirmed that it will have to overhaul the engines of its Airbus A220 “fleet due…
