Berlin Brandenburg Airport’s operator has confirmed that multiple short-term measures will be introduced due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg (FBB), the operator of the airport has planned to close its Terminal 5 for at least one year and move all operations to Terminal 1. In addition, the airport also plans to temporarily…
An Air Djibouti Boeing 737-500 suffered the collapse of its right-hand main landing gear at Garowe Airport, Somalia. The aircraft was operating flight IV-206 from Hargeisa, Somalia to Garowe, the capital of Puntland. A total of 44 people including 5 crew members were onboard the aircraft. During the landing, the aircraft remained on the track…
A TikTok user posted a video to TikTok, where he cooks a steak in a Delta plane lavatory. In the video, Marcus Munroe, a New York prankster, was seen putting a can in the toilet. Then he lights it and places an aluminum grilling sheet over the seat, puts the raw steak on the sheet…
A swarm of bees attacked a Vistara Airlines Airbus A320 at Kolkata Airport. No passengers were onboard the aircraft as the bee attack was noticed before boarding. Fire-fighting personnel sprayed water from water cannons on the swarm of bees to disperse them away from the aircraft. “Within minutes, lakhs of bees had settled on the…
A Cubana Embraer EMB-110 performed a gear-up landing at Jose Marti International Airport of Havana. The aircraft skidded along the runway and came to a stop with all gear collapsed. The aircraft with registration CU-T1541 was performing flight CU-801 from Gerona to Havana (Cuba) with 15 passengers and 4 crew members on board. The incident…
United Airlines have already begun operating charter flights to position doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine across distribution hubs in the United States. The chartered flights between Brussels and Chicago reportedly began on Friday, the Wall Street Journal said. However, it is unclear how many doses were on board. As reported by the WSJ, the FAA…
A Mwant Jet Embraer E-145 suffered a bird strike while it was climbing out of Kinshasa, causing the left-hand windshield to crack. The aircraft with registration 9S-AYE was performing flight 301 from Kinshasa Ndjili International to Gemena in Congo. After suffering the windshield damage, the aircraft returned to Kinshasa airport for a safe landing. The…
Sixty years after being disappeared at sea along with its pilot, the wreckage of SE. 203 Aquilon number 83 of Flotilla 11F was found. The jet aircraft belonged to the French Naval Aviation and it had disappeared on June 13, 1960. The naval jet fell into the sea and sank immediately during a practice session.…
A DHL Airbus A300-600 freighter aborted take-off at high speed at Brussels Airport on 26 November. Due to this, the aircraft’s tire became so hot that multiple tires burst out. Due to the aborted take-off, the airport had to close runway 25R. The airport used runway 25L for landings and runway 19 for take-off. Emergency…
SpiceJet has applied for permission with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate flights from Delhi to New York JFK. The low-cost airline wants to fly PPE and repatriation passenger flights between Delhi and New York JFK. SpiceJet was permitted to operate scheduled flights to the USA by the Indian Authorities back in July.…
Flight operations at Chennai airport were suspended for 12 hours starting from 7 p.m. on Wednesday till 7 a.m. on Thursday due to Cyclone Nivar. “Due to #CycloneNivar aircraft operations at #AAI #Chennaiairport will remain suspended from 1900hrs of 25.11.2020 to 0700hrs of 26.11.2020,” the airport said on its Twitter handle. “The decision has been…
German Air Force’s new Airbus A350 operated world’s longest flight from Germany to Australia on Friday. The flight was completed in 19 hours and 13 minutes. However, there were no passengers or diplomats onboard the aircraft. The first ACJ350, with registration 10+03 was delivered to the German government from Airbus earlier this year. The A350…
