At least one worker was driving the tug and two “wing walkers” were standing either side of the Hong Kong Airlines plane when the explosion took place. It happened only seconds after the aircraft began pushing back from the departure gate for its flight to Seoul. Closed-circuit television footage shows the tyre and an unidentified…
Doubts about the future of the Airbus A380 have grown after yet another airline canceled an order for the superjumbo jet. Qantas has announced it formally cancelled a longstanding order for eight Airbus A380 superjumbo jets. The decision, which will remove the order placed in 2006 from the Airbus order book, comes as new doubts…
A body has been recovered from the wreckage of the plane which crashed with Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson on board. UPDATE The body recovered from plane wreckage confirmed as Emiliano Sala. The wreckage of the plane, which vanished two weeks ago over the English Channel, had been found off Guernsey. the…
The cyber attack on Airbus was conducted by a group of hackers operating from China. According to sources close to the aircraft manufacturer, the cyber attack that Airbus announced January 30 was conducted by a group of hackers operating from China and targeted technical documents relating to the certification of European giant aircraft. According to…
Customs officials on Saturday morning seized a baby leopard from a passenger who arrived from Thailand at Chennai airport. Kaha Moideen,45, had brought it in his checked in luggage from Bangkok. The animal was found after customs officials stopped a passenger for a random check. While frisking, they heard muffled cries coming from his checked…
Berlin-based airline Germania has filed for bankruptcy and cancelled all flights with immediate effect, the company said early Tuesday. The airline with 37 aircraft had flown mainly Mediterranean, North African and Middle Eastern holiday routes for German sun-seekers on package trips, and said it transported over four million passengers a year. The company blamed “unforeseen…
The plane that was carrying the missing Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala has been found and his family has been told of the discovery. A search boat located the wreckage on the seabed of the English Channel at 9am on Sunday, following a search led by David Mearns, a marine explorer who has been working alongside…
Pilots of Jet Airways were surprised this morning when they entered cockpit. An owl was waiting for them, ready to fly to London in the Boeing 777-300ER (reg. VT-JEV), the biggest aircraft of the airline. The bird was was handed over to wildlife team. Flight #9W118 is now on its way to London Heathrow.
An officer from the Transportation Security Administration jumped to his death from a balcony inside Florida’s busiest airport Saturday, creating panic that brought some security checkpoints to a halt for hours and caused serious delays. Panicked passengers rushed past checkpoints leading to about half of the gates at Orlando International Airport after the man jumped,…
Boeing said on Wednesday it would make a final launch decision in 2020 on its proposed new mid-sized jetliner, depending on the results of a round of commercial pre-marketing which it may begin this year. Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg, who previously spoke of a launch decision in 2019, said no decision has yet…
A British man who was removed from a WestJet flight after becoming disruptive has been ordered to reimburse the airline for the fuel used to bring him back to Calgary. On Jan. 4, the British passenger was on a flight from Calgary to London when he was refused access to the aircraft washroom while the…
American Airlines has taken delivery of the first of 100 A321neos on order from Airbus, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines. The aircraft, MSN8647, departed Hamburg early Friday for the trans-Atlantic ferry flight to Pittsburgh where American’s technicians will get the A321neo ready for customer flights.
