On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that it required all U.S. operators of the Boeing 737 Classic series planes to check for possible wire failures. This directive would impact 1,041 737 classic series airplanes. However, the newer 737 NG and 737 Max series airplanes are unaffected by the directive. The FAA is issuing…
Pilot who belly landed her plane without landing gear or cockpit canopy will be the first woman A-10 pilot to receive a coveted award. The US Air Force pilot who skillfully belly-landed her plane with the landing gear up and the cockpit canopy ripped off will become the first woman A-10 pilot to receive a…
UK airports are bracing for the busiest day of the year so far as coronavirus restrictions on foreign travel restrictions are finally eased in England. Many eager passengers were seen arriving at Heathrow Airport in west London and Gatwick Airport in West Sussex from 6am this morning as the Government’s ‘traffic light system’ based on…
Four people were injured, and 17 people were arrested after a mass fight broke out on Friday in an airport departure lounge at London Luton Airport. Three of the injured people are in hospital with serious injuries in the brawl. Bedfordshire Police were aware of the incident at 8 am on Friday. Those arrested were…
Qantas has launched a special scenic flight over Sydney to view the last super moon and lunar eclipse of 2021. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner will operate the flight on May 26th. The Dreamliner will depart Sydney on a three-hour scenic flight, beginning with a flyover over the Harbour before climbing to a cruising altitude of…
From now, the rules for vaccinated persons who enter Germany change. They do not need negative Corona test results anymore, nor do they have to go into quarantine, unless they recently have been to what the Germans call a “virus variant country”. Germany is facilitating travel in Europe for Germans and people with residence permits…
A woman traveling from Salt Lake City to Hawaii for a family vacation was unknowingly pregnant and gave birth mid flight with the help of on board doctors. A doctor and a team of neonatal medical professionals were in the right place at the right time — helping a Utah woman deliver her baby onboard…
Hi Fly’s Airbus A380 is being dismantled in France. Correction: according to AirbusA380fanclub the A380 in this photo is not MIP but ex Singapore Air A380 SKE, which briefly was registered 9H-DPE. The Airbus A380-800, with Maltese registration 9H-MIP, was delivered to the airline back in July 2018. It was withdrawn from service on 6th…
Retired EasyJet pilot Angus Buchanan was killed in a light aircraft crash on a field near Headcorn Aerodrome between Maidstone and Ashford in Kent. He was a member of the Stampe Formation display team and was reportedly practising for the upcoming air show season. An eye witness said that he was flying one of the…
Airport officials stopped a 27-year-old man who attempted to fly from the UK to Egypt using a fake “fit-to-fly” COVID-19 certificate. Emmanuel Nere Mehari tried to board a plane from London Heathrow to Egypt to visit a sick relative. He was found with the fake document at London Heathrow’s Terminal 2. Mehari was initially allowed…
Venezuelan police prevented the take-off of a TAP Air Portugal cargo flight after sniffer dogs detected narcotics substances during an inspection. The TAP Airbus A330-900 was preparing to operate flight TP9532 from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Lisbon Portela Airport on May 5. However, the cargo flight was cancelled after the Regional Anti-Drug Intelligence Unit…
Sydney Airport’s east-west runway accepted its first flights yesterday, Sunday 9 May 2021, more than a year after it was closed to accommodate the extraordinary demand for aircraft parking due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The east-west runway accommodated almost 50 grounded aircraft from almost all domestic airlines during the crisis. The move to re-open the…
