A 27-year-old man has been accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl in the bathroom of an airplane on a domestic flight, officials said. A 27 year old MBA student from Tempe, Arizona, was arrested Monday after his Delta flight touched down at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC). Salt Lake County Sheriff’s office said…
Thomas Cook has cancelled all departures to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh until at least October 31st. The tour operator had previously said the security situation in the Red Sea resort would see all holidays cancelled or postponed until May 25th. However, with no change to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office advice with…
If the hunt for MH370 doesn’t turn up anything over the next few months, the head of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says the search of a 46,000-square-mile swath of the Indian Ocean will likely be called off by July, NBC News reports. Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan says the Malaysian, Chinese, and Australian governments, who…
easyJet has today announced it will launch a new route to Dubrovnik from London Luton Airport. On sale today it will operate twice a week throughout the summer with the first flights commencing on May 24th, 2016. The route is expected to be popular amongst leisure passengers searching for summer sun and easyJet is expected…
In a new lavatory prototype, the plane manufacturer automatically sanitizes lavatories after each use by employing ultraviolet light to kill 99.99 percent of germs, and disinfecting all surfaces in a mere three seconds. According to Boeing, the cleaning system would lift and close the toilet seat by itself so that all surfaces are exposed during…
Investigations are being carried out after an engine failure caused a plane crash in Mareebe on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the Chettle Rd scene in early afternoon, where a pilot crash landed his light aircraft. The aircraft is believed to be a Piper Aircraft registered VH-BIQ owned by ROBERTSON, Kaye Lenita according to…
38 year old man held by police tonight after major security alert at Heathrow. Arrest comes as intruder breaks through Heathrow security, climbed aboard BA 747 and then locks himself in the cockpit. Police called at 11:30 on Saturday and told that a person had breached security on Heathrows Perimeter Road and entered BA’s engineering…
EditA resident on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion who last year found a wing fragment from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 said on Sunday he had come across a second possible piece from the missing plane. Johnny Begue, who found the “flaperon” part while cleaning a beach last July, told AFP he handed over…
Laolu Opebiyi, a British man from London was thrown off an Easyjet flight after a fellow passenger saw he had sent a message about ‘Prayer’ to a Whatsapp group called ISI Men. Opebiyi, a Christian was trying to arrange prayer via conference call with fellow believers. A passenger asked him about the message, then told cabin crew,…
Manchester Airport has outlined its vision how it can help drive the creation of Northern Powerhouse, as managing director Ken O’Toole unveiled a new fly-through video showing how the airport will look in ten years following a £1 billion investment. Subject to securing planning permission, it will see a state-of-the-art terminal building created through the…
An Emirates Airbus A380 jet has made the current longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance. The plane covered about 14,200km (8,824 miles) when it touched down in Auckland, New Zealand on Wednesday. It was expected to be the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight by duration as well, but landed too early. The Auckland-Dubai portion was estimated…
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its first A350 XWB in Toulouse, France, becoming the fifth operator of the all-new widebody airliner. With its unrivalled passenger flying experience and operational efficiency, the A350 XWB will form the backbone of Singapore Airlines’ future mid-size widebody fleet.
