VIDEO Global SuperTank 747 fire fighting today in Chile #incendiosforestales
🔴 [VIDEO] Avión "Súper Tanket" realizó primera descarga sobre Mirario, comuna de Hualañé pic.twitter.com/sN6ZAAdix5 — VIVIMOSLANOTICIA.cl (@vlanoticia) January 25, 2017
NEWS Woman asked to disembark after confronting Donald Trump supporter
A passenger who berated a Trump supporter for “putting that man’s finger on the nuclear button” was thrown off a plane. The woman told a flight attendant that she would like the man next to her to change seats, seemingly because of his support of Donald Trump. The woman then berated the man, saying “You put that…
BREAKING: 2 Aer Lingus Employees arrested over suspected illegal immigrant smuggling ring.
Gardai Immigration officers and the Special Unit have arrested three people as part of an ongoing investigation into a suspected illegal immigrant smuggling network. The three men aged 61, 56 and 28 were arrested Dublin Airport Sunday night, two of which are employees of Aer Lingus. In a statement the airline said Aer Lingus is co-operating…
United Airlines domestic flights were grounded for 2 hours by computer outage
All of United Airlines’ domestic flights were grounded for more than two hours Sunday night because of a computer outage, the Federal Aviation Administration said. International flights weren’t affected by the ground stop, which the FAA said was issued at United’s request. A ground stop is in place for domestic flights due to an IT…
FBI arrests passenger who claimed he found note about bomb on board United flight to Denver
A 20-year-old man, who has been arrested for allegedly falsely claiming he found a letter in an airplane bathroom that indicated a bomb was on United Airlines flight, faces a potential penalty of 10 years in federal prison and $250,000 fine. During a flight from San Diego to Denver, Korth allegedly claimed to have found in the…
Air India creates ‘women only’ section on planes to prevent abuse of solo female passengers
Air India has announced plans to reserve six seats in each aeroplane for female passengers. The state-run airline revealed the move was an attempt to preserve the safety of women travelling alone. All of the seats in row three on Air India planes will now only be allocated to women. The airline will also keep…
NEWS EasyJet flight diverted to Malaga after turbulence causes technical issue
An EasyJet flight from London (LGW) was forced to land in Malaga after encountering severe turbulance on Tuesday. Flight EZY5163 departed London at 7:30am GMT headed for Almería for a scheduled arrival time of 11:15am local time. One passenger tweeted to airlive.net “Loud bang from below when we were bouncing around.” “Severe turbulence over the…
NEWS Underwater search for missing #MH370 suspended
The underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH370 has been suspended nearly three years after the plane vanished without a trace over the Indian Ocean, according to a joint statement from Chinese, Australian and Malaysian officials. The three countries had been leading the search for #MH370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing…
NEWS 70,000 birds around New York Airports have been slaughtered since US Airways Flight 1549 ditching
An Associated Press analysis of bird-killing programs at the New York City area’s three major airports found that nearly 70,000 gulls, starling, geese and other birds have been slaughtered, mostly by shooting and trapping since the ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009. It is not clear whether those killings have made the skies…
NEWS Qantas flight closes Sydney Airport runway after a landing incident.
A Qantas plane flown from Toowoomba blew two tyres when it landed at Sydney Airport on Sunday evening Qantas flight QF2123 was operated by a Bombardier Dash 8 with registration VH-QOV when it blew two tyres upon landing runway 16L. The runway was closed down for over an hour as engineers cleared the runway of…
