UK defense officials say all 4 on board rescued after Griffin training helicopter went down due to ‘technical issue’ in Sonwdonia, Wales. Griffin training helicopter completed “precautionary landing” in Snowdonia after “technical issue”.
Delta Air Lines cancelled nearly 250 flights this morning as it worked to reset its operation and get crews, aircraft and other operational elements in place to take care of customers. The airline experienced a loss of power Monday morning that impacted operations worldwide. Delta was forced to cancel about 1,000 flights yesterday due to…
Emirates announced today an 11% capacity increase to Manchester with the deployment of a third daily A380 on the route. As of 1st January 2017, the replacement of the Boeing 777-300ER will mean that all Emirates flights to Manchester will be operated by the iconic double decker aircraft. The airline also unveiled plans to swap…
The mother of a 16-year-old girl has hit out at Ryanair after her daughter was let on the wrong plane without her boarding pass being checked. And after complaining, the airline blamed the girl for not reading the display screens. A 16-year-old girl failed to have her boarding pass checked and accidentally boarded the wrong Ryanair…
According to RT, the European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) has given the go-ahead for victims of the MH17 crash to file lawsuits against the Ukrainian Government after an internal investigation finds that MH17 was shot down intentionally. There have already been applicants to such lawsuits against the country. Four applicants named Tim Lauschet, Elena…
Delta Air Lines has grounded flights departing from airports around the world following a “computer outage”. Flights already in the air are operating normally, the carrier added. “Customers should check the status of their flight before heading to the airport while the issue is being addressed,” Delta tweeted. UPDATE Delta says “large-scale cancellations are expected…
This news article contains graphic information: Gatwick Express passenger on a train to Gatwick airport was ‘decapitated’ after his ‘head flew off’ when he stuck his head out of carriage window. The man was on board from the airport to London Victoria station and suffered a head injury when he was struck by an oncoming train. Police…
Airbus Group (EADSF.PK, EADSY.PK) announced the company has been informed by the SFO that it has opened a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption in the civil aviation business of Airbus Group relating to irregularities concerning third party consultants. Airbus Group stated that it continues to cooperate with the SFO on the investigation.…
Virgin Galactic is one step closer to making us all space tourists: it just received its operator license from the US Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA-AST). To get the paperwork, which allows Virgin Galactic to use its ship for commercial operations. The FAA looked into the vehicle’s system design, safety features…
Qantas Airways have said that they do not want the remaining 8 Airbus A380s it still has on order because of sufficient demand being met on the current network that they already have. “Our intention is that we’re not taking those aircraft,” Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce said Friday at an airline conference in Brisbane,…
Emergency services have been called after a nose wheel-collapse at Baltimore Airport. The Southwest Airlines flight was departing the gate when the front wheel collapsed. Emergency crew were then called to help passengers off the disabled aircraft. The Boeing 737 was operating WN149 from Baltimore to Atlanta but has since been delayed by 4 hours.…
