A baggage handler has died after her hair got caught in a conveyor belt at an airport in New Orleans. Jermani Thompson, 26 was unloading baggage from a Frontier Airlines plane at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport when the accident happened at about 10pm local time on Tuesday. Her hair had got entangled in…
Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2 has been evacuated after a “suspicious item” prompted a security alert. A Heathrow spokesperson said: “Our teams are working with the police, in response to a potentially suspicious item identified at Terminal 2. “As a precaution, passengers have been temporarily moved away from the area. We apologise to any passengers inconvenienced…
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will visit the U.K. next month for the first time since they returned for Queen Elizabeth II ’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. A spokesperson for the couple said Monday that they will “visit with several charities close to their hearts” in the U.K. and Germany. Harry…
Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, has vowed his airline will not fly to or from London Heathrow: “Never, ever while I live and breathe.” The only time Ryanair aircraft have been seen at Heathrow was in 2010, when British Airways chartered some jets to operate short-haul flights during a cabin crew strike. During the…
A Charleston International Airport flight ran into an unusual delay on the taxiway over the weekend. Delta passenger John Moroney said his flight from Atlanta landed in Charleston, South Carolina, around 7 p.m. Saturday, shortly after which the pilot announced a delay. As an alligator was passing across the taxiway, the pilot briefly held the…
Passengers at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina had an unexpected interruption to the tedium of the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint when a bald eagle, perched on its handler’s arm, spread its wings in the security line on Thursday. The unique passenger is a bird named Clark, part of the World Bird Sanctuary,…
Passengers on a Turkey-bound flight from Birmingham Airport experienced a mid-air drama after a pilot reportedly “fainted”, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. The Jet2 flight which was travelling to Antalya in Turkey landed in Thessaloniki in Greece because of what the airline described as a medical emergency. The incident happened on August…
A pair of pilots have been suspended following a mid-flight fight in the cockpit of an Air France plane. The pilots reportedly exchanged blows during a flight between Geneva and Paris in June. Shortly after takeoff, cabin personnel heard the conflict before breaking it up. One pilot remained in the flight deck for the remainder…
Authorities say they have located the mother of an infant girl who was found Sunday night at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the girl, who is believed to be about 10 months old, came to the airport at about 9 p.m. via the Metro Transit light rail with a…
On 22nd August, an United Airlines B737 aircraft scheduled to fly from Newark to Denver taxied for so long at Newark Airport, that it eventually ran out of adequate fuel for the flight. The Boeing 737-900ER was taxiing to fly to Denver. However, the plane stayed on the tarmac and taxiways for more than six…
British Airways will cut roughly 10,000 short-haul flights to and from Heathrow Airport between late October and March. The move is aimed at minimising disruption over the winter and some long-haul flights will also be affected, the airline said. BA said it will also cut a dozen round-trips per day – totalling 629 flights –…
Dozens of easyJet flights have been cancelled at Gatwick Airport due to “late notice” staff sickness. Around 26 flights in and out of Gatwick have been cancelled this morning at short notice due staff sickness in air traffic control. Gatwick Airport has apologised to passengers affected. The airline said those affected by the cancellations would…