Today, Emirates has unveiled its long-awaited brand new premium economy seats, which have been fitted in its new Airbus A380, which was delivered this month. The premium economy cabin is located at the front of the main deck of the Airbus A380, with 56 seats in a 2-4-2 cabin layout. Emirates has also refreshed its…
Ground staff and the flight attendants did not brief the flight’s captain and co-pilot that the flight’s number had been changed, officials say. Buddha Air’s ATR 72 landed at Pokhara Airport at around 4 pm local time on Friday, instead of Janakpur with 69 passengers on board. The passengers were shocked as they stepped off…
For almost all people, dropping their smartphone from an airplane would be the worst nightmare. However, Brazilian documentary filmmaker Ernesto Galiotto’s iPhone 6s survived a fall from 2,000 feet. Not only did the iPhone survive the free fall, but it also recorded its terrifying plunge to Earth. Galiotto was flying over a beach in Cabo…
A British commercial pilot has been jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of murdering his daughter while he was drunk and high on drugs at a luxury hotel. Airbus captain, 42, “crushed the brains” and fractured the skull of one-year-old baby on October 24 last year by banging her head against a wall,…
Taiwan’s Eva Air has sacked a New Zealand pilot blamed for causing Taiwan’s first domestically transmitted coronavirus case in months. Taiwan hadn’t reported a single local coronavirus case in the last 253 days. However, the streak has come to an end after a friend of the Eva Air pilot tested positive on Tuesday. The Eva…
Airline passengers travelling to the United States from the UK must prove a negative COVID test within 72 hours of departure. The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) signed the order on December 25th and will go into effect on Monday, December 28th. The decision was taken after the emergence of a new coronavirus variant…
Los Angeles pilot finally captured elusive ‘jetpack man’ on video. The unidentified flying man in Los Angeles has finally been caught on video at 3,000 feet above Palos Verdes near Catalina Island with a jetpack. The mystery guy has been spotted at least twice before, in the summer and fall, but now there’s video, posted…
Montenegro Airlines has ceased operations with the company to be shut down. The carrier’s final commercial service was operated between Belgrade and Podgorica as flight YM103. In a statement, the airline said, “The Montenegrin government’s decision to shut down our company will have a negative impact on the entire aviation sector in the country. We…
The ban will take effect from Dec. 28 and will run through January, the government said in an emailed statement. Japanese citizens and foreign residents will be allowed to enter but must show proof of a negative coronavirus test 72 hours before departing for Japan and must quarantine for two weeks after arrival, the statement…
A Yakutia Airlines Boeing 737 overran the runway by 20 meters at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on 25th December. However, the aircraft came to a stop on the paved surface of the runway end area. The aircraft with registration VQ-BIP was operating flight R3784 from Neryungri airport to Vnukovo airport. A total of 116 people, including…
A powered parachute, impacted powerlines in California. A Destiny 2000 powered parachute (reg. N65733) impacted and became suspended in powerlines. The accident took place on December 20th 2020 at north of Rio Linda Airport in California. The powered parachute sustained apparent minor damage. The sole pilot onboard, who was dressed as Santa Claus and dropping…
20 passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 on the final London-Jamaica flight on Monday, 21st December. A total of 301 passengers had arrived on Monday, and 20 of them tested positive on arrival in Jamaica. These passengers will now be kept in state isolation until they are recovered. The Government of Jamaica has banned all…
