U.S. activates commercial planes to aid evacuees after Afghanistan. The United States will use 18 commercial aircraft to help transport people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan, moving them from temporary locations after they have landed from Kabul, the Pentagon said on Sunday. The move highlights the difficulty Washington is having in carrying out the…
The chaos around Kabul’s international airport saw another seven Afghan civilian killed in crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The deaths come as a new, perceived threat from the Islamic State group affiliate in Afghanistan has seen U.S. military…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has responded to a new wave of violently unruly behavior among airplane passengers. The fines are part of the FAA’s Zero Tolerance campaign against unruly behavior on U.S. carriers. The FAA doesn’t have criminal prosecutorial authority in these matters, but the agency has asked airports to coordinate…
U.S. warns of security threats at Kabul airport as Taliban leaders arrive to form new government. American citizens trying to leave Afghanistan were advised not to travel to Kabul’s airport because of “potential security threats,” on Saturday, as senior Taliban leaders arrived in the city to choose a new government. “We are advising U.S. citizens…
Bodies were hanging from the USAF C-17 during the flight. Following the incidents in Kabul yesterday, the crew of the US Air Force C-17A (reg. 02-1109) confirmed that bodies of Afghan refugees hanging around the airplane. Bodies were also inside the wheel bay resulting malfunction in the landing gear door. The airplane diverted to Qatar…
During the night of Sunday to Monday, a USAF C-17 has left Kabul with 800 passengers on board. During chaos at Kabul Airport, the US Air Force was evacuating embassy personnel and civilians on Sunday night. A US Air Force C-17 (reg. 01-0186) managed to take off despite the chaos. It’s now confirmed that 800…
The tarmac of the airport is filled with a constellation of uniforms from different nations. As a Taliban offensive encircles the Afghan capital, there’s increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war, Kabul’s international airport is the only one way in for U.S. troops sent to protect American diplomats still on the ground.…
There are a lot of flying species in the French Alps. Soul Flyers are one of them. What a surprise for people in the ski resort to see a flying man arriving at 250km/h right on them and going through the buildings on a 200m distance at 15m height from the ground. Dropping from 1000m…
With the recent announcements of the UAE easing entry protocols for 12 countries*, and the UK adding the UAE on its ‘amber list’, Emirates is actively responding to the spike in travel demand across its network. In line with the easing of restrictions, the airline will be restoring capacity across 29 cities on its network…
An Emirates Airline’s cabin crew member was on the top of Burj Khalifa to celebrate the UK moving from the red list to amber. The airline shared on their social media sites over the weekend a video of an air hostess dressed in Emirates’ cabin crew uniform, standing on the skyscraper’s spire, and holding up…
A woman said American Airlines lost track of her two cats during a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to New York City. Ariel Dale, a voice actress and singer with 56,000 followers on TikTok, first spoke about her experience in a video posted Sunday that has more than 3.8 million views. She captioned the video:…
