ALERT Photo: Indonesian military officers examine a piece of wreckage from AirAsia flight at military base in Central Kalimantan – @AFP via @ChannelNewsAsia
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NEWS: Saudi Arabia’s national airline planning to introduce gender segregation on flights
It has been revealed that Saudi Arabia’s national airline called Saudia plans to introduce gender segregation on flights. The airline already complies with a number of the religious practices of Islam, which include not serving alcohol or dishes that contain pork on board, and now plans to introduce measure whereby men and women will be separated on board unless they…
NEWS New-look Alitalia takes off from New York
The first flight of the ‘new Alitalia’ took off today from New York JFK at 01:35 ‘Zulu time’ – the time conventionally adopted by the aviation industry, corresponding to 02:35 Italian local time – and landed in Milan Malpensa at 10.40. The flight was operated by an Airbus A330 aircraft in the Expo Milano 2015…
NEWS Search for AirAsia QZ8501 moves underwater
The search for flight recorders from AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 has moved underwater with the arrival of specialist equipment from France. A team will use the sensitive acoustic equipment to listen for signals from the ‘black box’ recorders.
NEWS Blue Islands plane makes emergency landing at London Southend Airport
A Blue Islands flight has been forced to make an emergency landing at London Southend Airport following an engine fire. With 28 passengers on board, the plane made a safe landing with no reports of injuries. While fire crews met the plane on landing the fire was extinguished before the aircraft touched down.
NEWS New-look Alitalia takes off from New York
The first flight of the ‘new Alitalia’ took off today from New York JFK at 01:35 ‘Zulu time’ – the time conventionally adopted by the aviation industry, corresponding to 02:35 Italian local time – and landed in Milan Malpensa at 10.40. The flight was operated by an Airbus A330 aircraft in the Expo Milano 2015…
NEWS Poor weather hampers search for AirAsia flight QZ8501 bodies
Poor weather over the Java Sea has slowed efforts to retrieve bodies and debris from the crashed AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501. The AirAsia Airbus A320-200 came down on Sunday on route from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore carrying 162 people.A total of seven bodies have been pulled from the water so far, while parts of…
