Italian stunt pilot Dario Costa set Five Guinness World Records by flying an aeroplane through two Çatalca Tunnels in Istanbul, Turkey. The 41-year old pilot achieved this feat on board a custom-modified Zivko Edge 540 race plane through a twin tunnel along the Northern Marmara Highway in Istanbul. Mr Costa set the world record for…
211 people including American, British, Dutch, Ukrainian and German passport holders will be allowed on board. aliban authorities have agreed to let 200 American civilians and third country nationals who remained in Afghanistan after the end of the U.S. evacuation operation to depart on charter flights from Kabul airport, a U.S. official said. The Taliban…
An unidentified blonde woman walking through an airport in only a bikini and mask has become a viral video. The video shows the woman strutting through an airport terminal with an olive bikini and a backpack. Despite her lack of clothing, the passenger was still wearing a mask in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration guidelines.…
Emirates will welcome their last three A380s this November, bringing forward the delivery timeline from June 2022. The UAE-based carrier is the largest operator of A380 and intends to fly the superjumbos for two more decades. While many other airlines are retiring some or even all of their A380s after the pandemic, Emirates will still…
At least four planes chartered to evacuate hundreds of people seeking to escape the Taliban have been unable to leave Afghanistan, officials said. There are conflicting accounts as to why the flights were unable to take off. At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan…
Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday, the carrier said, after a technical team from Qatar reopened the capital’s airport for aid and domestic services. Flights between Kabul and the western city of Herat, Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the south have…
A group of eight Ukrainian athletes has set a world record by pulling the “Mirya” Antonov An-225, dedicating the 30th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine. The two groups of four strongmen managed to move the world’s largest and heaviest aircraft, four meters and 30 centimetres, in a time of one minute and 13 seconds…
Miami Dade Police Department detained a military veteran on Friday night. The person went berserk in Miami airport causing trouble to airport staff and other travellers. The person can be seen attacking American Airlines gate agents. The man was apparently suffering from mental health issues and was hospitalized by Miami Police. Travellers managed to get…
Taliban in talks with Qatar to manage Kabul airport. After the US’s withdrawal Kabul airport is without air traffic control services and talks are on to secure the airport. The Taliban are in talks with Qatar and Turkey about the management of Kabul airport as it lacks air traffic control services now that the United…
A woman who helped process rescued dogs and cats flown from Afghanistan said they were “in amazing condition”. Some 150 animals from former Royal Marine Paul “Pen” Farthing’s shelter in Kabul arrived at Heathrow Airport on a private charter flight on Sunday. Lorraine Edwards transported them to quarantine kennels and expected most to be adopted…
It was in the year 1783 that the world’s first unmanned aircraft was invented. It might sound strange but hot air balloons were the world’s first UAVs. Austrian soldiers used unmanned hot air balloons filled with explosives to attack Venice. The world of UAVs has escalated tremendously from hot air balloons. Today it is synonymous…
A Cargojet Airways Boeing 767-300BCF, with registration C-GUAJ, was engaged in a tailstrike during take-off from Tokyo Narita International Airport on 29th August. The Boeing 767 freighter was departing as flight W8-1328 bound to Vancouver when it suffered the tailstrike during rotation for takeoff. Only two crew members were onboard the cargo flight. As reported…
