NEWS The ATR-72 flight #GE222 struck trees before to crash
The Aviation Safety Council (ASC) of Taiwan shows that the TransAsia ATR-72 flight GE222 that crashed at Magong on July 23, struck trees after deviating from a VOR approach.
NEWS American Airlines flight #AA2214 diverted to Nashville
An American Airlines plane flying from Dallas to Boston was diverted to Nashville on Saturday night after a passenger became disruptive and non-compliant. Flight 2214 landed in Nashville just after 9 p.m. with 145 passengers and five crew members on board. According to American Airlines spokesman Kent Powell, local authorities removed an unruly woman from…
NEWS Edinburgh to Gatwick plane diverted after woman throws prosthetic leg at cabin crew
A Thomson Airways flight from Tunisia to Edinburgh was diverted to London last night after a drunken passenger allegedly attacked crew members with her prosthetic leg.The woman told the flight crew that she wanted “cigarettes and a parachute.” When they asked her to hush up, she allegedly slapped a little girl and then started swinging…
UPDATE #AH5017 About the black box cockpit voice recorder (CVR)
The black box cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from AH5017 suffered damage in the crash. This is expected to delay the full data retrieval process. The French accident investigator BEA is currently working of obtaining what they can from the black box.
BREAKING #AH5017 First data from radar of the Burkinabe army revealed
From Ouagadougou, the control tower has tracked the flight AH5017, which crashed in northern Mali. It is 1:17 when the plane left the capital of Burkina Faso. Heading north towards Algiers. But a huge rainstorm forced the pilot to change trajectory. For the first time, images of radar control are revealed. The plane is at…
NEWS British Airways has announced to start A380 service on London Heathrow – Washington Dulles route in early October
The British carrier will serve this route with this superjumbo aircraft five times a week from October 2 until October 25. A B747 will serve the route on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during that period. British Airways’ flights BA216 and BA217 will run daily on this route from October 26. However no services will be available…
NEWS Two US F16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Panama City-bound flight from Canada back to Toronto
Two U.S. F16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Panama City-bound flight from Canada back to Toronto on Friday after a man on the plane apparently threatened to blow up the aircraft, authorities said.
BREAKING First pictures of wreckage from the Air Algerie #AH5017 plane crash in Mali
First pictures of wreckage from the Air Algerie AH5017 plane crash in Mali http://t.co/daIUXWjK7U pic.twitter.com/JsU8jVsB4a — HuffPostUK Pictures (@HuffPostUKPics) July 25, 2014
