The aircraft, believed to be participating in an aviation fair, smashed into the Madrid ring road on Friday morning. A helicopter crashed on a Madrid motorway ring road on Friday morning, hitting a car and leaving three people injured, shortly after taking off. One passenger was able to leave the smash on foot while the…
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TUI flight to Las Palmas is declaring an emergency due to low fuel. The flight #BY1480 from Glasgow to Las Palmas is declaring an emergency. The Boeing 737 MAX8 attempted several landing attempts at Las Palmas Airport. The wind is currently gusting up to 21 kt from Southwest. The crew tried to land on both…
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Two Embraer aircraft independently suffered gear collapses and runway excursions in Tanzania. One of them was accelerating for takeoff but veered off the runway and collided with a building before coming to a stop. The Unity Air Zanzibar Embraer EMB-120 with registration 5H-MJH was involved in the first incident. It was operating a flight from…
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The first transatlantic flight by an airliner using pure sustainable aviation fuel (Saf) took off from Heathrow on Tuesday morning. The Boeing 787-9 took off from London Heathrow runway 27R. The flight landed at New York JFK 7 hours and 14 minutes later while cruising at 40,000ft. Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, Transport Secretary Mark…
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A US military aircraft with eight personnel on board has crashed off Yakushima Island in Japan. At least one person was killed Wednesday after a US military Osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of Japan’s Yakushima Island in southern Kagoshima prefecture, according to a spokesperson from the Japan Coast Guard. Japan’s coast guard told the…
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London Heathrow Airport is dealing with NATS about a technical issue. Due to a technical issue with ATC systems at Heathrow (LHR), the airport will not be able to alternate runways as usual at 1500. The airport will remain taking off on the Northern Runway (27R) and landing on the Southern Runway (27L) for the…
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The Captain of a Boeing 747 took pictures of Aurora Borealis. X’s user miami_rick shared incredible photos from flight through the Arctic circle. The Captain of a Boeing 747 was flying from 25 to 26 November, 2023 when he was surprised by Northern Lights. The aircraft was flying through the Arctic circle, over Iceland. This…
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An Air France Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was damaged after its left wing hit a light pole at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The Boeing 787-9 with registration F-HRBE was performing flight AF692 from Paris CDG. However, its left wing chopped down a lampost while taxing after landing on runway 5L. According to a statement from the airport…
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Flight MH0165 to KL Emergency Lands in India, 130 Passengers Held for Days Without Explanation, Food & Water. Passengers from flight MH165 initially heading to Kuala Lumpur from Doha, Qatar, on 24 November (Friday) are allegedly currently being held in Mumbai, India, after having their passports taken from them. Aubrey Leigh Rogers took to the…
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United flight #UA941 is declaring an emergency and diverting. The Boeing 767 departed at 16:25 GMT from London Heathrow to Newark. But 45 minutes into the flight, while flying over Dublin, the crew decided to turn away. The pilots squawked 7700 (general emergency). The flight is operated by a Boeing 767-300 (reg. N685UA) which is…
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A man causes panic on Southwest Airlines flight to Atlanta after jumping out emergency exit. A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight was arrested on Sunday night in New Orleans after allegedly escaping the plane through the emergency hatch and running away on the tarmac at the Louis Armstrong Airport. According to the Jefferson Parish…
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Yesterday, TSA screened just over 2.9M individuals at airports nationwide, the busiest day ever for air travel. On Nov. 26, TSA screened just over 2.9M individuals at airports nationwide, which represents an agency record – the busiest day ever for air travel. Preliminary numbers from TSA show Sunday was a record day at airport checkpoints.…
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