As many as 20,000 British travellers remain stranded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh following the crash of a Russian airliner at the weekend. The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office has advised against “all but essential travel” to the destination as investigations into the cause of the accident continue. Details
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed certification testing of the A400M new generation airlifter on a grass runway. The tests using the development aircraft MSN2 took place over a three week period at the airfield of Écury-sur-Coole in France in September and examined the aircraft’s behaviour on grass and natural soil runways. The A400M…
© PCH At St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport, one of the pilots of Metrojet A321 registration EI-ETL, according to the regulations, asked the driver of truck to start the push back, and received approval. After a few seconds the pilot accidentally pressed on the brake resulting in a damaged front landing gear of the aircraft.
American Airlines flight AA622 from Phoenix (Arizona) to New York City was carrying 128 passengers when it left Phoenix Sky Harbour International Airport on Tuesday. An out-of-control passenger who forced the emergency landing of a Phoenix-New York flight in Kansas was busted by law enforcement waiting on the ground, officials said. The unidentified man aboard…
All 112 passengers on board the Shaheen Airlines flight NL142 from Karachi to Lahore escaped serious injuries and were safely evacuated via the emergency escape chutes. Airport sources said the plane’s landing gear malfunctioned and its tire burst as it touched ground. The runway was temporarily closed for flights following the landing. An initial report…
GEIR ERIKSEN/GFOTO.NO An airplane was forced to make an emergency landing in Malmo Tuesday after a man tried to kick down the cockpit door at 10,000 feet. The Wizz Air flight from Romania to Norway was forced to land in Sweden after panicked crew raised the alarm with the pilot. The man also allegedly tried to open two…
Cargo flight from Australia to Kuala Lumpur, with 4 crew and 2186 goats on-board, was flying just to the south of Indonesia when the smoke alarms sounded on October 26. Crew on-board SQ7108 descended the aircraft immediately and diverted to Bali where they landed about 45 minutes later. An SIA Spokesman said: ‘On 26 October…