Russian Ministry of Defense statement: On September 7, 2016US Navy reconnaissance aircraft P-8 “Poseidon” tried twice to get close to the state border of the Russian Federation over the Black Sea without transponders. Su-27 fighters from Belbek airbase were scrambled. When Russian fighters approached the US reconnaissance aircraft for visual identification, American plane abruptly changed course to the opposite…
This morning the Australian Transport Safety Bureau issued its findings into the incident in March last year involving an AirAsia X Airbus A330, registered 9M-XXM operating from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The report said that on departure from runway 16R the aircraft was observed by air traffic control to enter the departure flight path…
An ambitious recruitment programme is launched this month to find both direct entry captains and first officers to join BA CityFlyer, the wholly owned British Airways’ subsidiary that operates from the Docklands airport to more than 30 business and leisure destinations across Europe. The new recruits will join over 200 existing pilots who currently fly…
Flight Jet2 #LS819 to Rhodos returned to Manchester due to landing gear issue. UPDATE 1112 UTC Jet2 #LS819 landed runway 05R. UPDATE 1104 UTC Jet2 #LS819 leaving hold and returning to Manchester runway 05R. UPDATE 1047 UTC Jet2 #LS819 will leave hold to approach runway 05R in 10 minutes. UPDATE 1041 UTC Jet2 #LS819 is still…
Customers who book a Club World (business class) seat for travel between September 7 and December 11, 2016 will have the opportunity to upgrade to First one-way for free. Customers who would like to take up the offer can do so by contacting their travel agent, or calling the British Airways contact centre on 0344 493…
A United Airlines flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in Nashville overnight after a passenger caused a disturbance. United Airlines flight flight UA3550 from Houston to the Grand Rapids was diverted to Nashville after an intoxicated passenger became a hand-full for the crew on the flight. Passenger Mohammed Nasser Aldoseri allegedly broke through…
