A US warplane has shot down a Syrian warplane over Syria’s northern city of Raqqa on Sunday, the Syrian army said in a statement. UPDATE Monday Russian MoD: “all coalition aircraft & UAVs detected to the West of the Euphrates River will be tracked by the Russian SAM as targets.” UPDATE Sunday 2046 UTC The U.S. military…
In 1999 JustPlanes visited Rio de Janeiro for airport filming. For the full Rio video visit http://www.justplanes.com/ClassicAirports.html
At least 26 people have been injured after a China Eastern Airlines flight #MU774 from Paris CDG hit turbulence over Southwest China on descent to Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan province, Xinhua news agency reported. The state news agency reports that passengers suffered broken bones, cuts to the scalp and soft tissue injuries following the…
Airbus is presenting a development study for an enhanced A380, the “A380plus”. The study includes aerodynamic improvements in particular new, large winglets and other wing refinements that allow for up to 4% fuel burn savings. Added to an optimised A380 maintenance programme and the enhanced cabin features first shown at Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in…
Shocking video filmed on a Turkish airlines flight shows an Afghan man being hit and restrained while the plane is still on the tarmac. In distress, the man exclaims he is being deported despite having Italian documents. “I can’t breathe honestly,” the passenger can be heard saying as a man restrains him. The video was…
The largest bird I have seen collide with a plane (Pakistan Boeing 777 here). Herring gulls weigh up to 1.5kg/3.3lbs, so not something you want to happen too often.
