Passengers screamed in horror as punches were thrown on a plane after a ‘mortal drunk’ woman started ‘kicking off’. In a video of the brawl, men and women aboard the Newcastle to Alicante Ryanair flight can be seen scrapping over the tops of seats. Arms can be seen flailing in both directions as fellow passengers…
During a parachuting demonstration, one of the two pilots of an Agusta A-109 military helicopter fell from the aircraft on Sunday afternoon. The co-pilot was busy preparing the 3 paratroopers who were going to jump. Immediately after their jump, the co-pilot saw the pilot’s seat empty, his door open. The helicopter was starting to fall but the co-pilot…
Over 18 seconds between main undercarriage and nosewheel touching tarmac! In case you were wondering, both clips are at normal speed. The aircraft are United Boeing 757 and Flybe Dash 8 (Q400).
A small plane crashed during a flight demonstration near Moscow, plunging in front of a crowd of spectators, footage of the incident shows. The two people on board were killed in the crash, but nobody was hurt on the ground. Footage of the incident published online shows the An-2 trying to make a left turn…
JustPlanes filmed Saba, St Barths and St Maarten Airports. The result is a fantastic 4h30min program filled with action from 3 awesome airports in the region. On this short clip you can see a KLM Boeing 747-400 on departure. For the complete film visit http://www.justplanes.com/stmaarten.html
A Sharp Aviation flight has declared an emergency and diverted to Avalon this afternoon due to a suspected fire onboard. Flight SH-843 from Portland, Australia to Melbourne (Essendon) was around 15 minutes into the flight when smoke or a fire was reported onboard. The crew then elected to declare an emergency with ATC and divert…
Qantas is seeking permission from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to extend it’s alliance with Emirates for a further 5 years. Permission from the ACCC would see a continued co-ordination of fares, scheduling and code sharing between the 2 airlines. Qantas believes the deal would result in net benefits of $A80 million ($US63.6,…
Japanese authorities have declared that a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in North Korea was caused by a nuclear explosion. The earthquake occurred close to a nuclear testing site. It would be North Korea’s sixth nuclear test to date. According to Reuters news agency, the Japan Meteorological Agency says tremors in North Korea were at least 10…
