Wednesday 28th February saw Icelandair take delivery of their first Boeing 737 MAX 8, TF-ICE. Icelandair have a total of 16 on order which will be delivered by 2021 and expect a further two more aircraft to arrive this year. Despite speculations, it appears that the new 737s will not be replacing the famous 757s…
A passenger jet was forced to carry out an emergency landing after one of its engines exploded just half an hour after takeoff. The Tez Jet airline British Aerospace RJ-85 returned to Manas International Airport in the capital of the ex-Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan after the alarming incident. In footage, part of the broken engine…
All people on board of the aircraft, including 26 passengers and six crew members died in the incident, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Russian An-26 plane crashed near Syrian Hmeimin base on Tuesday when landing, according to the ministry of defense. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1359 UTC According to preliminary information, the incident could have been…
Part of a roof at Nanchang Changbei International Airport in China collapsed on Sunday (Mar 4) amid strong winds and a torrential downpour, local media reports said. No one was injured in the incident, which took place at the entrance of the airport’s Terminal 2 arrival hall at around 3.30pm, according to the China News Service…
A senior Iranian official announced on Monday that the country will likely transfer the black box of the crashed Aseman airline ATR-72 plane to France for further investigation. “The black box of the ATR plane was found and is under preliminary studies by experts,” Managing-Director of Atiyeh Saba holding company Vali Azarnoush, whose firm is…
A passenger has tried to enter the cockpit of an EgyptAir plane, which was en route from Oman to Cairo. According to the news portal “Yoom7”, an attempt to break into the cabin occurred on the 26th minute of the flight. One of the passengers attacked the flight attendants and tried to break into the…