Turkey’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines’ first flight from new Istanbul Airport departed on Wednesday to the capital Ankara. Flight #TK2124 took off at 11.32 a.m (local time) from Istanbul New Airport to Ankara Esenboga Airport. With Monday’s opening, two runways — stretching 3,750 and 4,100 meters long — went into service as part of the…
Chinese intelligence officers conspired with hackers and company insiders to break into private companies’ computer systems and steal information on a turbo fan engine used in commercial jetliners, according to a U.S. indictment unsealed on Tuesday. The indictment said at the time of the hacks, a Chinese-state owned aerospace company was working to develop a…
Two Ryanair planes were at risk of colliding during their respective flights close to Pamplona, northern Spain earlier this month. That’s the conclusion of a preliminary report from the Spanish Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents Investigation Commission. According to the document, this “serious” incident took place on October 2, when a Boeing 737-800 plane traveling…
The Leicester City owner’s helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club’s ground shortly after taking off after a match. UPDATE Leicester City FC confirms Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four other people died during helicopter crash on Saturday evening. It has been reported that Leicester City owner Srivaddhanaprabha was on board the vehicle, although it is…
The Soyuz rocket launch failure this month was caused by a faulty sensor, Russian news agencies reported citing an official from space agency Roscosmos. Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague had to abort their mission on October 11 and perform an emergency landing after the Soyuz rocket supposed to carry them to…