Police is investigating “serious sitution” aboard a plane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE The hijacking alert (squawk 7500) was triggered “by mistake” – Air Europa confirms. UPDATE Search on board the plane continues. UPDATE Passengers and crew members have been safely taken off the plane. UPDATE The incident is…
On Saturday evening the British Airways flight #BA42 from Cap Town to London Heathrow was assigned the Squawk Transponder code 1232 by sarcastic South Africa ATC. This was a reference to England losing 12-32 to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final earlier in the day.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg will take a significant cut in pay for 2019 and 2020, according to the company’s new chairman. In an interview on CNBC Tuesday morning, Dave Calhoun, who was named Boeing’s chairman last month when the board stripped Muilenburg of that title, said that the CEO called him Saturday morning to suggest…
A German union on Monday said it had called on Lufthansa cabin crew to stage a strike on Thursday and Friday in an escalating battle for better pay and conditions. The walkout, scheduled to start at 11 pm GMT on Wednesday and end on Friday at 11 pm GMT, “will affect all Lufthansa flights” scheduled…
A Kenya Airways Dreamliner was yesterday forced to turn back to Johannesburg right after takeoff. Yesterday, AIRLIVE tweeted at 11.09UTC: “Kenya Airways #KQ761 to Nairobi just returned to Johannesburg after takeoff”. The Boeing 787-8 (reg. 5Y-KZC) was heading to to Nairobi, Kenya when it turned around to land on runway 03R about 30 mins after…
The picture, which shows the female passenger sitting in the captain’s seat and making a peace sign, was widely shared on Chinese social media site Weibo over the weekend. “Thanks to the captain. So happy,” read the caption. Taken on an Air Guilin flight on 4 January, the image’s recent circulation prompted the airline to…
French BEA is looking for pieces fallen from the engine of Swiss A220 (reg. HB-JCM) following the incident during July. UPDATE Fragment from the engine of Swiss A220 (reg. HB-JCM) has been found on the ground by the volunteers. The pieces are believed to fell at cruising level FL330 over the city of…
Lufthansa flight LH1474 from Frankfurt to Chisinau, Moldovia returns to Frankfurt. A Lufthansa Embraer ERJ190 (registration D-AECB) returned to Frankfurt shortly after reaching cruise. The aircraft had a hydraulic problem and the crew returned to Frankfurt. The aircraft landed on runway 25R shortly after 11:05 AM. The aircraft remained out of service until the following…