The US had dispatched three B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers to its facility in Diego Garcia, in the British Indian Ocean Territory, to respond to rising regional tensions. Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Conant, BTF commander, said, “We are excited to return to this important location. (NSF) Diego Garcia puts the ‘INDO’ in US Indo-Pacific Command.” “This Bomber…
Video captured a FedEx plane making an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday morning after a mechanical issue. L.A. City firefighters responded to the airport around 3:50 a.m., according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Officials said the plane’s left-wing landing gear did not deploy. The Boeing 767-300F (reg. N146FE)…
A contractor who was working at a Florida airport opened up a container to find a live missile. A live, unarmed French missile, essentially like a firearm with a safety on, was found at the Lakeland Linder International Airport Friday afternoon and safely transported to a munition storage facility at MacDill Air Force Base, where…
Two passengers were seen hurling punches at each other in the shocking video taken inside a China Eastern Airlines plane after it landed at Pudong Airport in Shanghai, China. In a clip, a shocked mum covers her daughter’s eyes to try and block her view of the violent brawl happening in a row of seats…
IranAir launches two new services to Europe. IranAir’s two new destinations are Manchester, UK and Madrid, Spain. Aviation Iran reported in November 2019 about the airline’s intention to add Madrid to its network but Manchester was unprecedented up until a few weeks before the launch on 4 July 2020. The Madrid service is planned to be launched…
Yesterday afternoon two RAF Typhoons from Lossiemouth have been flying as part of Exercise Typhoon Warrior over the North Sea. This involves units from around the RAF, and is a large-scale exercise that is testing for those in the air and those on the ground. As the Typhoons returned to Kinloss Barracks, weather conditions deteriorated…
Wizz Air has confirmed a new base at Gatwick Airport, a third for the low-cost carrier in the UK. The airline will allocate one Airbus A321 aircraft to the south London hub and launch four new routes to leisure destinations in Greece, Italy, Spain and Malta from October. Wizz already operates from Luton and Doncaster…