South African Airlink Jetstream 41 suffered a large birdstrike on final approach to Venetia Mine Airport in South Africa. On January the 3rd, an Airlink Jetstream 41 aircraft operating a private charter flight struck a large bird upon landing at Venetia airfield. A propeller blade broke and penetrated the aircraft fuselage. None of the passengers…
A Ryanair flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in France after a fire broke out on board. Flight FR4052 took off from Manchester at 6.33pm on Monday headed for Faro, southern Portugal, where it was expected to land at around 9.30pm. But just over an hour into the flight, pilots of the…
A British Airways Airbus A350 sustained damage to its tailstrike while landing at Heathrow Airport. The Airbus A350-1000, with registration G-XWBC, was performing flight BA-104 from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport when it sustained a tailstrike during its approach to Heathrow’s runway 27L. The crew then decided to go around before positioning and…
Air travel continues to be severely disrupted in the United States, with bad weather in parts of the country adding to the impact of a surge in COVID-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. The US had 2,604 cancelled flights on Saturday, more than half of the 4,529 cancelled worldwide, shortly after 4:30pm (21:30 GMT),…
Emirates is giving the world’s largest passenger jet a new lease on life. Airlines have been torn on what to do with the Airbus A380 as the COVID-19 pandemic and a shift towards sustainability in the sky has forever changed how people travel. Some airlines have opted to retire the A380 while others have opted…