The websites of German airports have been hit by cyberattacks instigated by a Russian “hacker group”, authorities said Thursday. The Federal Cyber Security Authority (BSI) had “knowledge of DDoS attacks against targets in Germany”, a spokesman told AFP. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is designed to overwhelm the target with a flood of internet traffic,…
An USAF U-2 high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft was forced to divert to RAF Mildenhall during the night. The Lockheed U-2 was about to land at RAF Fairford but fog prevented it. The visibility at RAF Fairford was only 200 ft and the pilot informed the traffic control that he could not see any…
Flights have resumed this morning at Bristol Airport after a technical problem meant planes had to be diverted last night. The runway lights failed which meant planes could not land or take off. They failed at 8.30pm last night (25 January) with engineers using a short term fix to get them back on just before…
A German citizen was arrested at Munich airport on suspicion of treason for allegedly passing intelligence onto Russia. A German man has been arrested at Munich airport on suspicion of leaking intelligence information to Russia, the German attorney general said on Thursday. The man was arrested on Sunday when he arrived in Germany from the…
Lion Air Boeing 737-900 was leaving its parking stand when its right winglet smashed into the terminal building. As Lion Air flight #JT797 was taxiing for departure, the Boeing 737 hit its right hand side winglet to the departure gate building. The Boeing 737-900 (reg. PK-LFO) was turning away from stand no.5 to taxi to…
The Kyiv city authority has reported that 15 cruise missiles heading in the direction of Ukraine’s capital were shot down by air defences. Ukraine air force spokseperson said more than 30 missiles are expected. In total, more than 30 missiles are expected, which are already being launched in several areas. He added that in the…