One year ago, the Antonov An-225 made its last flight, returning to Gostomel Airport, Ukraine. One year ago, the Antonov An-225 made its last flight, returning from a flight from China to Denmark to deliver 90 tons of Covid-19 test kits, for an engine repair. But on February 24, 2022, Russian tactical-assault units landed at…
A water bombing plane has crashed while fighting two raging bushfires in a southern region of Western Australia. The Boeing 737-3 with two people on board went down over the Fitzgerald River National Park on Monday at around 4.40pm (WST) and crashed in the forest between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. Both pilots survived the crash and…
China has confirmed that a balloon flying over Latin America is Chinese, after a similar device was shot down by the United States over the weekend. “It has come to be understood that the relevant unmanned airship is from China,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a briefing, saying the device “seriously deviated from its…
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Turkiye has damaged the airport in Turkish Hatay province. A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria today, killing more than 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region. The earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on Monday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.…
Lufthansa and Air France-KLM are circling collapsed UK regional airline Flybe to try to obtain its take-off and landing slots at London’s Heathrow Airport. Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday the two airlines were in talks with the administrators of Flybe, which a week ago ceased trading and went into insolvency for the second time…