Jet2 flight from Newcastle to Tenerife is declaring an emergency. Jet2 flight #LS517 from Newcastle to Tenerife is declaring an emergency and diverting. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. G-JZBK) took off from Newcastle, UK at 15:40 local time. The crew declared an emergency off North Spain coast. The aircraft is diverting to Porto, Portugal. UPDATE LS517…
Saudi Arabia is to open up a new national airline, to be known as Riyadh Air. Based at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, the airline hopes to grow to serve more than 100 destinations by 2030, and become the largest airline in the Middle East. The airline will be led by Tony Douglas, a former…
A KLM Boeing 737-700 experienced a serious incident when it made a late takeoff from runway 28 at Nuremberg Airport in Germany. The Boeing 737-700 with registration PH-BGF was performing flight KL1884 from Nuremberg to Amsterdam. The pilots had planned to use the full length of the runway (2700 meters) by taxiing via taxiway “A.”…