INCIDENT Passengers from Ural Airlines’ plane evacuated after a passenger’s power bank exploded
Passengers were evacuated emergency slides and sent back to the airport after a passenger's power bank exploded. The pilots of the aircraft were forced to stop the takeoff and evacuate…
A Chinese aircraft carrier conducted 260 takeoff, landing drills near Okinawa’s coast, Japan
Aircraft based on the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning conducted a total of about 260 takeoff and landing drills this month while the vessel sailed in waters near Okinawa Prefecture and…
Southwest Airlines plans to resume almost normal flight operations on Friday
Southwest Airlines, caught in a vexing tangle of misplaced staff and technical problems since last week’s winter storm, said Thursday that it planned to return to normal operations on Friday.…
INCIDENT Pilots on British Airways #BA348 performed an emergency landing wearing oxygen masks
A British Airways flight has been forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport after passengers reported a 'strange smell' on the flight. The plane was headed for Nice…
INCIDENT A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 makes emergency landing in Chicago after a laptop catches fire
Two flight attendants were treated on-site for smoke inhalation, and passengers were rebooked onto other flights. Two flight attendants were treated for smoke inhalation after a Lufthansa plane made an…
The US resume Covid testing for travellers from China
The US has become the latest country to impose Covid testing on visitors from China, after Beijing announced it would reopen borders next week. Italy, Japan, Taiwan and India also…
Amazon begins drone deliveries in California and Texas
Amazon has begun delivering orders by drone. Amazon Prime Air is now operating in Lockeford, Calif. and College Station, Texas, delivering a small number of packages just in time for…
Southwest CEO apologized to frustrated Southwest customers
Bob Jordan apologized to frustrated Southwest customers, and thanked employees working to get travelers where they need to go. Southwest Airlines pilots blamed poor planning for thousands of flights being…
INCIDENT A SkyWest Airlines CRJ-200 skidded off the runway at Rock Spring-Southwest, Wyoming
An airplane carrying 50 passengers slid off the runway at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport last night after encountering icy conditions. The Rock Springs Police Department reports that around 9:40…
This is the first time a Boeing 747-8 is scrapped and this one has just dozens of flight hours
A Boeing 747-8 BBJ is being part out and scrapped in Arizona these days with the jumbo jet reportedly flying for less than 30 hours of total flight with its…
‘My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send, don’t worry about me though’
NASA’s InSight mission has ended after more than four years of collecting unique science on Mars. Mission controllers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California were unable…
INCIDENT Fire in a JetBlue plane’s cabin forced the evacuation of 167 passengers at JFK airport
A fire on board a JetBlue Airways plane forced more than 160 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides at New York JFK Airport on Saturday. Emergency responders swarmed and evacuated…