May was busiest month at London Heathrow Airport since March 2020
London’s Heathrow Airport said on Monday that May was its busiest month since March 2020 as it dealt with 5.3 million passengers, 79% of 2019 levels. Cancelled flights, long queues…
INCIDENT An easyJet flight made an emergency landing with ‘ill pilot stuck in toilet’
An easyJet plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Edinburgh Airport as the pilot was being ill in the toilet. EasyJet flight U26938 was reportedly forced to request…
INCIDENT East Midlands Airport, UK, had to close its runway after drones were spotted nearby
East Midlands Airport had to close its runway and divert a number of flights after drones were spotted nearby. Eight flights were diverted to different airports on Friday evening after…
Comair to be liquidated after failing to raise money to fund operations
Comair's business rescue practitioners have lodged a court application on Thursday to convert the business rescue proceedings into liquidation proceedings. This is because the company could not raise the necessary…
BREAKING Damascus airport flights suspended after Israeli strikes during the night
Syria has suspended all flights at Damascus International Airport after Israeli air strikes damaged a runway, according to sources. Al-Watan newspaper said that Friday’s attack left the runway at the…
INCIDENT A Taiwanese F-16 fighter made an emergency landing in Hawaii
A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet being flown by a U.S. Air Force pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Hawaii. A Taiwanese…
New satellite image shows China’s huge aircraft carrier to be nearing completion
China’s most advanced aircraft carrier to date appears to be nearing completion, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press s, as experts suggested the vessel could be launched soon. The…
BREAKING A Chinese J-7 fighter jet has crashed near an airport in Xiangyang
A Chinese J-7 fighter jet has crashed during training. A J-7 fighter jet of the PLA Air Force crashed in Xiangyang, Central China's Hubei Province on Thursday morning during training,…
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport cancels over 100 flights today due to a strike
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport has cancelled a quarter of Thursday morning flights after staff announced a strike. Unionised employees will walk off the job between 7am and 2pm on Thursday…
Australia complains after a Chinese fighter released flares and cut in front of a P-8 surveillance aircraft
Australia has accused the pilot of a Chinese fighter jet of carrying out a dangerous manoeuvre near one of its aircraft over the South China Sea. It says the Chinese…
INCIDENT A Viva Aerobus A320 almost took off from a taxiway at Chicago O’Hare Airport
A Viva Aerobus Airbus A320neo flying from Chicago O’Hare International Airport nearly took off from the taxiway instead of runway. On May 31, 2022, VivaAerobus flight #VB187 from Chicago O’Hare…
INCIDENT An Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX 8 experienced a tailstrike during takeoff
An Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX 8 experienced a tailstrike at Keflavik. An Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX 8 (reg. TF-ICB) experienced a tailstrike during takeoff at Keflavik Airport, Iceland. The flight…
