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…
Two RAF jets broke the sound barrier in the east of England
Two RAF jets broke the sound barrier over the West Country as they were scrambled from their base in the east of England today. The Typhoons were taking part in…
BREAKING British Airways A320 carrying Royals forced to return to Heathrow for an emergency landing
A flight carrying Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex on their trip to Gibraltar has been forced to make an emergency landing after it suffered technical issues. The Royal…
US to seize Roman Abramovich private Boeing 787, after it moved in violation of sanctions against Russia
U.S. authorities moved Monday to seize a $350 million Boeing jet believed to be one of the world’s most expensive private airplanes from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. A federal magistrate…
ALERT Two stowaways found dead in the cargo hold of Air Algérie aircraft
Two dead bodies were discovered in a plane which was in Houari Boumediene airport, located in Algiers. Appalling report for the Algerian police. Saturday June 4, two men were found…
Gatwick airport apologises after a disabled woman was left on plane for an hour and a half
Gatwick airport has apologised to a disabled woman who was left stranded on a plane for more than an hour and a half after staff did not come to help…
London Heathrow Airport plans to reduce the number of passenger by 1,200 passengers per hour
Heathrow Airport has ordered airlines to artificially cap the number of passengers onboard flights over the next two months to prevent potentially dangerous overcrowding in its terminals. The West London…
Russian foreign minister Lavrov forced to cancel visit to Serbia after neighbours closed their airspaces
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Serbia has been cancelled after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his aircraft. Lavrov had been due to hold talks in Belgrade…
REPORT A Vistara’s pilot landed a plane without getting the requisite training in a simulator
The Vistara pilot, who was the first officer on the flight, landed the aircraft at the Indore airport without first getting the requisite training in a simulator. Aviation regulator DGCA…
