INCIDENT Ural Airlines Airbus A320 hit by lightning on approach
A Ural Airlines Airbus A320 sustained damage to the radar dome and some fuselage rivets after being hit by lightning on approach. The Airbus A320-200, with registration VQ-BAX, was operating…
BREAKING A stowaway has been found alive in the nose wheel section of a Cargolux Boeing 747 after 11-hour flight to Amsterdam
Stowaway found alive on cargo plane from Johannesburg on a cargo flight from South Africa, a stowaway was found alive at Schiphol on Sunday morning. A stowaway was discovered in…
REPORT Gulfstream crash killing nine has been caused by right-hand wing spoiler extended following maintenance work
On December 15, 2021, a Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-SP with registration HI-1050 owned by Helidosa Aviation Group crashed while landing at Las Americas International Airport, Dominican Republic, killing nine people, including…
ALERT Indian Civil Aviation is investigating two IndiGo planes involved in a breach of separation
Two IndiGo planes avert mid-air collision over Bengaluru airport. Two IndiGo planes averted a mid-air collision over the Bengaluru airport just after their take-off on the morning of January 9,…
INCIDENT Delta flight #DL5501 slid off taxiway after landing at Raleigh-Durham Airport
A plane slid off taxiway at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Friday night as winter weather hit parts of the southeast. There were no injuries in the 9 p.m. incident in…
REPORT Two Ryanair planes had a near miss at Malaga airport in what investigators have called a ‘serious incident’
Two Ryanair planes had a near miss at Malaga airport two years ago, an investigation has concluded, almost colliding in what investigators have called a “serious incident”. The official investigation…
A 19-year-old woman becomes the youngest to fly solo around the world
Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman ever to fly solo around the world. A Belgian-British teenager has flown into the record books by becoming the youngest woman to fly…
American Airlines #AA38 from Miami to London was forced to return after a couple refused to wear a mask
An American Airlines London-bound flight from Miami was forced to turn around Wednesday night after a couple refused to wear their masks. Flight 38 was about an hour and a…
BREAKING Air Mauritius A350s flights #MK15 and #MK42 avoided midair collision over Sudan
A collision in the sky between two A350s after TCAS triggered. On January 6, 2022 at 23:04 UTC, automatic pilot of two Air Mauritius A350s suddenly changed their trajectories while…
Airbus to recruit 6,000 new employees during the first half of 2022
Airbus has announced plans to take on 6,000 extra staff over 2022 The hiring drive will take place worldwide with sites at Broughton and Filton expected to benefit. The aerospace…
Open war between Airbus and Qatar Airways: the planemaker cancels a giant 50 A321neo jets order
Airbus says cancelled A321 contract with Qatar Airways. Airbus said on Thursday it had cancelled a contract with Qatar Airways for 50 A321neo jets, broadening a $600-million-plus dispute with the…
BREAKING Possible armed man at San Francisco International Airport terminal
Police confront possibly armed man at San Francisco International Airport terminal. Police confronted a man apparently causing a disturbance and possibly armed in or near the International Terminal at San…
