INCIDENT A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 emergency slide was accidentally deployed at Manchester Airport
Emergency slide was accidentally deployed on Virgin Atlantic 747 at Manchester Airport. As Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 (G-VAST) was about to be catered for flight #VS75 to Orlando, an emergency…
BREAKING Technical issues affecting departure boards and check-in systems are causing disruption at London Heathrow
Thousands of passengers are facing cancellations and delays on Sunday after a systems failure affecting all terminals at London Heathrow airport. Departing passengers on social media reported "pandemonium" with information…
ALERT An Air India A321 suffered a tail strike due to an early rotation after a Jeep entered the runway
A person and a jeep on the runway reportedly forced an Air India aircraft on taking off roll at Pune to do “early rotation”. This early rotation led he Airbus…
BREAKING Pegasus Boeing 737-800 evacuated after landing at Dusseldorf Airport
Passengers were evacuated via emergency slides after landing at Dusseldorf Airport. Passengers of Pegasus flight #PC1003 from Istanbul were evacuated after the Boeing 737-800 landed at Dusseldorf. After the landing…
ALERT The U.S. to increase tariffs on imported Airbus aircraft to 15%
The U.S. government on Friday said it would increase tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union to 15% from 10%, ratcheting up pressure on Brussels in a nearly 16-year…
Airbus A330-800 receives EASA and FAA type certification
The A330-800 has received joint Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The aircraft’s certification flight-test campaign was successfully performed by aircraft…
Woman jailed 2 years for trying to open Jet2 plane door mid-flight
A woman who tried to open a passenger plane door mid-flight, prompting two fighter jets to be scrambled, has been jailed for two years. Chloe Haines, 26, from High Wycombe,…
Turkish airline AtlasGlobal is halting all flight operations
The Turkish carrier AtlasGlobal filed for bankruptcy and halted all flight operations after two periods of flight suspensions in the last three months. The airline was facing financial difficulties since…
ALERT Another A220 suffered an engine shutdown in flight today
Air Baltic A220-300 suffered an engine failure this morning over France on route from Riga to Malaga. Another A220 suffered an engine failure. Air Baltic #BT677 declared an emergency over…
UK prime minister Boris Johnson suggests Heathrow third Runway won’t be built soon
On Tuesday, Mr Johnson was making a statement on the government's decision to proceed with the HS2 project when he was challenged about Heathrow. Munira Wilson, Liberal Democrat MP for the southwest…
BREAKING Air Italy suspends flight operations, the airline will be liquidated
Shareholders' meeting of Air Italy (Alisarda and Qatar Airways through AQA Holding spa) decided the “liquidazione in bonis” of the company. From 11 to 25 February 2020 inclusive, all Air…