Tianwen-1 probe successfully enters Mars orbit in China’s first independent mission to Red Planet
Chinese space probe Tianwen-1 has successfully reached Mars and entered a stable orbit around the Red Planet. The spacecraft is expected to deploy a rover to study the planet’s surface…
Eight US-Bangla Airlines employees arrested for smuggling gold in Dhaka
Eight employees of US-Bangla Airlines were arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on the charge of smuggling gold bars weighing seven kilograms from Dubai. The Customs Intelligence and…
BREAKING Preliminary report reveals that Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 #SJ182 crashed after an imbalance in engine thrust
The Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed last month killing 62 people had an imbalance in engine thrust that eventually led the plane into a sharp roll and then a final…
LATAM Argentina ceases operations after 15 years
LATAM Airlines Argentina has officially ceased all operations after 15 years of operation out of Buenos Aires. Operations were ceased for an indefinite period last summer due to the COVID-19…
BREAKING Yemen’s Houthis carried out drone attack on Saudi airport damaging an Airbus A320
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it carried out a drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport on Wednesday which caused a fire in a civilian aircraft. Houthi military spokesman Yahya…
Delta Airlines to bring back 400 pilots by summer
Delta Airlines has planned to bring back 400 pilots to active flying status this summer, signalling optimism for air travel. In a note, Delta's senior vice president John Laughter of…
ALERT Antonov An-12 lost landing gear during hard landing in the Kuril Islands
An Antonov An-12 aircraft of the Russian Air Force lost its landing gear during a hard landing at a base in Iturup in the Kuril Islands on Tuesday afternoon. The…
COMAC’s C919 prototype will be heading to Ontario, Canada for certification test flights
COMAC's C919 prototype will be heading to Ontario, Canada for certification test flights of natural icing conditions in March. The certification flights will be conducted out of London International Airport.…
Etihad warns staff to get the vaccine or go without pay if they test positive for COVID-19
Etihad Airways has told staffs to get COVID-19 vaccine or go without pay if they test positive for the novel Coronavirus. The airline also warned office staffs that they won't…
BREAKING An Embraer Phenom 100 performed a belly landing at Paris LeBourget and caught fire
A Embraer Phenom 100 landed at Paris Le Bourget airport with a broken landing gear. Three people injured. An accident occurred at Paris Le Bourget airport on Monday February 8,…
Lufthansa cuts first class on all US routes until at least May
Lufthansa will continue to offer no First Class on flights to the USA until at least May 2021. Lufthansa pulled its Boeing 747-8s from flights to the U.S. in 2020.…
Man jailed for two years after false bomb claims on Singapore Airlines flight
A man from Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia has been jailed for two years after falsely claiming a bomb onboard a Singapore Airlines flight. Sanjaya Korat was onboard Singapore…
