First night flight for Russian airliner MC-21-300
The new Russian airliner MC-21-300 has carried out a night flight for the first time to test landing, navigation and lighting equipment. During a test flight at the Gromov Flight…
BREAKING A fuel tanker has collided into a bridge linking Osaka Kansai International airport to city (video)
A tanker smashes into a bridge linking Osaka’s Kansai airport with the mainland after Typhoon Jebi makes landfall on Tuesday. The ship had been anchored but was forced into the…
Ryanair accuses UK air traffic controllers of ‘discrimination’
British air traffic controllers have hit back at claims by Ryanair that they are “discriminating against” London Stansted, the airline's biggest base globally. The low-cost carrier claimed on Monday that Civil Aviation…
ALERT Tripoli Mitiga Airport closed to traffic as fighting erupts
Clashes in Libya’s capital of Tripoli have caused a 48-hour closure of Mitiga International airport, the city’s only operational airport. A spokesman for the state airline Libyan Airlines said authorities…
Qantas inaugurates new Dreamliner service to the US
On Saturday, Qantas inaugurated a new route from Melbourne to San Francisco on the aircraft, as well as replaced its iconic Boeing 747-400 aircraft on the Brisbane to New York…
BREAKING UTair flight #UT579 overshot the runway and caught fire on landing at Sochi Airport (video)
A plume of smoke rises from flames after an Utair Boeing 737-800 passenger plane operating as flight UT579 made a rough landing and caught fire inSochi. At least 18 people…
BREAKING No departures or arrivals at London Gatwick, runway closed
Operations were halted between 6:30 and 7:00 (local time) at London Gatwick. Air traffic was halted after a pilot reported a debris on runway following an emergency landing of a Virgin…
ALERT Japanese fighter jets scrambled to intercept Chinese spy plane in Sea of Japan
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled fighter jets to intercept a People’s Liberation Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF) Shaanxi Y-9JB (GX-8) electronic warfare and surveillance plane crossing the Sea…
United flight #UA448 evacuated after blown tires in Denver
Passengers and crew on a United Airlines flight were bused to a concourse at Denver International Airport because of two blown tires. Airport spokeswoman Emily Williams says Flight 448 from…
BREAKING Pressure sensors detected a depressurization in the International Space Station possibly caused by a micrometeorite impact
Pressure sensors detected a depressurization in the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday night. The crew had to search for a leak, which was eventually traced to the Russian space…