South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday to warn Russian warplanes it said had entered its air space identification zone
Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said six Russian military aircraft had repeatedly entered the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) over a six-hour period. An ADIZ, unlike a nation’s…
Air New Zealand to lunch Auckland New York direct flight and axe London route
Air New Zealand has announced that they’ll start flying nonstop between Auckland and Newark as of October 2020. The route will operate 3x weekly year-round using a Boeing 787-9. This…
UK government lifts Sharm El-Sheikh flight restrictions
British government officials have lifted restrictions on flights to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. The decision reverses a ban imposed in 2015 following the bombing of a Russian airliner. The incident,…
INCIDENT Passengers tied up drunk man with plastic food wrap after he tried to open plane door
Passengers and cabin crew aboard a flight to Phuket witnessed three bizarre incidents in which a drunk passenger tried to open the plane door, two others got into a brawl…
A baby girl has died on board Aeroflot #SU275 despite emergency landing in Kazan
An Israeli baby died while returning with her family to Israel from a vacation in Thailand. According to Hebrew media reports Saturday, the one-year-old was on an Aeroflot flight from…
Air France Boeing 777 carrying imperial ceremony guest, made an emergency landing at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport
An Air France jet made an emergency landing Monday at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, and a government source said its passengers included at least one foreign dignitary attending Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement…
Europe regulator to clear Boeing 737MAX in January at earliest
European regulators expect to clear Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX to return to service in January at the earliest, following flight trials by European test pilots scheduled for mid-December, Europe’s top…
BREAKING A package exploded while being loaded on an airplane at Chicago Midway Airport
A bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight at Midway International midday Monday, police said. Police were called to the airport just before 12:20 p.m. Monday after a…
BREAKING Thai Airways Boeing 777-300 suffered an uncontained engine failure during takeoff
A Thai Airways Boeing 777-300 suffered an uncontained engine failure during takeoff. A Thai Airways Boeing 777-300 suffered an uncontained failure of its left Engine (GE90) while taking off runway…
ALERT American Airlines #AA729 diverted to Dublin after two cabin crew members left unconscious
An American Airlines flight has been diverted after a leaking cleaning product rendered two cabin crew members unconscious, with several passengers suffering from burning eyes and skin problems. American Airlines…
Brest Airport, France was evacuated because of a box of… candies
An alert was given shortly after 6:30am on Friday, October 18, due to a suspicious package at Brest Airport, France. An abandoned package has been spotted in an airplane performing…
INCIDENT Air France #AF136 to Chicago diverted to Shannon after ‘suspicious’ phone found on board
Air France flight AF-136 was travelling from Paris, France to Chicago in the U.S. when a ’suspicious’ mobile phone was found on the aircraft. The flight was almost two hours…
