New footage shows Air Astana Embraer almost skidded off runway during emergency landing at Beja air base
New footage from Portugal Air Force shows Air Astana flight emergency landing at Beja air base. On Sunday,Air Astana #KC1388 declared an emergency general emergency after reporting flight control problems to…
ALERT US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into the Philippine Sea
US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into the Philippine Sea. US Navy (USN), Carrier Air Wing 5 Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) crashed into the…
ALERT Irish Aviation Authority is investigating after #BA94 and #VS76 pilots reported UFO off Irish coast (video with ATC)
The Irish Aviation Authority is investigating UFO sightings reported by a number of planes over Ireland. On November 9 at around 7:40 UTC, the pilot of a British Airways flight…
EMERGENCY Air Astana Embraer 190 out of Lisbon considered to ditch in the sea due to ‘uncontrollable aircraft’
An Air Astana #KC1388 plane with six crew on board declared an emergency over Portugal on Sunday after experiencing serious flight control problems. The Embraer 190 (reg. P4-KCJ) was in…
BREAKING Fly Jamaica Boeing 757-200 flight #OJ256 crash-lands at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Guyana
Fly Jamaica flight #OJ256 from Georgetown to Toronto returned to Georgetown due to technical difficulties. The aircraft overran the end of the runway and crossed through the airport perimeter fence…
BREAKING French authorities seize Ryanair Boeing 737 in Bordeaux over aids dispute
France's civil aviation authority said it had grounded a Ryanair plane yesterday at Bordeaux airport as part of a dispute over money which France says the airline owes. Passengers were…
Boeing’s Chinese plant in Zhoushan will be put into operation in December
The Boeing's 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province, which is jointly built with its Chinese partner, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, will be…
BREAKING Bombardier to cut 5,000 jobs over the next 12 to 18 months as part of a new restructuring plan
The cuts are expected to lead to about US$250 million in annualized savings by 2021. The company also announced the sale of what it called a number of non-core assets.…
According to Airbus’ 2018-2037 Global Market Forecast, China will need more than 7,400 new aircraft in the next 20 years
China will need over 7,400 new passenger aircraft and freighters from 2018 to 2037, with a total market value of US $1,060 billion, according to Airbus’ latest China Market Forecast.…
ALERT Ryanair fires 6 crew members for staging viral photo of staff sleeping on floor at Malaga Airport, Spain
Six Ryanair cabin crew members were fired after posing for a photo that showed them sleeping on the floor of an airport in Spain last month. Last month, a photo…
ALERT Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER flight #JT633 clipped a light pole during taxi at Bengkulu Airport (video)
Lion Air Boeing 737-900ERs clipped a light pole at Bengkulu Fatmawati Soekarno Airport. The pilots of flight #JT633 from Bengkulu (BKS) to Jakarta (CGK) were taxiing to the runway, but…
BREAKING FAA issues emergency airworthiness directive for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an airworthiness directive on Boeing 737 Max aircrafts on Wednesday in light of the October 29 crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737…