EMERGENCY Flybe #BE292 lands at Manchester with only one engine running (video)
FlyBe #BE292 Edinburgh-Manchester (Dash 8 G-PRPH) declared an emergency and landed with only one engine running at Manchester Airport. The Flybe flight, which was travelling from Edinburgh to Manchester, was…
ALERT Goma Air plane crashs in Lukla, Nepal, killing the captain
Captain of Goma Airlines aircraft has died when the plane crashed while landing at the Tenzing Hillary Airport in Lukla of Solukhumbu district on Saturday. An aircraft belonging to Goma…
BREAKING British Airways cancels all flights leaving from Heathrow and Gatwick Airports for the rest of the day
British Airways is suffering an IT system outage with difficulties to check in. BA is working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. British Airways apologise to customers who are…
BREAKING Two Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth airbase #QRA after two Russian planes entered UK airspace
Two RAF fighters were scrambled in Scotland after two Russian planes entered UK airspace, the MoD has confirmed. UPDATE An MoD spokesman said the Russian jets did not actually…
ALERT Chinese fighter jets intercept US Navy P-3 Orion hundred miles southeast of Hong Kong
Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. surveillance aircraft a couple hundred miles southeast of Hong Kong this week in a maneuver the Navy described as "unsafe." The Chinese J-10…
NEWS First Delta A350 XWB maiden flight from Toulouse
The first Airbus A350XWB destined for Delta Air Lines completed its first flight this morning in Toulouse, France. The aircraft (MSN 115), registered under French test registration F-WZGP, will soon…
ALERT Man allegedly tried to bite flight attendant before jumping from plane at Charlotte-Douglas Airport
A man is accused of jumping out of a plane onto the tarmac at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport Thursday. According to a federal complaint, Tun Lon Sein was on American Airlines…
NEWS Singapore Airlines A350-900ULR won’t have any economy seats
Singapore Airlines' new Airbus A350-900ULR will sport a two-class configuration of business and premium economy, without any economy seats. More on Australian Business Traveler
NEWS Supersonic jet to fly from Dubai to London in 4 hours
US-based Boom Technology will cut the existing flight time from Dubai to London or Abu Dhabi to Sydney by half when its supersonic passenger jet comes into commercial operation. 10%…
NEWS ‘Jihad’ wifi halts flight
Pilot refuses to fly packed airplane because passenger labelled his personal wifi ‘Jihadist Cell London 1’ The worrying wifi name was seen on a Thomson plane due to depart from…
ALERT Counter terror police arrest man at London Stansted Airport as he tried to fly to Syria
Police have arrested a 37-year-old man at Stansted Airport, Essex, who is believed to have been planning to travel to Syria. The man was due to board a flight bound…
