Just out from storage, a Lufthansa A380 is preparing to return to service. A Lufthansa A380 flew to Manila for a long technical check with Lufthansa Technik. The A380 (reg. D-AIMK) did a 13-hour flight to The Philippines after being in storage for months in Teruel, Spain. The airline is reactivating 6 of its 14…
From 15 February, Aeroflot will begin operating flights to new Beijing Daxing International Airport. The frequency of regular services to China’s capital will increase to three per week. Flights on the Moscow – Beijing – Moscow route will be operated on Boeing 777 widebody aircraft. Flights from Sheremetyevo Terminal C will be operated on the…
Boeing pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that it misled regulators about two crashes of its 737 Max planes. Boeing was accused of hiding design flaws that caused the plane crashes in 2018 and 2019. The judge will decide whether to appoint a special monitor to examine safety issues at Boeing. Family members of the…
Two Indian air force fighter aircraft collided mid-air in central India killing one pilot. The planes crashed in an open field near no civilians. Villagers heard a blast-like sound and found parts of an aircraft in the nearby field. Both aircraft have been identified having taken off from Gwalior air base about 30 miles east…
Airline Flybe has cancelled all flights to and from the UK after going into administration. A statement on the airline’s website said it had “ceased trading” and told any passengers expecting to travel with it not to go to the airport. It added that it would not be able to help passengers arrange alternative flights.…
Emirates A380 #EK448 is flying all the way back to Dubai. The Airbus A380 (reg. A6-EVL) operating flight #EK448 from Dubai to Auckland has to turn over. The flight departed Dubai at 10:57 local time but was forced to return to Dubai. Auckland Airport asked passengers to not travel to the international terminal at this…
Runway 27R has been closed at Chicago ORD Airport after a plane crash landed. A plane flying from Manistee to Chicago ORD Airport has crash landed on runway 27R in snowy conditions. The Cessna 402C was operating flight Cape Air flight#9K1 (only 15-minute long) when it landed in hard weather conditions on North runway 27R…
A Mi-8 helicopter of the Special Flight Unit Russia has crashed at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. The helicopter, belonging to the Russian Presidential Administration, has crashed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport. The Mi-8 helicopter hit the ground with its rotor blades while landing at Vnukovo and was damaged. According to preliminary data, there have been injuries…
A plane landing at Auckland International Airport has hit and damaged several runway lights causing major delays. A statement from the airport said the damage to the runway lights was “impacting” international departures and large domestic flights. There were a number of flights delayed and diverted on Friday afternoon and evening. Auckland Airport has reduced…
The websites of German airports have been hit by cyberattacks instigated by a Russian “hacker group”, authorities said Thursday. The Federal Cyber Security Authority (BSI) had “knowledge of DDoS attacks against targets in Germany”, a spokesman told AFP. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is designed to overwhelm the target with a flood of internet traffic,…
An USAF U-2 high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft was forced to divert to RAF Mildenhall during the night. The Lockheed U-2 was about to land at RAF Fairford but fog prevented it. The visibility at RAF Fairford was only 200 ft and the pilot informed the traffic control that he could not see any…
Flights have resumed this morning at Bristol Airport after a technical problem meant planes had to be diverted last night. The runway lights failed which meant planes could not land or take off. They failed at 8.30pm last night (25 January) with engineers using a short term fix to get them back on just before…