Pilot who belly landed her plane without landing gear or cockpit canopy will be the first woman A-10 pilot to receive a coveted award. The US Air Force pilot who skillfully belly-landed her plane with the landing gear up and the cockpit canopy ripped off will become the first woman A-10 pilot to receive a…
UK airports are bracing for the busiest day of the year so far as coronavirus restrictions on foreign travel restrictions are finally eased in England. Many eager passengers were seen arriving at Heathrow Airport in west London and Gatwick Airport in West Sussex from 6am this morning as the Government’s ‘traffic light system’ based on…
Russian actress, Japanese entrepreneur cleared for space station visits. Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will join cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov for a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station on Oct. 5 to shoot scenes for an upcoming movie, the Russian space agency announced Thursday. “At the end of 2020, an open competition…
An emergency exit door on an aircraft broke off and flew into the runway just as the plane was about to take off. The small eight-seater Boutique Airlines plane was taxiing down the runway at Minneapolis Airport when the incident occurred on 5 May. A passenger’s bag also tumbled out of the plane when the…
From now, the rules for vaccinated persons who enter Germany change. They do not need negative Corona test results anymore, nor do they have to go into quarantine, unless they recently have been to what the Germans call a “virus variant country”. Germany is facilitating travel in Europe for Germans and people with residence permits…
A woman traveling from Salt Lake City to Hawaii for a family vacation was unknowingly pregnant and gave birth mid flight with the help of on board doctors. A doctor and a team of neonatal medical professionals were in the right place at the right time — helping a Utah woman deliver her baby onboard…
Key Lime Air Metroliner (N280KL) was badly damaged in a mid-air collision with a Cirrus SR-22 (N416DJ) while on final approach to Denver-Centennial Airport. Two planes collided in midair over Cheery Creek Reservoir on Wednesday, according to South Metro Fire Rescue. The department said they were responding to the crash near Belleview Avenue and Cherry…
Flight operations halted at Tel Aviv Airport due to ongoing rockets attack. With Israel being engulfed with over a hundred rockets emanating from the Gaza Strip, air traffic towards Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv is being redirected towards Greece and Cyprus, Israeli media reported. Air traffic is suspended inside and outside Israel due to…
An Antonov An-124 suffered a runway excursion during the night at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos. Antonov An-124 (reg. UR-82007) ran beyond the end of landing runway 09L at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos Airport in Brazil. Flight #ADB3829 from Paramaribo came to a stop after its nose gear rolled few meters over the grass resulting in minimal damage. The incident…
Russian Su-27 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept tactical aircraft of the French Air Force over the Black Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center (at the Russian Defense Ministry) told reporters on Monday. Russian radars detected air targets approaching the national sovereign airspace. Su-27 fighter jets of the Southern Military District’s air defense units on…
Sydney Airport’s east-west runway accepted its first flights yesterday, Sunday 9 May 2021, more than a year after it was closed to accommodate the extraordinary demand for aircraft parking due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The east-west runway accommodated almost 50 grounded aircraft from almost all domestic airlines during the crisis. The move to re-open the…
Fire crews have responded to an incident at Tauranga Airport. Passengers have been evacuated from a plane. Fire and Emergency New Zealand confirm they have been on the scene at the airport. The Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 (reg. ZK-NEZ) has been evacuated due to smoke alarm. “We have been on the scene at Tauranga Airport…