NATO fighter jets were scrambled 2 times over East Europe on 18 February. Belgian F-16s on NATO Air Policing intercepted 2 Russian Su-27s and an IL-22 COOT flying near Allied airspace in the Baltics. On the same day Polish F-16s intercepted a Russian TU-134 CRUSTY, escorted by 2x MiG-31s and 2x Su-27 Flankers that had…
CCTV camera video released by Florida authorities this week shows the confrontations that an intoxicated New Jersey woman on a motorized suitcase got into with police and airline employees before she was arrested at the Orlando International Airport last year. The incident happened in April 2021 when the woman, identified by police as 32-year-old Chelsea…
Air France cancels at least next flight to Kyiv. Air France has decided to cancel its Tuesday flights between Paris and Kyiv, the French airline said, as a “precautionary measure” on the back of rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. “In view of the local situation and as a precautionary measure, flights AF1752 and AF1753…
A mysterious object floating over Hawaii prompted the U.S. military to scramble fighter jets to investigate, authorities reported. The object seen over Kauai on Monday, Feb. 14, appeared to be an unmanned balloon with no identification markings, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara, Hawaii’s adjutant general, said in a series of Twitter posts. Local officials and onlookers…
Three people have been killed after an army warplane crashed in an urban area in Iran’s Tabriz. Two pilots and a civilian sitting in a parked vehicle were killed in the incident. Local army official Reza Yousefi told state media at the site of the crash that the aircraft was an F5 model used for…
While we can’t say the pandemic is technically over, there are some signs that life is returning back to “pre-pandemic” levels. On Friday afternoon, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport released its 2021 traffic report which showed a massive increase in travelers heading in and out of the “World’s Busiest Airport”. The report said that over 75 million…
Storm Eunice at Amsterdam airport Schiphol! This video including some shots taken during storm Eunice. The worst storm we’ve had in many years. This video includes some footage of planes going around and landing on runway 18R in the early afternoon, when the storm wasn’t on its peak.
Scandinavian airline SAS has cancelled Tuesday’s Oslo-Kyiv flight, its weekly flight to Ukraine, a company spokesman said on Sunday, citing the Ukraine crisis. SAS will also avoid Ukraine airspace until Feb. 27 and will make a decision on it’s March 1 flight at a later date, he added.
A Red warning has been issued by Metoffice due to Storm Eunice. This storm is set to bring the strongest winds since ‘The Great Storm’ of 1987. Livestream from Amsterdam Schiphol Time UTC, please reload for updates… 1319 Both Heathrow and Schiphol Airports are currently reporting wind gusts of 51 kt 1248 Storm Eunice set…
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An American Airlines flight aborted takeoff Tuesday, blowing its main gear tires on the runway of JFK. The flight, American Airlines 2829, was bound for Phoenix. The Boeing 737 with 142 passengers and six crew members aboard came to a stop on the runway shortly after 1 p.m. Passengers were removed safely from the plane…
Some insurance companies revoked the coverage of aircraft forcing Ukrainian Airlines to evacuate Aircraft. SkyUp Airlines has evacuated 3 aircraft to Romania : Boeing 737-700 UR-SQD Boeing 737-800 UR-SQA Boeing 737-800 UR-SQB Ukraine International Airlines has evacuated 2 aircraft to Serbia : Boeing 737-800 UR-PSM Boeing 737-800 UR-PSZ Ukraine International Airlines has evacuated 5 aircraft…