Woman gives birth to baby boy on flight to India with help of onboard doctors after going into labour two months early. The mum-to-be was just seven months pregnant and so was caught completely by surprise when she started experiencing abdominal pains shortly after take off on October 5. When the Air India crew realised…
A passenger plane of Jazeera Airlines on Thursday made an emergency landing in Turkey’s Trabzon province airport after a bomb warning, the local governorate said. The Turkish security officials have evacuated the passenger aircraft, which took off from Kuwait and was bounded to Trabzon on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey, Governor Ismail Ustaoglu…
British Airways pilots and cabin crew have been told not to refer to passengers as ‘ladies and gentlemen’ during greetings. BA will switch to more gender neutral terms instead, as part of efforts to celebrate “diversity and inclusion.” The move follows other airlines like Lufthansa, easyjet and Air Canada. A BA spokesman said: ‘We celebrate…
Qantas has confirmed it will operate its flagship direct route from Australia to London via Darwin when international flights resume next month with the reopening of Australia’s border. The national carrier has reached an agreement with the Northern Territory Government and Darwin Airport to temporarily reroute its flights from Melbourne and Sydney through Darwin. The…
At least 16 people were killed and seven injured on Sunday as an L-410 jet crashed in the Republic of Tatarstan, east of Moscow, Russian media reported. Russia’s Emergency Ministry confirmed that 23 people had been on board. They also said that the plane had been carrying parachute jumpers. The plane crashed around 9:23 a.m.…
A plane traveling from Indianapolis to New York City landed safely at LaGuardia Airport following a security incident. Officials say the incident happened on American Eagle flight 4817 operating by Republic Airways. UPDATE Pilot reported to tower of a passenger with what looked like an explosive device. “American Eagle flight 4817, operated by Republic Airways…
British Airways is set to welcome back its first A380 aircraft next month and operate its biggest schedule since March 2020. British Airways’ A380 will initially operate to a number of short-haul destinations to allow for crew service familiarisation in November, shortly followed by operating to Miami and Los Angeles in the US, as well…
The US Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter moved a step closer to being able to carry nuclear weapons and conduct nuclear strike operations with a recent milestone test, the service reported this week. Two fifth-generation F-35A stealth fighter jets released B61-12 Joint Test Assemblies, non-nuclear mock-ups of a nuclear bomb, at the…
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will experiment 20 pigs, which will move freely on the fields (about size almost 2 km) between two runways during six-week. A pilot project has been launched to find out whether pigs might be able to help ward off birds at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The 20 pigs will be foraging on a…
Passengers arriving at Heathrow were forced to wait in long queues on Wednesday or were held on planes due to a problem with self-service passport gates. The airport has been plagued with incidents of slow-moving queues and delays at Border Control this year. Heathrow has attributed the problems to the Border Force, which is run…
Australian airline Qantas has set a company record by flying a one-off direct flight from Buenos Aires to the city of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. The flight repatriated 107 Australians and set two Qantas records in the process: longest distance covered (15,020 km or 9,333 miles) and longest time in the air for a…
US Air Force F15 fighter jets were spotted in the sky over north London and Essex this morning and worried locals have taken to twitter to share their experiences of the ‘loud bang’. The loud roaring noise had been heard by hundreds in Essex, locals have reported. The sudden explosive sound was heard just before…