An Aeroflot airplane, which was supposed to leave Sheremetyevo for the Mexican resort of Cancun, collided a truck for de-icing during taxiing. “At Sheremetyevo, a passenger Airbus A350-900 collided with a truck. The driver was injured, there were no casualties on the plane” a sourced said to TASS agency. The ground collision occurred on the…
Nine people were killed on Wednesday after a private aircraft crashed while making an emergency landing at Las Americas Airport in the Dominican Republic’s capital Santo Domingo, according to the plane’s operator, Helidosa Aviation Group. Seven passengers and two crew members died in the incident, it said in a statement posted to Twitter. Six were…
France will “drastically” restrict travel from the UK due to a surge in the omicron COVID-19 variant, according to a government spokesperson. France is to tighten up restrictions on travel to and from Britain to slow the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19 which is causing record numbers of cases on the other side…
An employee of IndiGo airlines, who works as a baggage loader, fell asleep in the cargo compartment of the airline’s Mumbai-Abu Dhabi flight. An employee of IndiGo airlines, who works as a baggage loader, fell asleep in the cargo compartment of the airline’s Mumbai-Abu Dhabi flight, but was found safe on arrival in the capital…
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Airbus for seven A350F freighter aircraft. The agreement will see the A350F begin replacing the airline’s existing B747-400F fleet in the fourth quarter of 2025. “We are honoured by Singapore Airlines’ vote of confidence in the A350F as it renews its freighter fleet. The…
The Pakistan International Airlines flight PK301 made an emergency landing at the Islamabad International Airport on Sunday and then aborted the take-off twice, scaring the already panicked passengers to death. Eventually, most of them refused to board the aircraft which took off with only six passengers. The flight was travelling from Islamabad to Karachi when…
A Beech 200 Super King Air has crash-landed on its belly at Perth Airport after its landing gear collapsed. The twin-turbo prop aircraft, which had flown in from a mid-west mine, was due to land about 10.40am on Tuesday before reporting a landing indicator problem. It is understood that as the plane hit the tarmac,…
The Danville-Boyle County Airport suffered major damage from a tornado early Saturday morning. Three T-hangars and several airplanes were destroyed by the tornado, which struck the airport at around 4 a.m., according to a Facebook post by the airport. No one was injured. It’s unknown how long the airport will be shut down.
A Delta flight bound for Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Oklahoma City Thursday night after a male passenger assaulted a flight attendant and an air marshal, authorities said. The passenger, identified as 35-year-old Ariel Pennington of Washington, D.C., was booked into the Oklahoma City Jail on complaints of disorderly conduct…
Winds were far stronger than forecast at Manchester Airport with gusts up to 40 kt during Storm Arwen.
A DC3 experienced engine trouble after departing Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Wednesday morning, prompting an emergency landing at Merrill Field Airport near downtown, an official from the National Transportation Safety Board said. The TransNorthern Aviation Douglas DC-3 landed with wheels up on runway seven around 10:40 a.m., said Clint Johnson, president of the…
