RAAF C-17 maneuvering at low level over Brisbane is one of the highlights of the annual Brisbane Riverfire Festival. On Sept. 23, 2021, a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), radio callsign “Stallion 63” flew a practice run for the annual Riverfire Festival due to take place on Saturday Sept.…
A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan today after a female passenger became ill on board. Flight BA260 departed from Islamabad, Pakistan at 00:38 on Wednesday and was scheduled to fly into London Heathrow. However, the Boeing 777 made its emergency landing two hours and 50 minutes into the…
An Antonov-26 (reg. RA-26673) with six people on board has disappeared from radar in Russia’s Khabarovsk region. Russian media quoted a defence spokesperson for emergency services who informed that the An-26 plane with six crew members on board disappeared from radars 38 kilometres South-West of Khabarovsk. UPDATE The crew of an Antonov An-26 that went…
The Captain of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Muscat to Dhaka with 124 passengers onboard suffered a heart attack mid-flight. Despite the efforts of cabin crew to resuscitate the pilot, he never regained consciousness and was later pronounced dead in hospital. The pilot was identified by local media as Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum, a respected…
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announces a new travel policy that will lift the ban on UK and EU travellers from November. The United States announced a new international air travel system Monday, opening travel for all vaccinated foreign nationals in early November, including those currently impacted by the U.S. travel ban. “This vaccination requirement…
One airline has come up with a perfect solution for any passengers wanting to be seated away from children. We’ve all been there, hoping for a peaceful flight to discover, when you get onboard, that you are actually seated next to a noisy youngster. And don’t get us started on those little terrors who think…
easyJet has seen UK bookings surge within hours of the UK government confirmation that fully-vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to take a PDT (pre-departure test) to return to the UK from non-red list countries. The change comes into effect on October 4th, ahead of the half-term holiday. Flight bookings for the late summer…
Two pilots are injured and three homes are damaged after a US Navy T-45 jet crashed in a Lake Worth neighborhood Sunday morning, officials say. Lake Worth officials received a call at 10:53 a.m. about the downed plane in the 4000 blocks of Tejas and Dakota trails. Both pilots had ejected and one was found…
A plane from Los Angeles tipped onto its tail after arrival at Lewiston Airport. The Boeing 737-900 (reg. N78448) was carrying USC Trojans college Football team for their game with Wazzu. The aircraft tipped over at Lewiston Airport during the unloading process. According to sources, half the team was still on board when the incident…
The US has admitted that a drone strike in Kabul days before its military pullout killed 10 innocent people. A US Central Command investigation found that an aid worker and nine members of his family, including seven children, died in the 29 August strike. The youngest child, Sumaya, was just two years old. The deadly…
Air France flight #AF393 made an emergency landing after the cabin was filled with smoke and dust. The Boeing 777-300ER (reg. F-GSQD) on September 18, 2021 from Beijing airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle operated in Boeing 777 returned to Beijing after 14 minutes of flight due to a technical incident. Passengers reported a loud bang…
Pilot error and failure to follow safety guidelines probably led to the crash of an Air India Express plane in August last year, investigators say. The passenger plane with 190 people on board crashed at the Calicut airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing 21 people. The Boeing 737, which had flown from Dubai,…