The mayors of many towns have just been contacted by the air force to ask them to report any bomb discovery. A major military exercise began on September 13 in the region, a Mirage 2000 that left the Cazaux air base (Gironde) and belonging to the Nancy military base, lost “a replica bomb from its…
A Delta airliner with 248 passengers and crew on board landed safely in Athens on Sunday after the pilot reported an indication of a problem in the hydraulic systems, Greek authorities said. Emergency protocols were deployed and the aircraft landed safely at Athens International Airport. Flight #DL148 from Atlanda to Athens operated by an Airbus…
Luiri El-Hagrasi, commonly known as Laura, was due to catch a flight from Heathrow Airport to Egypt with her husband and children in April 2015. Laura vanished without a trace from the airport and since that day has never been seen again. She is now listed as an unsolved murder case. The 33-year-old was seen…
Massive queues have formed at Heathrow as crowds of people struggle to get through customs after e-gates failed, with some being left stuck on their planes. The unspecified technical problem has been confirmed to have hit other airports including Edinburgh and Manchester. In a statement, Heathrow said the issue has impacted Border Force’s “eGates”, which…
The Federal Police arrested this Thursday (23 sept 2021) Celia Castedo Monasterio, the controller responsible for analyzing and approving the flight plan of the aircraft involved in the Chapecoense disaster, in 2016 . The decision was given by the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court, Gilmar Mendes, who ordered the extradition of the investigated. In…
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…