At least four planes chartered to evacuate hundreds of people seeking to escape the Taliban have been unable to leave Afghanistan, officials said. There are conflicting accounts as to why the flights were unable to take off. At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan…
A picture has surfaced showing a new aircraft generally matching Aerospace DAILY’s understanding of the shape of what is commonly known as the RQ-180 unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The Philippines sits between the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea, two contentious and highly surveilled bodies of water that regularly see large amounts of military…
Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday, the carrier said, after a technical team from Qatar reopened the capital’s airport for aid and domestic services. Flights between Kabul and the western city of Herat, Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the south have…
A 9-month-old girl aboard an Afghanistan evacuation flight died soon after the plane landed in Philadelphia on Wednesday night, according to city police. Investigators said the baby girl suffered a medical emergency on a Philadelphia-bound flight that was carrying Afghan evacuees. When the flight landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 9:16 p.m. Wednesday, the girl…
U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit were monitoring the air traffic control from the runway of Hamid Karzai International Airport. US troops were assisting in the evacuation of US citizens, Special Immigrant Visa applicants and other at-risk Afghan civilians from Afghanistan under Operation Allies Refuge.
Taliban in talks with Qatar to manage Kabul airport. After the US’s withdrawal Kabul airport is without air traffic control services and talks are on to secure the airport. The Taliban are in talks with Qatar and Turkey about the management of Kabul airport as it lacks air traffic control services now that the United…
A woman who helped process rescued dogs and cats flown from Afghanistan said they were “in amazing condition”. Some 150 animals from former Royal Marine Paul “Pen” Farthing’s shelter in Kabul arrived at Heathrow Airport on a private charter flight on Sunday. Lorraine Edwards transported them to quarantine kennels and expected most to be adopted…
It was in the year 1783 that the world’s first unmanned aircraft was invented. It might sound strange but hot air balloons were the world’s first UAVs. Austrian soldiers used unmanned hot air balloons filled with explosives to attack Venice. The world of UAVs has escalated tremendously from hot air balloons. Today it is synonymous…
A man was caught on camera screaming, yelling, and getting violent at the American Airlines terminal at Miami International Airport Friday. Miami-Dade police say the man was a veteran in crisis. The man can be seen screaming at airport staff, knocking down barricades, kicking a sign and then gets physical. Police responded and apprehended the…
Rockets fired at Kabul airport have been intercepted by a missile defence system. About 5 rockets were fired in the Morning at Kabul Airport. Two of them have fallen in the nearby streets on a car & a house while three were intercepted by US CRAM (Counter Artillery, Rocket & Mortar) system. UPDATE White House confirms…
An Afghan refugee fleeing to the UK gave birth to a baby girl at 30,000 feet while on an evacuation flight destined for Birmingham. Soman Noori, 26, was travelling on an evacuation flight from Dubai to Birmingham, having previously left Kabul, when she went into labour in airspace over Kuwait, Turkish Airlines said. There was…
An iPhone X recently passed an accidental drop test from 11,000 feet. Pilot dmloftus’ story about his iPhone X is remarkable. Particularly because the phone survived. As he described it on the DiamondAvatars.net forum, dmloftus just wanted to take a few photos of a cool-looking cloud formation. He was flying his DA40 aircraft at 175…