From now, the rules for vaccinated persons who enter Germany change. They do not need negative Corona test results anymore, nor do they have to go into quarantine, unless they recently have been to what the Germans call a “virus variant country”. Germany is facilitating travel in Europe for Germans and people with residence permits…
A woman traveling from Salt Lake City to Hawaii for a family vacation was unknowingly pregnant and gave birth mid flight with the help of on board doctors. A doctor and a team of neonatal medical professionals were in the right place at the right time — helping a Utah woman deliver her baby onboard…
Key Lime Air Metroliner (N280KL) was badly damaged in a mid-air collision with a Cirrus SR-22 (N416DJ) while on final approach to Denver-Centennial Airport. Two planes collided in midair over Cheery Creek Reservoir on Wednesday, according to South Metro Fire Rescue. The department said they were responding to the crash near Belleview Avenue and Cherry…
Flight operations halted at Tel Aviv Airport due to ongoing rockets attack. With Israel being engulfed with over a hundred rockets emanating from the Gaza Strip, air traffic towards Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv is being redirected towards Greece and Cyprus, Israeli media reported. Air traffic is suspended inside and outside Israel due to…
An Antonov An-124 suffered a runway excursion during the night at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos. Antonov An-124 (reg. UR-82007) ran beyond the end of landing runway 09L at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos Airport in Brazil. Flight #ADB3829 from Paramaribo came to a stop after its nose gear rolled few meters over the grass resulting in minimal damage. The incident…
Russian Su-27 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept tactical aircraft of the French Air Force over the Black Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center (at the Russian Defense Ministry) told reporters on Monday. Russian radars detected air targets approaching the national sovereign airspace. Su-27 fighter jets of the Southern Military District’s air defense units on…
Sydney Airport’s east-west runway accepted its first flights yesterday, Sunday 9 May 2021, more than a year after it was closed to accommodate the extraordinary demand for aircraft parking due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The east-west runway accommodated almost 50 grounded aircraft from almost all domestic airlines during the crisis. The move to re-open the…
Fire crews have responded to an incident at Tauranga Airport. Passengers have been evacuated from a plane. Fire and Emergency New Zealand confirm they have been on the scene at the airport. The Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 (reg. ZK-NEZ) has been evacuated due to smoke alarm. “We have been on the scene at Tauranga Airport…
The remnants of China’s largest rocket have plummeted back to Earth, plunging into the Indian ocean near the Maldives, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit. Most of the debris burned up in the atmosphere, it reported, citing the Chinese Manned Space Engineering office. Parts of the…
A woman has been arrested after smuggling an estimated $40,000 worth of cocaine in seven pairs of shoes upon her return to the United States from Jamaica. The incident occurred on Sunday, May 2, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when a 21-year-old woman from Georgia was pulled aside for further inspection by U.S. Customs and…
These images were shot in the Pyrenees (France) in September 2019, near the Col du Tourmalet in Barèges. This mountain field is also named Castillon de la Laquette, reference LF6528. Very steep, and ultimately relatively long taking this slope into account, care must be taken to conserve enough energy to reach the platform and not…
The second stage of China’s space rocket CZ-5B, which carried into space the core module of a future space station, may enter the dense layer of the atmosphere over the Pacific on May 9, Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos told TASS on Friday. “According to calculations made as of May 7, the second stage may enter…