A pilot and two passengers were rescued after making an emergency landing in the snowy mountains of the Dolomites, Italy. Silvia De Bon, 22, was on a short flight with her brother and his girlfriend on Thursday (29 December) when the aircraft’s engine stalled. None of the three people on board sustained any serious injuries…
When you get on a plane, you’re getting ready for a new adventure. It’s the best feeling ever, especially if you’re going somewhere that will take a few hours to get to. You’ll learn new things on the plane and when you get to your destination. Along the way, the excitement of going somewhere new…
United Airlines #UA858 took off in 2023 but will land in 2022. United Airlines #UA858 took off from South Korea in 2023 and will land in the USA in 2022. The Boeing 777-300ER took off from Seoul shortly after midnight. The flight is expected to land in San Francisco more than 6 hours before the…
A United flight from Los Angeles to Sydney was forced to divert due to a technical issue. The Boeing 787-9 (reg. N38955) departed at 23.24 local time from Los Angeles (LAX) airport for a 15-hour flight. But in the middle of the flight, the crew reported an issue with the right engine. UPDATE Rescue flight…
Passengers were evacuated emergency slides and sent back to the airport after a passenger’s power bank exploded. The pilots of the aircraft were forced to stop the takeoff and evacuate passengers using emergency slides. The incident occurred on flight Moscow-Kaliningrad flight. The pilots of plane were preparing to take off, but at that moment a…
Aircraft based on the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning conducted a total of about 260 takeoff and landing drills this month while the vessel sailed in waters near Okinawa Prefecture and elsewhere, the Defense Ministry announced Wednesday. Air Self-Defense Force fighter aircraft were scrambled in response to these drills, and the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s helicopter-carrying destroyer…
Southwest Airlines, caught in a vexing tangle of misplaced staff and technical problems since last week’s winter storm, said Thursday that it planned to return to normal operations on Friday. More than 2,300 of Southwest’s flights were canceled on Thursday, or about 58 percent of the flights that it had scheduled for the day. But…
A British Airways flight has been forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport after passengers reported a ‘strange smell’ on the flight. The plane was headed for Nice when it had to make an emergency landing shortly after take off. Flight BA348 landed at Heathrow after the 7700 squawk code was initiated by…
Two flight attendants were treated on-site for smoke inhalation, and passengers were rebooked onto other flights. Two flight attendants were treated for smoke inhalation after a Lufthansa plane made an emergency landing in Chicago on Monday night following a “small fire” from a passenger’s overheated laptop. Pilots made the precautionary decision to land the plane…
The US has become the latest country to impose Covid testing on visitors from China, after Beijing announced it would reopen borders next week. Italy, Japan, Taiwan and India also announced mandatory tests, but Australia and UK said there were no new rules for travellers from China. After three years of being closed to the…
Amazon has begun delivering orders by drone. Amazon Prime Air is now operating in Lockeford, Calif. and College Station, Texas, delivering a small number of packages just in time for Christmas. In August of this year, the retail giant received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to use drones for package deliveries. The maximum payload…
Bob Jordan apologized to frustrated Southwest customers, and thanked employees working to get travelers where they need to go. Southwest Airlines pilots blamed poor planning for thousands of flights being delayed or cancelled over the weekend, resulting in massive frustration among passengers. No other airlines faced a large number of delays or cancellations. Bob…