A passenger died on LOT Polish flight despite the emergency landing. A passenger on a LOT Polish Airlines plane from the Greek island of Rhodes to Katowice, southern Poland, died during the flight on Friday, causing the airliner to make an emergency landing in Bucharest, Romania, a LOT spokesperson said on Friday. The spokesperson said…
The FAA says United Airlines Flight 369 was taxiing when its left wingtip clipped the tail of Delta Air Lines Flight 1657. The United Boeing 737 MAX 9 (reg. N37545) performing flight #UA369 bumped into a stationary Delta A321 which performed flight #DL1657 at Boston-Logan Airport. The left wingtip of the 737 hit the tail…
Delta Airlines crew member charged after arrest at Edinburgh Airport as flight cancelled prior to take off. Delta Airlines confirmed that one of its staff, a 61-year-old man, was taken into custody at around 10am on June 16. The flight, which was due to travel to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, was cancelled and…
England team’s plane takes wrong turn & gets towed upon arrival in Malta. In what has been a rocky start to the England’s arrival in Malta, new footage shows the national team’s plane take a wrong turn upon its arrival on the island. The Air Horizont Boeing 737-400 (reg. 9H-ZAZ) erroneously turned left after landing…
Virgin Atlantic flight #VS21 from London to Washington is declaring an emergency. Virgin Atlantic #VS21 has declared an emergency and is returning to London Heathrow. The Airbus A330-300 (reg. G-VKSS) turned around over Ireland before crossing Atlantic. The crew decided to declare an emergency due to an engine issue about one hour into the flight.…
Changes to Heathrow flights on Saturday to support Trooping the Colour. Heathrow, NATS and airlines are supporting the ceremonial aspects for the annual Trooping the Colour parade to mark the birthday of His Majesty King Charles Ill, on Saturday 17 June 2023. There will be a flypast over Buckingham Palace at 1 :00pm to celebrate…
Ryanair has sacked its chief pilot after an investigation into his alleged sexual harassment of female colleagues. The airline told staff that he had been fired for “a pattern of repeated inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour towards a number of female pilots”. The chief pilot, named in reports as Aidan Murray was appointed in 2020 and…
This morning two F-5 Tiger aircraft touched each other during Patrouille Suisse training in the Baar/Zug area. During training for the display at the Federal Yodelling Festival in Zug next weekend, two F-5 Tiger aircraft touched each other in the air. The nose of an F-5 Tiger broke off and hit the facade of a…
Today, another IndiGo A321neo suffered a tail strike. The aircraft (reg. VT-IMW) was performing flight #6E6595 from Bengaluru to Ahmedabad when the 7 month-old A321neo experienced a tail strike. Only 4 days ago, another A321neo (reg. VT-IMG) suffered the same incident. The plane is still grounded at Delhi for repairs. On April 2023, it was…
A pilot was injured at his face after suffering a birdstrike in Ecuador. It should have been scary! A military pilot managed to land after a huge bird broke the windshield of a single-engine turboprop. Fortunately, the Captain Ariel Valiente managed to land safely in Vinces, Los Ríos province of Ecuador.
A computer failure is causing delays at London ATC area. Computer equipment run by NATS at Swanwick has suffered a failure. Several sectors around London are regulated with reduced rate. This is leading to moderate to high delays and cancellations for flights to/from London Airports. Watch London Heathrow flights 24/7 at cam.airlive.net/lhr
A fire broke out at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose international Airport in Kolkata on Wednesday night. The fire is reported to have occured near departure gate number three. Firefighters have reached the spot. Section 3 has been closed for departure.