A man has been charged with the preparation of terrorist acts following his arrest at Heathrow airport, the Metropolitan police said. Mamun Rashid, from east London, was charged on Sunday after a police investigation had concluded. He arrived back in the UK three days earlier from Turkey after the country said it had deported an…
A four-month-old girl died on board a SpiceJet Surat-Mumbai flight on Friday. A post-mortem investigation could not establish the cause of death and samples from body tissues have been sent to Sir JJ Hospital. Riya, who was with her mother and grandparents, could have lost consciousness on board without her family realising it, according to airline…
A private jet in taxi accidentally crashed into a parked plane at the San Antonio International Airport Friday afternoon. No one was injured in the wreck that occurred before 4 p.m., according to Joe Arrington, a spokesperson with the San Antonio Fire Department. Airport spokesperson Rich Stinson said a Cessna Citation CJ3 accidentally thrusted during…
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has ordered an inquiry after an Airbus A320 flown by GoAir was forced to execute an unorthodox go-around at Bengaluru International Airport in poor weather conditions. The A320 jet had taken off from Nagpur on Monday with a reported 180 people on board and was scheduled to land…
The new Dreamliner was met by more than 1,000 Qantas employees to mark the flying kangaroo’s 99th birthday and kick off 12 months of celebrations as it heads towards its centenary. QF 7879 flight London to Sydney flight time was 19 hours and 19 minutes. Touch down at Sydney International airport was 12:28pm. The flight…
Police has confirmed there was a sudden death of a young child on an international flight, which prompted an emergency medical landing in St. John’s International Airport on Tuesday. Police and paramedics were dispatched to the airport where Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 35 had landed, shortly before noon. The RNC confirmed a two-year-old died. The…
The BelugaXL has received its Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) paving the way for entry-into-service by early 2020. The aircraft is an integral part of Airbus’ industrial system and a key enabler for production ramp-up requirements beyond 2019. The BelugaXL allows for 30% extra transport capacity being 7 metres longer and…
On Thursday 14 November Qantas is making its second ever direct flight between the two cities – the first happened 30 years ago. A freshly built Boeing 787-9 “Dreamliner” (reg. VH-ZNJ) is deployed to London Heathrow from Los Angeles LAX after it was ferried from Boeing plan in Everett. The trip is being described as…
Boeing said one of the first revamped GE9X engines intended to power its 777X flight-test aircraft was damaged during a freight shipping accident last month. While the incident isn’t expected to create a new delay for the 777X, it does add to a string of mishaps to confound Boeing’s newest model. The damaged GE9X engine…
A flight has been evacuated after a man stormed on board without a passport or boarding pass. Passengers were forced off the jet at Barcelona Airport as the intruder locked himself in the plane’s toilet when he was confronted by an air hostess. The Vueling flight #VY8720 from Barcelona to Dublin was due to take…
CEO Anne Rigail talked exclusively with AirlineRatings during the recent inaugural A350 flight from Paris to Toronto. Anne Rigail: “… the A350 and the Dreamliner just made the A380 totally obsolete, too expensive, too big. You need specific ramp equipment, you need to rebuild runways and taxiways, you need special boarding ramps. You even need…
