Engineers from Russia and the US are investigating a coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which is docked at the International Space Station. A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts has been called off after ground teams noticed a significant leak from one of the spacecraft docked at the orbiting International Space Station. The…
An F-35B jet from Lockheed Martin crashed during a test flight on Thursday morning. The incident occurred around 10:15 a.m. on Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth and Lockheed property. Video taken by Kitt Wilder shows the plane hovering before bouncing on the runway. The jet then goes nose first into the ground…
A British Airways plane from London has lost a metal looking plate on take off. During live stream from SDTV, something fell off an aircraft. UPDATE British Airways wrote AIRLIVE it was a piece of speed tape, which had been used for routine maintenance on the aircraft. The flight #BA2632 took off from London Gatwick…
Air India is considering one of the biggest single aircraft orders in commercial aviation history. Air India is close to placing landmark orders for as many as 500 jetliners worth tens of billions of dollars from both Airbus and Boeing as it carves out an ambitious renaissance under the Tata Group conglomerate, industry sources said…
Morocco’s national airline said it was cancelling all flights it had scheduled for Wednesday to carry fans to Doha for the World Cup semi-final. Royal Air Maroc regrets to inform customers of the cancellation of their flights operated by Qatar Airways,” the airline said in an emailed statement, citing what it said was a decision…
A video went viral of a little girl jumping on her seat’s table during a flight. This video posted on reddit shows a little girl running wild during a flight. The girl is jumping, making the front seat to move. The passenger in the ahead seat is moving because of her moves, but still looks…
The Air Force has confirmed that a B-2 nuclear bomber made an emergency landing at the stealth aircraft’s home base of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on Saturday. “A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit experienced an in-flight malfunction during routine operations today and was damaged on the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base after…
A Boeing 747 to China is dumping fuel prior an emergency landing. A Boeing 747-400F to Hangzhou, China is dumping fuel due to an engine issue after take off. UPDATE 11.22UTC The Boeing 747-400F has landed in Frankfurt. UPDATE 10.53UTC The Boeing 747-400F is now at 10,000 ft and heading to Frankfurt. UPDATE 10.45UTC The…
Freezing weather conditions are causing some delays and cancellations today. Snow is disrupting travel at Gatwick airport as up to 10cm is forecast to hit London and the South East tonight. UPDATE 2131UTC Broken clouds at a height of 100 ft at London Stansted. UPDATE 2125UTC London Stansted Airport is now closed. UPDATE Runway was reopened at…
The spaceship, which has been on a three-week journey around the Moon, is targeting a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off California. The parachute-assisted drop into the sea should occur at about 09:40 local time (17:40 GMT). The incoming velocity will be extremely high. The capsule will be moving at 40,000km/h (25,000mph) – or 32…
A Russian Su-25 fighter jet managed to safely land despite no landing gear on the aircraft. The moment was captured on mobile phone footage and quickly spread on social media Although the location of the military plane landing remains unclear, the Z-marking on the aircraft suggests a military role in the Ukraine war. In the…
Flight operations have been halted at Manchester. The snow vehicles are working to clear the runway. UPDATE Manchester Airport is preparing to reopen. Heavy ones #QR27 and #EK17 are about 30 mins from landing. UPDATE As Manchester is closed, Singapore Airlines #SQ51 is diverting to Paris CDG. UPDATE Per Eurocontrol, no landings at Manchester Airport…