In a clear message to Russian forces, three US B-2 Spirit stealth bombers flew an extended sortie over the Arctic Circle for the first time on Sept. 5, the Air Force’s 509th Bomb Wing. “This familiarization was the B-2’s first mission this far north in the European theater,” according to a Facebook post from the…
As Boeing sets its sights on winning approval to fly its 737 MAX within weeks, following a six-month safety ban, engineers around the world are rolling out plans for one of the biggest logistical operations in civil aviation history. Inside Boeing’s 737 factory at Renton, Washington, south of Seattle, workers have pre-assembled dedicated tool kits…
A pilot spilling coffee in the cockpit of a plane flying over the Atlantic Ocean forced it to turn back and land in Ireland. The hot coffee damaged an audio control panel, which gave off an electrical burning smell and smoke, an accident report found. It created significant communication difficulty for the pilots flying the…
London’s Heathrow Airport appears to have worked out how to jam drone signals to stop climate-change protesters from disrupting its airspace. Activists from the group Heathrow Pause attempted to fly drones close to the airport at about 3 a.m. on Friday but found when they tried to launch them that most did not work. They…
Two US fighter planes were in danger of colliding with a pair of skydivers in Cambridgeshire after the jets inadvertently flew across a parachuting site, a report has revealed. A GoPro camera fitted to the helmet of one of the parachutists recorded video of the F-15 fighter jets flying beneath them as they fell at…
London police deployed Friday a sweeping security cordon around Heathrow Airport and made seven arrests to thwart climate activists’ efforts to shut down Europe’s busiest travel hub using toy drones. Campaigners from Heathrow Pause — an offshoot of the Extinction Rebellion group backed by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg — had hoped to disrupt the travel…
Boeing chairman and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on Wednesday reiterated his projection that the 737 MAX should begin to return to service around November. However, he conceded that lack of alignment among international regulatory bodies could mean that the grounded jet may first resume flying in the United States, with other major countries following later.…
An American Airlines mechanic has been accused of sabotaging a plane with 150 passengers aboard after allegedly being upset over stalled contract negotiations. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani is claimed to have glued foam inside a tube that would disable navigation systems in an aircraft at Miami International Airport, in Florida. As a result, flight No.…
Finnair flight #AY1571 made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff due to the death of a passenger. A Finnair Airbus A319 was forced to make an emergency landing in the Finnish city of Turku due to the death of a passenger on board. The flight #AY1571 was heading to Paris CDG when it diverted only…
A runway was closed at Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport in in Saudi Arabia after an incident with a Boeing 767. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 rejected take-off following an engine failure. The incident resulted of the explosion of 8 out of 10 tires. The runway was closed for 8 hours before the aircraft was…
Two Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers have collided on Friday over the Russian Lipetsk Region in an accident caused by the pilots’ error, a special commission will determine the extent of the jet crews’ responsibility, a source in the region’s power structures told TASS. “The pilots’ error resulted in the collision over the Lipetsk Region, a…
The Eurowings flight EW8855 had been on its way from Lamezia Terme in Italy to Berlin on Monday at the time of the disturbance. A spokesman for the German budget airline confirmed the incident, which occurred about 20 minutes from Berlin-Tegel Airport in the north of the city. “At an altitude of about 9000 metres,…