A British Airways plane has set a new record for the fastest New York to London flight thanks to an extremely powerful jet stream. The plane touched down at London Heathrow 4 hours and 56 minutes after taking off from New York’s JFK Airport. A jet stream exceeding 250mph acted to accelerate the flight as…
According to emergency services, the Boeing 737-500 (reg. VQ-BPS) en route from Moscow hit the runway with its tail, the 94 people on board were unharmed. “During a hard landing at the Usinsk Airport due to landing gear problems, the plane hit the runway with its tail. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties…
Severe weather warnings have been issued for the weekend, with strong winds of up to 80mph and widespread heavy rain expected. Heathrow Airport announced it had taken the joint decision with its airline partners to “consolidate” Sunday’s flight schedule in a bid to minimise the number of flights cancelled. Watch London Heathrow Airport live: cam.airlive.net/lhr…
An Icelandair Boeing 757, operating flight #FI529 suffered a right main gear collapse. Please reload for updates… UPDATE Keflavik Airport reopens. UPDATE Keflavik Airport looks to be closed after the Iceland Air incident. Flight #W94497 is diverting. The Boeing 757-200 (reg. TF-FIA, built 2000) experienced right main gear collapse on landing runway 10 at Keflavik,…
Four passengers on a recent Ryanair flight reportedly fainted aboard the aircraft during the trip, prompting one of the travelers to describe the experience as a “flight from hell.” The aircraft, which was traveling to Edinburgh, Scotland, took off from Budapest, Hungary, on Jan. 31, according to reports. About an hour into the flight, however,…
A Nok Air aircraft has been damaged at Bangkok-Don Mueang Airport. A Boeing 737-800 (reg. HS-DBT) has been damaged whilst being towed at Bangkok-Don Mueang Airport, Thailand. The towbar snapped as the tug was braking. The vehicle became wedged underneath the wing root leaving the tug driver dead. The 737 was allocated for flight #DD6458…
A Chinese woman has been picked up by ambulance at Copenhagen Airport with Coronavirus symptoms. After arriving at Copenhagen Airport, a Chinese woman was picked up by an ambulance The plane landed from China after a stopover in the Finnish capital Helsinki. The woman wore a mask all the time she was at Copenhagen Airport.…
An Airbus A320 with 172 passengers on board was forced to made an emergency landing in Russia-controlled Khmeimim air base after Syrian air defense was activated. The Cham Wings Airlines A320 was diverted by the Damascus ATC as the Syrian air defense systems engaged four Israeli F-16s and was on high alert due to incoming…
FAA administration Steve Dickson said that international air safety regulators are close to agreeing on the final fixes needed before the Boeing 737MAX can return to service. But Dickson also said that Boeing found a new software problem with the 737MAX. The issue is related to the alert function on the trim system, which helps raise…
After a number of unintended engine shutdowns, due to inadvertent liquid spillage over control panels, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive for Airbus A350-900/-1000 banning any liquids inside the cockpit. Two in-service occurrences were reported involving inadvertent liquid spillage on the ENG START panel or ECAM Control Panel (ECP) on…
Airbus confirmed that its A320 final assembly line in Tianjin, China, closed as part of measures introduced to resolve the coronavirus outbreak. “Airbus observing Chinese government requirements for staff to work from home and is facilitating with IT equipment so employees from all locations including Tianjin do not need to travel to work where possible,”…
A Pegasus Boeing 737 has crashed at Sabiha Gökçen Airport, Turkey. A Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runway and burst into flames at an Istanbul airport on Wednesday afternoon. Please reload for updates… UPDATE One dead in Turkey plane accident, 157 injured, according to minister. UPDATE New footage from security cam shows the Pegasus Boeing…