A woman was handcuffed and restrained for six hours on a flight from Miami to London after attacking an eight-year-old boy and lashing out at others. The woman, 51, threw a full bottle of water that hit the boy on the side of the head with ‘some force’ on the Virgin Atlantic flight. Just 20…
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg warned investors that the company might need to temporarily halt the 737MAX production. Boeing hopes to get approval for the plane to fly again sometime early in the fourth quarter. Dennis Muilenburg said any further delays in approval to resume 737MAX flights could force a temporary shutdown of 737MAX production. Boeing…
Planes at Schiphol cannot be refuelled right now. Aircraft Fuel Supply, a third-party company that controls aircraft fuel supply, currently has a fault in their system. As a result, flights may be delayed or cancelled by your airline. Schiphol and Aircraft Fuel Supply are working hard to find a solution. Reduction in landing rate is…
An American Airlines flight attendant was bitten by an emotional support dog on a flight from Dallas to North Carolina Monday. The incident occurred on American flight #AA3506 from Dallas-Fort Worth to Greensboro, North Carolina, an American Eagle flight operated by Envoy Air, a subsidiary of American. The plane was an Embraer 175, a regional…
This shows the moment what looks like the trailing edge of the right horizontal stabilizer broke away, followed by a stream of debris from the same area. Almost immediately the pilot abandoned the display, climbing above the cloud base and staying there for around 10 minutes to check the situation, before descending and landing safely.
Air Peace Boeing 737 lost its front gear on hard landing in Lagos Airport The plane was coming from Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital when the incident occurred. A passenger onboard the flight told that the plane dropped about 30 feet unto the runway, with the front landing gear broke on impact. Although no…
United Airlines Holdings said on Friday the Boeing 737 MAX would stay off its flight schedule until Nov. 3, a fresh extension leading to about 2,100 cancellations in September and 2,900 in October as the jets remain grounded worldwide. The decision had been expected after Boeing said on June 27 it would likely take until…
South Korean warplanes fired hundreds of warning shots at a Russian military aircraft that entered South Korean airspace on Tuesday, defence officials said, while Russia denied violating any airspace and accused South Korean pilots of being reckless. It was the first time a Russian military aircraft had violated South Korean airspace, an official at the…
Pilots at British Airways have voted strongly in favour of a strike in a dispute over pay. Some 93 per cent of those staff represented by the British Airline Pilots’ Association voted for industrial action, on a 90 per cent turnout. UPDATE British Airways has lost a High Court bid for a temporary injunction to…
A British woman has been asked to pay $106,000 after she was so disruptive during a flight to Turkey that the U.K. had to scramble fighter jets to accompany her plane back to the airport, the airline says. Chloe Haines, 25, was “aggressive, abusive and dangerous” during the June 22 Jet2 flight from London Stansted…
A 65-year old Serbian man confessed in court on Saturday to calling in a false bomb threat to stop a Lufthansa flight attendant from leaving the country because he hoped she would go on a date with him. One hundred thirty passengers and five crew members were evacuated from flight #LH1411 on Thursday before its…
Two Southwest Airlines planes have collided on the tarmac of Nashville International Airport. Airline officials say no injuries were reported in Saturday night’s collision. An emailed statement from Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Michelle Agnew says the winglet of the St. Louis-bound Southwest Flight 1555 “came into contact” during pushback with the winglet of Southwest Flight 4580,…