UK regional carrier Flybe has been in talks over the weekend to prevent a collapse of the airline following declining finances. According to Sky News, Flybe, which has already been bailed out once, has been struggling to secure fresh finance. The reports come a year after Flybe was bought for £2.8m by a consortium including…
Ukraine International Boeing 737-800 was not the first civil aircraft to be shot down by military action. Libyan Arab Airline flight On February 21, 1973, a Boeing 727 of Libyan Arab Airline, from Tripoli to Cairo was shot down by the army of the Israeli air above the Sinai desert. 108 of the 112 people…
On January 9, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B737-700 impacted a massive grasshoppers swarm, (a species of grasshopper that moves in groups of millions of individuals). The aircraft (reg. ET-ALN) was operating flight #ET363 flight between the City of Djibouti and Dire Dawa. At first, the aircraft hit few grasshoppers and the crew decided to continue…
Flights at Dubai International Airport were delayed on Saturday with some cancellations due to flooding. “Dubai Airports can confirm that due to heavy rainfall and flooding earlier today, Dubai International (DXB) is experiencing operational disruptions,” an official said. “We are working closely with our service partners to get back to full operations as soon as…
CCTV footage appears to show an Iranian air defense system, northeast of Parand, firing a possible Tor M1 missile at Ukrainian Airlines flight PS752.
The flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800, which crashed on the outskirt of Tehran on Wednesday, will be downloaded in France, head of the accident investigation board of Civil Aviation Organization of Iran announced on Saturday. Hassan Rezaeifar said although Iran made use of all its facilities to…
Government statement blames ‘human error’ for the incident that left 176 people killed, including many Iranian citizens. Iran has announced that its military “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 on board. The statement on Saturday morning blames “human error” for the incident, adding that the military mistook Flight 752 for a “hostile…
Nordwind Airbus A321 was severely damaged in a hard landing at Antalya Airport, Turkey. The nosegear of the Airbus A321 (reg. VQ-BRS) was rammed upward into the fuselage. The aircraft was performing flight #NWS1801 from Moscow SVO. No injuries reported.
Iranian government expressed condolences to the bereaved families over the Ukrainian plane crash and issued a statement in this respect, government spokesman Ali Rabiei said. The statement reads that a committee in charge of investigating the incident has been formed on the basis of regulations of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which will examine the…
The New York Times has obtained video of the moment a Ukrainian airliner was hit minutes after takeoff from Tehran. Video verified by The New York Times appears to show an Iranian missile hitting a plane above Parand, near Tehran’s airport, the area where a Ukrainian airliner stopped transmitting its signal before it crashed on Wednesday.…
