FlySafair confirms the passing of a passenger who was in the process of boarding flight FA200 from OR Tambo International to Cape Town International airport. The customer collapsed during boarding, as he entered the door of the aircraft, for unknown reasons. Paramedics were immediately called to assist but were sadly unable to revive the customer.…
At least two people have died and over half a dozen are injured in Eastern Siberia following a crash landing of an Antonov An-24 twin turboprop airplane operated by Angara airlines. The aircraft (reg. RA-47366) was 42 years old. The tragedy in Nizhneangarsk occurred after the plane skidded off the runway while attempting to make…
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has identified a new potential risk on its Boeing 737MAX aircraft, the agency said on Wednesday. Two people briefed on the matter told Reuters that an FAA test pilot during a simulator test last week was running scenarios seeking to intentionally activate the MCAS stall-prevention system. During one activation it…
At the beginning of the year, Ben Smith new of Air France-KLM, wanted to position Air France as a premium brand, and didn’t think the cost savings were worth the confusion it caused for customers. Air France launched the Joon brand on leisure routes to appeal to millennials on October 29, 2017. Joon was a mixture…
The Boeing 777X test airplane made its runway debut at Everett. The aircraft performed a series of low-speed taxi tests, marking the first time this plane moved on its own power. This is one of many tests before the 777X takes to the skies later this year.
Two German armed forces Eurofighter jets have collided and crashed in the Müritz area of north-eastern Germany. One of the Eurofighters went down in a forest while the other crashed near a village about 10km (6 miles) away, the interior ministry in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania said. One pilot was killed while the pilot…
Tiffani Adams took a 90-minute Air Canada flight from Quebec to Toronto on 9 June. Ms Adams fell asleep during the journey but woke up to find the aircraft empty, cleared and parked in Toronto. She had somehow been left inside the dark plane, which appeared to have been locked for the night. “I fell…
Passengers on Delta Airlines’ Flight 500 from Indianapolis to Paris got an unexpected visit to Detroit on Thursday after an “unruly passenger” caused the plane to divert. The disturbance happened just after 6 p.m. EDT, according to a federal criminal complaint. About 40 minutes after boarding the flight to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, authorities…
Two MiG-29 fighters took off from Sliač Air Base today in the evening due to a loss of communication with a civilian aircraft. The Italian Airbus 320, which flew on the Milan-Kharkov route has been intercepted as pilots didn’t answer ATC. The two Mig-29 broke the sound barrier and sonic booms have been heard in…
The flight P47291 departed Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV) and arrived in Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) around 1 hour late. An Air Peace Boeing 737-500 (reg. 5N-BRN) on Saturday afternoon skidded off the Port Harcourt International Airport runway upon landing. The flight #P47291 was reported to have taken off from Abuja and arrived…
RAF Typhoon jets have caused a sonic boom after they scrambled to intercept a plane near Stansted Airport. Two Typhoon departed RAF Coningsby squawking NATO air policing due to a possible Quick Alert Answer. A RAF Voyager also departed from RAF Brize Norton. The incident happened at about 6:45 p.m. on Saturday when people in…
Some global airlines are redirecting flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, citing safety concerns amid intensifying fears of a military confrontation in the Middle East. A flurry of airlines, including British Airways, Qantas, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and Air-France KLM’s Dutch subsidiary KLM, announced they would avoid…