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…
President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Iranian targets in response to Tehran’s shooting down of a naval surveillance drone before reversing course. US was primed to target three separate sites in Iran. British military chiefs were notified about plans for a US strike against Iranian targets overnight. The decision to abort the strike…
The U.S. on Friday barred American-registered aircraft from flying over Iranian-administered airspace in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The move, in reaction to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a U.S. military surveillance drone, affects a region crucial to global air travel. The Federal Aviation Administration warned of a “potential for miscalculation or…
An Air China Boeing 777-300 ended with front and main gears on the grass beneath taxiway “Uniform”. The Air China Boeing 777-300 (reg. B-2036) performed flight #CA965 from Beijing to Frankfurt when it needed to be repositioned on tow from north side to the south side of the airport for long term parking when the incident…
IRGC claims a U.S. Spy Drone has been shot down Over Hormuzgan Province. Major General Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said on Thursday that Iran had downed a US drone to send a “clear message” to Washington. Iranian paramilitary forces stated on Thursday that a US spy drone had been…
Boris Johnson, the front-runner in the race to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, said he still has “grave reservations” about the expansion of London’s Heathrow airport, but didn’t say what he would do about it if he came to power. Johnson, a former mayor of London who represents a west London constituency, had pledged to…
American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft, the new longer-range version of Airbus A321neo. The purchase agreement includes the conversion of 30 of American’s existing A321neo slots to A321XLRs and incremental orders for an additional 20 A321XLRs. The A321XLR will have the longest range of any single-aisle commercial jetliner. The added range of up…
Dutch investigators have named four people they say are responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in 2014. Three Russians and a Ukrainian have been charged with bringing a missile into the area in eastern Ukraine and with murdering 298 passengers and crew. International arrest warrants have…
Nearly 40 flights were affected after drones were spotted flying in the vicinity of Changi Airport, forcing the closure of one runway. The drones were sighted on Jun 18 and 19, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). the operations of one runway were suspended for short periods of time between 11pm on 18…