A plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Congo’s eastern city of Goma, killing 26 people, including passengers, crew and people on the ground, the government said. The 19-seater aircraft crashed into residential homes on Sunday in the Mapendo district near Goma’s airport in the North Kivu province. The wreckage could be seen amid destroyed homes…
Philippine Airlines #PR113 to Manila returned to Los Angeles after flames were seen from right engine. The Boeing 777-300ER (reg. RP-C7775) suffered a failure (compressor stall) on right engine. The crew immediately declared a mayday and requested return to LAX after takeoff. The aircraft landed runway 25L and was met by emergency services. Due…
Turkish Airlines flight #TK467 from Istanbul suffered a nosegear collapse on landing at Odessa Airport, Ukraine. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. TC-JGZ) performed a go around and finally attempted to land on runway 16. The nosegear collapsed during the landing. The crew decided to deploy the emergency slides and the plane was evacuated.
Airbus’s A320 family have overtaken the Boeing 737 in terms of total orders. Over 55 years of history, the Boeing 737 jetliner has become the best-selling airplane of all time. But the crisis that’s grounded the latest generation of the plane, the 737 Max, has cost the plane its crown. Through the end of October,…
A man has been arrested at at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The man was caught dressed as a captain of the German airline Lufthansa. He even had a fake identity card to reinforce the get-up. He was arrested at the Terminal-3 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after a CISF official got suspicious…
Aircalin has been forced to return one of its brand new A330neos to Airbus after several complaints by crew members and passengers of “smelly socks”. Their second A330-900 (reg. F-ONET) which is just about six-weeks olds was forced to return to Toulouse. Both staff and passengers reported the smell of oil, some saying it being…
British Airways has blamed a “technical issue” for disruption to its flights around the world. Flights to and from the UK’s two busiest airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, appear to be among those affected on Thursday. A spokeswoman for the airline said: “Our teams are working hard to resolve a technical issue which is affecting some…
The man was booked on flight EZY603 to Belfast departing at 7.40am on 18 November, but accidentally got on the EZY7023 service to Jersey that was scheduled for the same departure time. The Jersey flight was delayed by around 25 minutes after the security breach was discovered, while the man deplaned and boarded the correct…
The last remaining survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, Werner Gustav Doehner, who suffered severe burns to his face, arms and legs before his mother managed to toss him and his brother from the burning airship, has died. Doehner, the last among 62 passengers and crew who escaped the May 6, 1937 fire, was 90. The…
TARMAC Aerosave has completed the first A380 dismantling project, which was launched at the beginning of this year. TARMAC Aerosave managed this project in collaboration with the aircraft owner, the German Dr Peters company, and the end of life manager, the American company VAS Aero Services for the sale of the spare parts. This A380…
British airline Virgin Atlantic on Tuesday said that it will start a second daily flight on the London-Delhi route from March 29. The new flights to Delhi will go on sale on November 23. “Virgin Atlantic will introduce a second daily service between Heathrow (at London) and Delhi, offering 1,08,000 additional seats for summer 2020,”…
Qantas has asked Airbus and Boeing for a better deal on planes capable of non-stop Sydney-London flights before deciding whether to place an order. “We asked them to go back and re-look at that to sharpen their pencils because there still was a gap there,” Qantas International Chief Executive Tino La Spina told an investor…