The Home Office has outlined plans for the former Royal Air Force base at Scampton to become a detention centre for thousands of refugees. The former RAF Scampton is a historic heritage site. Many of the buildings were built in the 1930s and are listed. In 1943 it was home to Guy Gibson and his…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow. The plane of the Chinese leader landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport at about 12:59 Moscow time. The plane carrying Xi Jingping and his delegation has just landed on Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow & will meet with Putin later
Passengers on a recent SkyWest flight from Los Angeles to Houston, Texas, were delayed for over an hour after the flight attendants reportedly got into an argument and refused to work with each other. Ashley Brewer, an anchor on ESPN, tweeted on March 12 that her flight was delayed for a rather unusual reason. “Guys.…
A picture emerged showing two pilots from Indian airline SpiceJet celebrating Holi-Phagwa (festival of colours) inside the cockpit. Celebrating Holi irresponsibly while operating a flight has led to two SpiceJet pilots getting grounded. While having gujhiyas on a Delhi-Guwahati flight last Wednesday, the two had kept a cup of beverage over the flight deck’s centre…
A Condor flight made a U-turn over the Azores before returning to its departure point. The Boeing 767 performing flight #DE800 departed Frankfurt in Germany to cross the Atlantic for a 10-hour flight to Pointe à Pitre. But 4 hours into the flight, the crew had to do a U turn over the Azores, in…
There have been at least six significant close calls at airports so far this year, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a recent close call between two planes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. At around 8:30 a.m. on March 7, Republic Airways Flight 4736…
The FBI is looking for an alleged helicopter thief, who tried to steal a helicopter. The incident happened at Sacramento Executive Airport in California. A person tried to steal a helicopter from a California airport Wednesday and crashed the aircraft in the attempt, officials said. The trespasser broke into several choppers at Sacramento Executive Airport…
Poland will deliver a first batch of four MiG-29 fighter-bombers to Ukraine, Polish President Andrzej Duda announced Thursday, the first such delivery by a NATO member. “In the coming days, we will first transfer (…) four fully operational aircraft to Ukraine,” Duda told reporters. During his press conference, the Polish president added that “other aircraft…
Eagle-eyed plane spotters and fans will immediately notice changes to the tailfin and wingtips. In this latest design, the UAE flag on the Emirates tailfin is much more dynamic and flowing with a 3D effect artwork, and the wingtips have been painted red with the Emirates logo in Arabic calligraphy “popping” out in reverse white.…
Following the loss of a MQ-9 Reaper, US military released footage of the mid-air collision. The Reaper drone and two SU-27 Flanker jets were operating over international waters over the Black Sea US military said the Russian jets intentionally flew in front of and dumped fuel in front of the unmanned drone then one of…
Emirates Flight #EK205 made a U-turn over the Atlantic on March 13, 2023 and returned to Milan. The A380 was performing flight #EK205 from the international airport of Milan Malpensa to new York JFK Airport. As the flight was expected to last 7 hours, the co-pilot suddenly felt an illness preventing from continuing his duty. The pilot’s…
A Singapore Airlines flight was grounded in Johannesburg’s airport in South Africa on Tuesday following a bomb threat. The Airports Company South Africa confirmed it received a call from someone claiming that there was a bomb on Singapore Airlines Flight #SQ478, which was scheduled to fly from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Tuesday morning. “The…