At least 11 people were killed and 74 injured in a Turkish airstrike on a convoy in northern Syria, Kurdish media reported Sunday. France 24 broadcaster said at least one of their journalists was also among the dead, while two French reporters were reportedly injured in the attack. “Our team is fine but some colleagues…
A caller to 111 just after 6:30am on Monday claimed there was a bomb in a building on Geoffrey Roberts Rd. Police evacuated the building and others nearby. Roads near Auckland Airport were blocked off and flights temporarily suspended. There were delays heading into the airport, with sections of Laurence Stevens Dr and Geoffrey Roberts…
A plane crashed during the Atlanta Air Show Sunday afternoon. Snowbird 5, Capt Kevin Domon-Grenier was forced to eject from his aircraft shiortly before performance in Atlanta this afternoon. Capt Domon-Grenier made it safely to the ground and is okay. The aircraft fell in an unpopulated area and no one was injured. In a tweet…
An Angola Airlines Boeing 777-300ER rolling away from its parked location, into a grassy area at Porto Airport (OPO) in Portugal. According to Jornal de Notícias, the Boeing 777 (reg. D2-TEH) arrived in Porto as DT654 at 5:43 a.m. local time after making its way from Luanda (LAD) in Angola. The plane was parked it…
The Boeing Company announced that its Board of Directors has separated the roles of chairman and chief executive officer. Dennis A. Muilenburg continues as CEO, president and a director. The board elected David L. Calhoun, current independent lead director, to serve as non-executive chairman. The board said splitting the chairman and CEO roles will enable…
It’s the end of a mystery of more than eight years. Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès was arrested today at Glasgow Airport after flying from Paris CDG Airport. The man is suspected of having murdered his entire family in April 2011 in Nantes, France. He was actively researched by the police which get informed of an…
The aircraft, an A321neo produced in Hamburg, Germany, was delivered to Indian airline IndiGo. IndiGo is the world’s biggest customer for the A320neo Family with orders totaling 430 aircraft. Since its first NEO was delivered in March 2016, its fleet of A320neo Family has grown into the world’s largest with 96 aircraft operating alongside 129…
A plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Rostov-on-Donafter, Russia a passenger announced he had a gun on board. The man boarded the flight without suspicion at Moscow Sheremetyevo international airport for the Aeroflot flight yesterday. But he then informed a flight attendant he was armed before the pilot immediately requested an emergency…
Airlines in Japan will cancel more than 1,500 domestic flights on Saturday due to a powerful typhoon. Japan Airlines will cancel 513 flights across the country including most to and from Haneda and Narita airports. All Nippon Airways will cancel 490 flights including all to and from Haneda and Narita. The other affected carriers are…
A plane operated by Silverstone Air has skidded off the runway at Wilson Airport in the capital Nairobi. Witnesses say the aircraft lost its way during take-off to Mombasa on Friday morning. Images from the scene showed that the aircraft plunged into a thicket, hitting some trees and breaking part of its wing, before being…
Aeroflot canceled its 2007 order for 22 Dreamliners: 18 of the smaller 787-8s and four 787-9s. The lost order is a cause for concern in Everett because the 787 backlog is dwindling fast as the company aims to roll out the planes at a rate of 14 jets per month. Boeing now has a total…
In a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission in the United States, the carrier said it anticipates impending software updates to the aircraft will lead to re-certification “later this year”. American Airlines is one of three United States-based carriers – including United Airlines and Southwest – ordered by the FAA to all Boeing 737…