A naked male passenger was reportedly detained at Chicago O’Hare International Airport before boarding his flight. The unidentified man was filmed walking on the tarmac completely naked. Sources have shared that the man was attempting to board a flight departing from Chicago. The passenger was allegedly detained at Gate C10 at Chicago O’Hare’s Terminal 1.…
NASA has just been given a huge challenge. US vice president Mike Pence announced that president Donald Trump will direct the space agency to send astronauts to the moon by 2024. “The first woman and the next man on the moon will both be American astronauts launched by American rockets from American soil,” he said…
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737MAX made a safe emergency landing Tuesday in Orlando, Florida, after experiencing an engine problem. The crew declared an emergency after taking off from Orlando International Airport around 2:50 p.m., and landed the plane safely. No passengers were on board. The aircraft (reg. N8712L) was being ferried to Victorville, California, where…
Customers across the U.S. reported airline computer issues at a number of airports. Passengers on the ground said the issues related to the flight check-in systems and were unable to issue boarding passes. A spokesperson for American Airlines confirmed the issue was with the Sabre flight reservation and booking system, used by several major airlines…
Two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for Caracas on Friday, and another plane left Caracas on Sunday. Reporter Javier Mayorca wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the first plane carried Vasily Tonkoshkurov, chief of staff of the ground forces, adding the second was a cargo plane carrying 35 tonnes of material. An…
NASA has cancelled its planned all-women spacewalk at the International Space Station this week over limited spacesuit sizes for participating astronauts. The spacewalk, announced earlier this month, was set to mark a historic moment as the first-ever spacewalk conducted only by women. In a statement released on Monday, NASA said its decision was made due…
Airbus and China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) covering the purchase by Chinese airlines of a total of 300 Airbus aircraft. The GTA was signed in Paris, France by Guillaume Faury, President of Airbus Commercial Aircraft and future Airbus CEO, and Jia Baojun, Chairman of CAS, in the presence…
Teams from the three US airlines that own 737 MAX jets were heading to Boeing’s factory in Renton, Washington, to review a software upgrade. The factory visits indicate Boeing may be nearing completion of a planned software patch for its newest 737. Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration, which must approve the software fix and…
On Saturday, Southwest Airlines began to send some Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet to its long-term storage facility. Located at the Southern California Logistics Airport facility in Victorville, this is in the heart of the Mojave Desert. The Mojave Desert has always been a hotbed of aircraft graveyards and aircraft storage. The climate makes for perfect…
WOW Air cancelled dozens of flights today amid rumours of financial difficulties. Few exemples: On March 25, flights to/from Chicago, London, and Pittsburgh are canceled, as well as charter flights from Miami to both Havana and Holguin On March 26, flights to/from Barcelona Brussels, Chicago, and Milan are canceled On March 27, flights to/from Barcelona,…
British Airways flight #BA3273 to Dusseldorf in Germany has landed in Edinburgh by mistake, after the flight paperwork was submitted incorrectly is reporting the BBC. The passengers only realised the error when the plane landed and the “welcome to Edinburgh” announcement was made. The BAe 146-200 aircraft (reg. D-AMGL) operated by WDL took off from London…
A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 diverted to the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Monday (March 25) after reports of smoke coming from the cockpit, a local official told AFP. The United States aircraft flying 256 passengers from Melbourne, Australia, to Los Angeles, touched down safely at La Tontouta airport in New Caledonia’s capital…