The Italian Ministry of Economy and Lufthansa have reached an agreement on the future of Ita Airways. After weeks of negotiations, steps back and forth, dozens of technical sessions, meetings in Rome and Frankfurt, the two parties are preparing to sign the agreement on Thursday 25 May. The 40% stake could grow to a later…
Flights disrupted in Sicily due to Mount Etna’s ash cloud. Sicily’s Catania airport has suspended all flights after ash from erupting Mount Etna covered the runways. UPDATE Catania airport has resumed normal flight operations. The ash fall-out could pose serious threats to aviation, reducing visibility and damaging flight controls, causing engines to fail. The eruption…
About a dozen travelers got into an all-out brawl at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport with lots of fists flying, hair pulling and rolling around on the floor. Check out video, posted to Twitter, which shows guys and girls getting into the knockdown, drag out fight Monday night at the baggage claim area of Terminal 3. Unclear…
A Turkish Airlines flight was forced to divert to Birmingham Airport. A Turkish Airlines A321neo performed flight #TK1997 from Istanbul to London Gatwick on Tuesday, May 23 2023. But the aircraft (reg. TC-LSN) was forced to stop the final approach to runway 08R at London Gatwick due to another flight on takeoff. The ATC ordered…
A terminal at Manchester Airport has been hit by a power cut this morning. Passengers have reported disruption and ‘chaos’ in Terminal 3 due to the outage. Some flights have reportedly been delayed with huge tailbacks at check-in also reported. Some passengers reported that they were stuck at Heathrow airport due to the power cut…
Air traffic was suspended at Geneva airport following activists operation. Geneva Airport is reopening after a short interruption due to activists protesting at EBACE 2023. Arrivals are regulated at a recovery rate after the runway was blocked RWY. High delays expected.
Ryanair flight from Manchester to Corvera has declared an emergency. The flight #FR4116 departed Manchester at 08:06 then declared an emergency South of UK. UPDATE Flight #FR4116 landed runway 04 at 08.53 local time. UPDATE Flight #FR4116 is diverting to London Stansted due to a medical emergency on board. UPDATE The Boeing 737-800 is turning…
Russia’s deputy minister for science and higher education died on May 20 during a return flight from Cuba. The deputy minister was participating in meetings as part of a government delegation, Pyotr Kucherenko, 46, became seriously ill on the nearly 12-hour flight back home. The pilot made an emergency landing in southern Russia for medical…
San Francisco Airport has been evacuated and police are on scene amid reports of an unattended bag and a family bypassing security by entering through the exit. Angry passengers report police swarming the area with planes being moved and people being forced away from the building. San Francisco International Airport has only said there was…
A bomb threat forced a security operation to be deployed and the passengers to disembark. The operation was deployed at Ezeiza Airport after a telephone bomb threat to an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight that was due to leave for Miami. Flight AR1304, which with 270 passengers and 12 crew members should have taken off at 7:35.…
A helicopter repairing power lines in Italy crashed in a flood-affected area. The situation in northern Italy remains extremely difficult due to flooding caused by heavy rains. According to information, 4 people were injured. Two of them are in critical condition. The helicopter belongs to a private company. Before the accident, the pilot attempted an…
Air France flight #AF276 from Paris to Tokyo has declared an emergency. Flight Air France #AF276 from Paris CDG to Tokyo Narita performed a U-turn over Georgia, about 4 hours into the flight. UPDATE We’re receiving reports Air France #AF276 suffered a technical issue. UPDATE #AF276 has landed on runway 08L at Paris CDG at…