A Ryanair plane with 177 people onboard was damaged when it was reversed into an airport barrier, a report has found. It was being moved by a tug into a parking area at Stansted Airport on 30 April last year to wait for its take-off slot. Accident investigators said bad weather reduced visibility for ground…
A Lion Air plane skidded off a runway outside a city on the Indonesian island of Borneo on Saturday during heavy rain. The aircraft was operating a Jakarta-Pontianak service, with 182 passengers and seven crew members onboard, Lion Air spokesman Danang Mandala Prihantoro said in a statement. The Boeing 737-800NG plane skidded off the runway…
British Midland Regional Limited, the East Midlands-based airline which operates as flybmi, has today announced that it has ceased operations and is filing for administration. ALL FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT BOTH FROM AND TO THE UK AND WITHIN EUROPE. All flights have been cancelled with effect from today. Customers who booked directly…
Jennifer Aniston’s private jet had to make an emergency landing at Ontario International Airport on Friday due to failure with its landing gear, according to TMZ. Courteney Cox was also aboard the aircraft, according to the publication. The aircraft, with tail number N729TY, took off from Los Angeles International Airport at 11:05 a.m. and was…
A Cathay Pacific aircraft was stuck in tarmac at Tel Aviv Airport. The plane had to operate flight #CX676 from Tel Aviv Ben Gurion to Hong Kong. The Airbus A350-900 (reg. B-LRX) is stuck in the tarmac on taxiway after the left main gear broke the asphalt during push back. Passengers have been disembarked and the flight…
ElAl’s plane that was supposed to carry Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanjahu back to Tel Aviv was damaged at Warsaw Chopin Airport The Boeing 777-200 (reg. 4X-ECC) was damaged when the tug slammed against the nose gear when apparently the towbar snapped. There were no reports of injuries. The Prime Minister extended the stay till…
A Delta flight from Orange County, Calif., to Seattle made an emergency landing in Reno on Wednesday afternoon after experiencing severe turbulence. Five people on board were reportedly injured during the flight. Two passengers and one flight attendant were taken to the hospital for evaluation, according to the spokesperson A woman was seen on cellphone…
One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA’s Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars. The Opportunity rover stopped communicating with Earth when a severe Mars-wide dust storm blanketed its location in June 2018. After more than a thousand commands to restore contact, engineers…
Airbus announces the end of the A380 program. Following a review of its operations, and in light of developments in aircraft and engine technologies, Emirates is reducing its A380 orderbook from 162 to 123 aircraft. Emirates will take delivery of 14 further A380s over the next two years. As a consequence, Airbus will cease deliveries…
Air Mauritus A350 was damaged this morning at Paris CDG airport. The winglet of the Airbus A350 (reg. 3B-NBP) clipped the horizontal stabilizer of an Air France Boeing 777-300. The incident happened after flight MK#34 landed at Paris CDG this morning. Investigation is in progress. Weather was very foggy. Flight #MK45 to Port Louis is cancelled…
Capt. Zoe Kotnik, the first female pilot to head the F-16 Viper demonstration team, was relieved of command. “Col. Derek O’Malley, 20th Fighter Wing commander, relieved Capt. Zoe Kotnik from command Feb. 11 due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead and command the Air Combat Command F-16 Viper demonstration team,” said…
Lufthansa has taken a passenger, who didn’t show up for the last leg of his ticketed journey, to court in an apparent bid to clamp down on “hidden city” ticketing. The practice involves passengers leaving their journey at a layover point, instead of making a final connection. According to a court document, an unnamed male…