A Singapore Airlines captain has been grounded since Feb 1 after he allowed a flight attendant to sit on the first officer’s chair and took a photo for her. The flight attendant has also been grounded. Confirming the incident, SIA said it happened on Jan 12 during SIA Flight #SQ207 to Melbourne. At the time,…
Visitors to the French ski resort of Courchevel witnessed an unlucky pilot fail to stop his plane in time during a landing and then crash into a pile of snow. The footage shows a small Piper PA-46 (reg.F-GUYZ) rolling away from the off-strip and ploughing into the pile of snow nearby. The plane had five…
A business Jet missed the runway at the Richmond Airport Monday morning. No injuries have been reported after a twin-engine jet landing at Richmond Municipal Airport slid on a snowy runway through an airport field. Police say there were three people on the plane at the time of the accident. Pictures from the scene show the Beeach…
Jet2 flight #LS155 to Tenerife had their flight cut short because there was no water for teas or coffees on board. The flight, which took off from Glasgow, Scotland, at 8.55am, was bound for the Canary Island when it was forced to divert to Manchester less than an hour from take off. The #LS155 flight…
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Saturday the suspension of a search for a missing co-pilot of a small cargo plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Florida. The other pilot, 28-year-old Rolland Silva, was rescued by the Coast Guard on Friday afternoon, about 13 miles east of Bay Harbor Island.…
Two Kenya Airways planes (reg. 5Y-KYR & 5Y-FFF) collided and severely damaged each other just in front of the airline’s hangar at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The two planes were up for what is called C4 Check which is a major maintenance of the engine after a period of time. After the maintenance, the…
At least one worker was driving the tug and two “wing walkers” were standing either side of the Hong Kong Airlines plane when the explosion took place. It happened only seconds after the aircraft began pushing back from the departure gate for its flight to Seoul. Closed-circuit television footage shows the tyre and an unidentified…
SAS flight #SK480 to Stockholm skidded off taxiway at Oslo-Gardermoen Airport (ENGM). The Airbus A320NEO (reg. SE-ROE) skidded off taxiway during 90 degree turn. There were 140 passengers aboard the aircraft, which were going to Arlanda at Stockholm. The passengers were picked up by bus. They were transferred to later departures.
Doubts about the future of the Airbus A380 have grown after yet another airline canceled an order for the superjumbo jet. Qantas has announced it formally cancelled a longstanding order for eight Airbus A380 superjumbo jets. The decision, which will remove the order placed in 2006 from the Airbus order book, comes as new doubts…
A body has been recovered from the wreckage of the plane which crashed with Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson on board. UPDATE The body recovered from plane wreckage confirmed as Emiliano Sala. The wreckage of the plane, which vanished two weeks ago over the English Channel, had been found off Guernsey. the…
Norwegian flight to Nice, France returned to Stockholm Arlanda due to a bomb threat. The aircraft flight #DY4321 has just returned to Stockholm Arlanda due to a bomb threat received. The air craft involved is a Boeing 737-800 (reg. LN-NIH). According to the Swedish Sveriges Television AB (SVT), the plane was carrying several members of the Swedish swimming team, who…
The cyber attack on Airbus was conducted by a group of hackers operating from China. According to sources close to the aircraft manufacturer, the cyber attack that Airbus announced January 30 was conducted by a group of hackers operating from China and targeted technical documents relating to the certification of European giant aircraft. According to…