INCIDENT Scoot Tigerair Boeing 787-9 returned to land at Singapore-Changi due to cracked windshield

Scoot Tigerair aircraft operating on flight #TR6 from Singapore to Coolangatta/Gold Coast was forced to turn back to Singapore midway through the flight early on Wednesday (Jan 30) morning, after the front windshield “sustained some damage”, the company said. The Boeing 787-9 (reg. 9V-OJC), carrying 341 passengers, took off at 10.20pm from Singapore on Tuesday but was forced…

ALERT Mysterious Russian plane landed in Caracas possibly to move 20 tonnes of gold from the Venezuela’s national bank to Moscow

Russian authorities have moved to quash suspicions that 20 tonnes of gold are about to be moved from the Venezuela’s national bank to Moscow. Allegations that a Russian jet which landed in Caracas was due to load an $840 million portion of the country’s gold reserves surfaced early on Wednesday. Venezuela’s opposition-controlled parliament, sidelined by the Maduro regime, said in…

BREAKING Airbus detected a cyber incident on Airbus “Commercial Aircraft business”

  Airbus detected a cyber incident on Airbus “Commercial Aircraft business” information systems, which resulted in unauthorised access to data. This incident is being investigated by experts who have taken actions to reinforce existing security measures and to mitigate its potential impact, as well as determining its origins. Investigations are ongoing  but some personal data was accessed. This is…

INCIDENT Boeing 727-200 experienced a front landing gear failure when landing at Tuscaloosa Airport, USA

A cargo plane incident at the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport closed the main runway on Monday night. Kalitta Charters II  aircraft sustained damage when it landed with its nose gear retracted on runway 22 at Tuscaloosa Airport. The Boeing 727-200 (reg. N724CK) is 39 years old. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox confirmed on Twitter that the crew is…