Transavia flight #TO411f rom Paris to Tunis was forced to divert to Nice (South of France) in the afternoon of Thursday, January 24, to disembark a violent passenger. A passenger (around 30 years old) has been violent towards the flights attendant and tried to enter the cockpit. The Tunisian man also tried to make a prayer and shouted “allahu…
A United passenger is suing the airline for allegedly covering up an incident last year that “nearly resulted in the loss of all life aboard.” Flight 931 from Chicago to London was forced to make an emergency landing in Goose Bay, Canada only a few hours into the journey after the windshield shattered, the cause…
A Blue Angels pilot had to make an emergency landing during a training flight in California on Tuesday. The F/A-18 Hornet’s main landing gear did not extend on approach to the airfield following a training flight according to a release from the Navy. The pilot landed the aircraft with no injury to himself or ground…
An overweight passenger aboard a Taiwanese airliner forced flight attendants to remove his pants so he could use the toilet — then wipe his butt as he moaned in pleasure, according to reports. A flight attendant for EVA Air — which only employs female cabin crew — described the crappy duty the paunchy perv subjected…
A man has been fined £2,000 after he pleaded guilty to flying a model aeroplane near Heathrow Airport on Christmas Eve. Police said George Rusu, 38, was flying his fixed wing, model aeroplane at Heathrow at 3pm, just days after drone sightings had caused chaos for thousands of passengers at Gatwick airport. They arrested him…
A Southwest Airlines jet became disabled at an intersection on a runway at Boston’s Logan Airport Wednesday morning. The problem was due to a nose wheel issue on the plane, a MassPort spokesperson said. A crane is working to remove the Boeing 737.
Lionel Richie’s son has been cautioned by police after threatening to explode a bomb on a plane in a row with security staff at Heathrow airport. Miles Brockman Richie, 24, a model, also allegedly hit a security guard dring the clash at Terminal Five on Saturday morning. Richie was said to have got into an…
Air Algérie flight suffered an engine issue while landing on runway 24L at Montreal Airport, Canada. The aircraft (reg. 7T-VJG) experienced compressor stall in its left engine as it was landing on runway 24L at Montreal Airport (CYUL), Canada. The Boeing 767-300 was on ferry flight from Shannon.
Detroit Metropolitan Airport reopened Wednesday morning after being shut down for 14 hours as icy weather moved through the area. The airport in Romulus closed around 8 p.m. Tuesday and reopened around 10 a.m. Wednesday. “Detroit Metropolitan Airport is now open,” airport officials said in a statement. “Weather conditions have improved enough to allow the…
Boeing yesterday successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype in Manassas, Virginia. Boeing NeXt, which leads the company’s urban air mobility efforts, utilized Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to design and develop the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and will continue testing to advance the safety and…
British Airways is to paint four of its aircraft in retro livery to celebrate its 100th birthday. The first to be given the makeover will be a Boeing 747 (reg.G-BYGC), which will get a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) design. This livery was originally used between 1964 and 1974. The aircraft is expected to leave…
A young man did not want his parents, aboard flight #U24319 from Lyon, to join him in Rennes. We now know more about the bomb hoax that forced an easyJet aircraft from Lyon to Rennes, to turn back last Friday after an anonymous call. “The author of the facts has been identified. It is a…