The nose cone of an Airbus A320 has been badly damaged in hailstorm on approach to Asuncion, Paraguay. A LATAM Paraguay Airbus A320 was severely damaged to its nose con on approach to Asuncion Intl Airport (SGAS), Paraguay. Pilots performing flight #PZ1325 were first forced to divert to Foz de Iguacu, Brazil due to unfavorable…
Australia has arrested a former U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot following a request from Washington, officials in Canberra said Tuesday, as Western governments scrambled to investigate reports that China has been poaching retired military personnel. Daniel Edmund Duggan appeared in court in New South Wales on Friday, judicial records show. “An individual was arrested on…
A Lion Air Boeing 737 immediately returned to Jakarta after left engine caught fire. Flight #JT330 from Jakarta to Palembang-Sumatra Island didn’t go well. Pilots of the Boeing 737-800 (reg. PK-LKK) declared an emergency after takeoff from Jakarta (CGK) and required an immediate return. The aircraft landed safely back on runway 25R only 32 minutes…
Right before take off from London Heathrow Airport, a man flying to Nigeria, drops his pants and defecates dead center of the aircraft’s economy class cabin. During boarding, a passenger stripped from the waist down and defecated on the galley floor. He sat in it and rubbed it onto the galley floor and aisle carpets,”…
A private jet carrying the multimillionaire founder of Germany’s fitness chain McFit has lost communication with signal towers en-route to Costa Rica. According to German newspaper Bild am Sonntag on Saturday, October 22 the jet with Rainer Schaller, his girlfriend and two children has disappeared. It is understood that another German Markus Kurrek is also…
A Korean Air A330 has crash-landed at Cebu International Airport during heavy rain. The Korean Air flight KE631 overshot the runway at Cebu International Airport after attempting to land twice due to poor visibility and heavy rain. Flights to Cebu International Airport are returning to their origin or are diverting to Francisco Bangoy International Airport.…
A British Airways flight was met by emergency vehicles on landing at London Heathrow. EMS and police were called ahead British Airways flight #BA2823 A320 from Porto. The British Airways A320 (reg. G-EUUI) from Porto was met by EMS after landing runway 09L at London Heathrow. The Airbus A320 taxiied to the terminal. Further emergency…
Commercial flying was once the highlight of any traveler’s life. It was plush, roomy, and intended to be an experience to be savored. Some of this original mystique has gone, though, replaced with a demand for increased capacity. What if we could change seating through the use of modern technologies and fabrics to bring back…
Boris Johnson is currently on a British Airways flight to London Gatwick Boris Johnson is flying back to UK in economy class alongside his wife and children. He is set to land at London gatwick on board British Airways #BA2156. The former prime minister has been on holiday in the Dominican Republic but is set…
A passenger was pronounced dead by medics when the aircraft landed in Ireland. Turkish Airlines flight #TK801 was travelling from Istanbul in Turkey to Bogotá, Columbia at the time and was about four hours into its journey when the crew declared a medical emergency. The Boeing 787-900 Dreamliner jet was south of Cork when the…
Commercial planes routes have recently changed in the Caspian Sea area. The no-fly-zone has been moved much further east, leaving all the airspace between the Caspian Sea and Ukraine free. The twitter account @MT_Anderson is reporting that there are one or more Russian Navy Gepard class frigates in the western part of the Caspian Sea.…
An aircraft has ran off runway during heavy rain at Paris Orly Airport, France. An Embraer ERJ-145 (reg. F-HYOG) ran off runway 25 on landing in heaving rain at Paris Orly Airport, France. The Amelia aircraft was performing flight #8R1217 from Rodez. The plane is 21 years old. It has been in the Amelia fleet…