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BREAKING 8 injured passengers treated at the hospital after Aerolineas Argentinas #AR1303 experienced severe turbulence

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 19, 2018 Leave a comment

Severe turbulence caused Aerolineas Argentinas passengers to suffer injuries during a flight from Miami to Buenos Aires on Thursday. According to the airline’s spokesperson, the crew on flight AR1303 reported the passengers were injured after the plane reached cruising altitude and there were sudden movements due to atmospheric conditions. There were 192 passengers, who departed from Miami International Airport about 9:30 a.m.…

London Gatwick controversial plan to bring its emergency runway into full-time use

NewsBy AIRLIVE October 18, 2018 Leave a comment

London’s Gatwick Airport has unveiled a growth strategy which includes a controversial plan to use an existing taxiway as a permanent second runway. Gatwick was recently overlooked for expansion by a U.K. government decision to back a third runway at rival airport, Heathrow. Campaigners have now accused Gatwick’s New York-based owners of expansion “by the…

Photo of Ryanair crew sleeping on room’s floor in Malaga Airport was a fake (watch CCTV footage)

NewsBy AIRLIVE October 18, 2018 Leave a comment

Ryanair has released a video it claims is proof that a widely shared photo of crew sleeping on an airport floor was fake. The grainy footage apparently shows some uniformed crew members arranging themselves in sleeping positions in a corner of the room before the photo was taken. The SNPVAC union, which represents Portuguese airline…

This is how badly a DJI Phantom 2 can damage a plane on landing (video)

NewsBy AIRLIVE October 18, 2018 Leave a comment

Researchers at the University of Dayton Research Institute are showing what can happen when a small drone strikes the wing of an aircraft. The team mimicked a collision between a 2.1-pound DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter and a Mooney M20 aircraft. Video shows the drone ripping through the plane’s wing in conditions that simulate a crash…

ALERT US first lady Melania Trump’s plane forced to return to Joint Base Andrews after smoke in cabin

NewsBy AIRLIVE October 17, 2018 Leave a comment

US first lady Melania Trump’s plane was forced to return to a Washington area military base on Wednesday because of smoke in the cabin. According to TV reporters travelling with Mrs Trump, the flight was in the air for about 10 minutes when smoke filled the cabin, and then Secret Service agents rushed to the…

BREAKING From midnight, all Cobalt flights will be grounded due to bankrupt

NewsBy AIRLIVE October 17, 2018 Leave a comment

The largest Cyprus-based airline Cobalt airlines was expected to ground its flights as of midnight on Wednesday. The company failed to reach a deal with a potential European investor. According to Economy Today, the company has only €15 million its accounts, which are expected to be used to pay the employees. In statements on Wednesday…

ALERT Full opening of new Istanbul airport is delayed to end of the year

NewsBy AIRLIVE October 15, 2018 Leave a comment

Istanbul’s new airport will not open fully until the end of this year, a newspaper on Saturday cited the general manager as saying, two months later than an official opening scheduled for the end of this month. The imaginatively-named ‘Istanbul New Airport’ has been under construction since May 2015 and is a four-phase project that…

BREAKING KLM Boeing 747-400 engine badly damaged by high-loader at Amsterdam Schiphol

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 15, 2018 Leave a comment

KLM Boeing 747-400 took serious damage to its #4 engine cowling when it was hit by a high-loader during parking at Amsterdam Schiphol. A KLM Boeing 747-400 (reg. PH-BFN) was badly damaged on Monday morning when it collided with a high-loader while being towed at Amsterdam Schiphol. According to the airline, there were no passengers on…

ALERT Current crew could be stranded in the Space Station beyond their planned December departure

SpaceBy AIRLIVE October 15, 2018 Leave a comment

The current space station crew is facing an uncertain departure date while the space capsule is grounded. In a communication with Moscow State University (MSU) on Sunday, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev – who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) – recalled Thursday’s emergency. “We watched the rocket coming out of the atmosphere. There…

BREAKING Air India flight attendant falls off Boeing 777 flight #AI864 while closing door

NewsBy AIRLIVE October 15, 2018 Leave a comment

A flight attendant from an Air India plane before the scheduled to depart New Delhi from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The 53 years old air hostess suffered serious injuries. After the incident, she was admitted to Nanavati Hospital. The incident took places on Air India flight AI864 that operates on Mumbai-Delhi route. Sources from…

ALERT Entire F-35 fleet grounded worldwide by military following crash in September

MilitaryBy AIRLIVE October 12, 2018 Leave a comment

The U.S. military on Thursday grounded its entire fleet of F-35 stealth fighters after one of the jets crashed during a training mission in South Carolina last month, officials said Thursday. The stand down affects more than 200 jets while an “inspection of a fuel tube” in F-35 engines takes place, according to a Pentagon spokesman.…

BREAKING Air India Express #IX611 hit wall on takeoff at Tiruchirapalli causing important damages to the aircraft

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 12, 2018 Leave a comment

An Air India flight scraped a brick wall on takeoff Friday, leaving gashes along the under belly of the airliner’s fuselage and forcing it to make an emergency landing. The aircraft took off early Friday from Trichy in Tamil Nadu when air traffic controllers warned the pilots they may have hit the wall. The Boeing…