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…
A B-1B Bone went inverted and followed through with a roll after an airshow flyby. Now a B-1 roll isn’t unprecedented. It’s been done before, particularly at previous Edwards AFB air shows. However, it’s still a unique sight to see. View this post on Instagram A post shared by AirshowStuff (@airshowstuff) Unfortunately, sights…
A Russian aircraft released a missile close to a RAF jet over the Black Sea, according to UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. The UK defence secretary said that an incident occurred when Russian fighter jets that intercepted an RAF Rivet Joint aircraft in international airspace. A russian Su-27 fighter jet ‘accidentally’ released a missile in…
An Air Force F-35 crashed at the end of a runway near Salt Lake City, Utah, officials said on Wednesday. Emergency crews were called out to Hill Air Force Base Wednesday evening after an F-35 fighter jet crashed on the runway. The crash happened around 6:15 p.m. Officials with 388th Fighter Wing confirmed the crash,…
Flight operations are halted at London Stansted due to a bomb threat. An A319 has been moved to stand for security checks. Arrivals not available from 1820 Local time due to security incident. An easyJet flight U27920 to Amsterdam has been taken to a remote area. The aircraft is an A319 (reg. OE-LKX). Essex police…
A United Airlines flight from Newark burst two tyres on landing at the Fort Myers Airport’s single runway (06/24), causing all operations, departures and arrivals to be halted. Thousands of passengers were stranded in the terminal all day, and many presumably missed connections. Other passengers enroute to Fort Myers found themselves in Miami or Fort…
Bergen Airport in Norway suspended flight operations for two and a half hours after locals noticed a drone in the area. The airport is the second largest in Norway, in a year it serves more than 6 million passengers. In addition, it is located near the main Norwegian naval base in Hoonsvern, one of the…