After being intercepted by a Rafale fighter jet, a tourist plane dropped packets of methamphetamine on several small villages in the Ardèche mountains on Saturday June 24 in France. While a Rafale fighter jet intercepted a small plane, the pilot dropped several packets of methamphetamine on Saturday June 24 before landing on an aerodrome in…
A Russian Government Ilyushin IL-96 has arrived tonight in Washington D.C. for Diplomatic transport. The Il-96-300 (RSD898) with the Rossiya Airline’s “Special Flight Squadron” which is used by Russian Government Officials has landed in Washington D.C. from Moscow. The Ilyushin IL-96 was forced to avoid airspaces of European countries. The Russian Foreign Ministry has stated…
Air France #AF79 from Los Angeles to Paris CDG is declaring an emergency and diverting. Air France #AF79 to Paris CDG is declaring an emergency and diverting to Reykiavik, Iceland. The crew squawked 7700 (general emergency) close to Greenland. UPDATE #AF79 is now expected at 18:45 in Paris. UPDATE Air France #AF79 diverted to Keflavík…
Plane belonging Russian mercenary chief lands in Belarus. A plane belonging to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian mercenary leader who shook President Vladimir Putin’s government by leading an armed revolt on Saturday, arrived in Belarus Tuesday, according to a flight-tracking website. It was not immediately known if Prigozhin was on the flight. Meanwhile, Russian authorities closed…
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop for all D.C.-area airports, officials say. The ground stop impacts Reagan National Airport (DCA), Dulles International Airport (IAD), Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) and Richmond International Airport (RIC). This prevents takeoffs and landings, so inbound flights have been diverted, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority…
An Enter Air plane en route from Poland to Türkiye has entered Ukrainian airspace for several minutes. An Enter Air passenger flight from Poznań (Poland) to Antalya (Türkiye) entered the airspace of Ukraine, which has been closed since the start of the full-scale war, by roughly 20 km. The incident occurred on the afternoon of…
An American Airlines flight attendant passed away while performing her duties on flight #AA715 from Venice to Philadelphia. The incident occurred early in the flight, as the Boeing 787-8 (reg. N883BM) was flying over France on June 21. The flight attendant named Carol Wright passed out despite fellow passengers performing CPR on her. Pilots declared…
Passengers of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300 were evacuated via emergency slides at Hong Kong International Airport. Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300 (reg. B-KPQ) on flight #CX880 to Los Angeles carried out an emergency evacuation via slides at Hong Kong International Airport on 24 June. Earlier the aircraft aborted its take-off on runway 07R resulting in…
San Antonio International Airport officials are investigating after the death of an airline ground crew member. Firefighters and police officers responded to the incident at around 10:25 p.m. Friday night. UPDATE The ground crew member that died in San Antonio was sucked into the engine of a Delta A319 which has just landed. The board…
Skiathos Airport is the most famous for Europeans spotters. Named after a Greek novelist and native, the short and narrow airport on the picturesque island of Skiathos is a popular destination for plane spotters, who can experience close range take offs and landings from the small stone beach and adjacent public road located at the…
Russia’s Wagner mercenary group reportedly shot down military transport aircraft in the Voronezh region. A Russian Air Force An-26 and several helicopters were shot down allegedly by Wagner Special Forces. Some sources reported that it was a Russian Ilyushin 22 aircraft. Russia accused mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin of armed mutiny on Friday after he alleged,…
FedEx plans to remove 29 aircraft from its fleet this year. CEO Raj Subramaniam said on Tuesday’s earnings briefing that the Express unit will park 20 aircraft in fiscal year 2024 and permanently retire nine additional MD-11 freighters. But the latest fleet statistics show the integrated logistics and parcel carrier’s mainline fleet will actually grow…