London Stansted Airport traffic is building after a major road in to the busy airport was closed after a driver was rushed to hospital following a serious incident. A 63-year-old man has suffered life-threatening injuries after becoming trapped under his own car at Stansted Airport. Emergency services were called to the airport shortly after 4am…
Airbus has delivered the first A350-900 Ultra Long Range (ULR) aircraft to launch customer Singapore Airlines (SIA). The latest variant of the best-selling A350 XWB is capable of flying further in commercial service than any other aircraft, with a range of up to 9,700 nautical miles, or over 20 hours non-stop. Altogether, SIA has ordered…
A school girl suffered an allergic reaction and died after eating a Pret a Manger baguette during a British Airways flight, her parents said. Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, collapsed during the flight from London Heathrow to Nice in July last year. UPDATE Pret A Manger did not label “artisan” baguettes as containing sesame seeds despite six allergic reaction…
Close to 104 million passengers passed though Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2017, making it the world’s busiest passenger airport for another year. That’s according to 2017 travel data released Thursday by Airports Council International. Globally, there were significant increases in passenger numbers, air cargo traffic and total aircraft movements. The world’s busiest airports 2017 1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International…
Several British and French military aircraft were scrambled today. Two RAF planes were sent to the coast off Newcastle after the Russian Blackjacks long-range bomber jets passed through “a variety of international airspace”, which had been monitored by NATO partners. A Typhoon fighter jet and a supporting Airbus Voyager tanker plane were sent out from…
On departure from Luqa, the Airbus A319-112 (reg. 9H-AEJ) suffered birdstrike. Air Malta flight KM100, was scheduled to leave Malta International Airport at 7.20am, with the bird strike take placing upon its departure. The pilots safely aborted the take-off and slowed down on runway 13. Malta International Airport said the aircraft then returned to the…
The FAA is investigating after metal fragments fell from an aircraft Tuesday night over a neighborhood in Henrico County. The FAA is trying to determine whether or not the incident is related to a Delta flight that was diverted Tuesday night due to a reported engine problem. The plane took off for Richmond and was…
A security breach at Orlando Melbourne International Airport caused a lockdown early Thursday morning. Melbourne International Airport is closed until further notice due to police activity. According to an airport official, an unauthorized student boarded a commercial jet. The student was removed from the plane and is being questioned. Security sweeps of the airfield are…
At least 30 passengers on a Jet Airways Mumbai-Jaipur flight suffered ear and nose bleeding due to low cabin pressure during the ascent here on Thursday, an official said. The flight #9W697 with 166 passengers and five crew, was forced to return back to Mumbai shortly after take-off, said a Jet Airways spokesperson. Several passengers…
