The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the final assembly line (FAL) in Toulouse. The aircraft has now been moved to an outside station where various ground tests will be undertaken in preparation for first flight in the coming weeks. The aircraft will then be transferred to the Airbus facilities…
A man is in custody Monday after he scaled a fence at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and ran onto a runway, police said. The incident happened just before 1:30 p.m. local time. The man was seen running near a Delta Air Lines plane, where airport police apprehended him. LAX is the world’s fifth…
The left wheel of a Dassault Falcon 2000EX left de pavement during taxi making the left wing to touch the ground. The incident happened at approx 18:00 UTC after a demonstration flight at San Fernando Airport, Argentina. The registration of the Dassault Falcon 2000EX is N327LX.
Capital Airlines flight #JD5759 from Beijing to Macao was damaged in a hard landing attempt during windshear at Macao Airport. Parts of the nose gear broke away and hit the left engine during the landing attempt. The Airbus A320 (reg. B-6952) diverted to Shenzhen where it landed safely. One of the airport’s two runways was…
A Jet2 flight had to make a ‘full speed’ emergency landing at Manchester Airport due to broken wing flaps. The passenger jet flight #LS444 from Heraklion on the Greek island of Crete, packed with families returning from summer holidays, was supposed to be landing at Leeds/Bradford airport. But after a delayed take off, the flight…
Approximately 100 passengers arriving at Václav Havel Airport Prague on Sunday morning were evacuated from the plane by slides due to a suspected fire. No one was injured, airport spokesperson Marika Janoušková said. The Boeing 737-400 (reg. LY-PGC) operated by GetJet took off from Monastir. Tunisia is a popular foreign destination among Czech tourists. The incoming…
Impressive windshear during landing attempt followed by a go-around of an All Nippon Airways Dreamliner in Japan, possibly during Typhoon Cimaron.
On the night of Friday to Saturday, former professional boxer Tarik Sahibeddine restrained a passenger who claimed to want to hijack a Lufthansa flight Munich-Paris CDG. The former champion of France first tried to reason the passenger who insulted the chief of cabin and wanted to enter the cockpit. “He told me that he wanted…
A boy has been injured after he was blasted almost 10 metres through the air by the engine of a passenger jet at an airport in Greece. The British boy, 12, was standing next to a fence at Skiathos Airport, where crowds often gather to watch planes take off and land. But as the TUI…
If you look up at a late Friday morning, you’re likely to see a private jet or two. Friday at 11:00 am is the most popular takeoff time for private planes, according to PrivateFly’s recent research. The private jet booking platform reveals that an average of 525 private jets took off last Friday in Europe. These results are…
