Finnair confirmed that a pilot who reported for work intoxicated on Wednesday at Helsinki Airport was one of its employees. According to MTV news, which first reported the story, the pilot had a blood alcohol concentration level of 1.5 on alcohol test. However the airplane was not ready for departure and the captain was not…
A 42-year-old truck driver was kidnapped with his truck and cargo of electronic equipment with a value of more than 5 million euros. A man with a weapon waited for the driver as he drove away from the cargo area of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport where he had loaded his truck. The man forced the driver…
A baby was taken to hospital after being found by a cleaner in a women’s toilet at Hong Kong International Airport. The airport received a report at 11.30am that one of its cleaners had found a “newborn baby inside a female toilet” near Gate 60 of the airport’s arrivals level, a spokesperson for the Airport Authority Hong…
A German Condor jet made an emergency landing at Chania airport on the Greek island of Crete after a bomb threat on board. A German passenger jet was forced to land in Greece on Thursday after reporting a bomb threat. The pilot contacted the control tower at Chania airport after receiving information that suggested there…
Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash landed at Manila Airport. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 6 The Boeing 737-800 was removed – runway 06/24 reopened. UPDATE 5 The Boeing 737-800 is still not removed – runway closure extended up to 0500 Saturday local time. UPDATE 4 New daylight pictures show Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 lost its…
An easyJet passenger who was an injured retired doctor was forced off a plane by armed police officers when flying to London over a disagreement regarding a booked seat with extra legroom. EasyJet passenger Sam Ramsay Smith, 72, was removed from the flight by armed police officers. He travelled to Amsterdam from London Gatwick to…
Tanami was travelling 700 miles from Duisburg Zoo in Dusseldorf, Germany to Scotland to join Edinburgh Zoo. The koala, a 19-month-old Queensland koala, is named Tanami. He was flying with low-cost airline Eurowings and managed to nab an entire row of seats to himself. He was even treated to a big bag of eucalyptus so he could…
The Federal Aviation Administration said two United airplanes were damaged when one plane clipped the wing of another plane on the tarmac at O’Hare International Airport Wednesday afternoon. The FAA said United flight 645 was pushing back from gate C30 when it clipped the wing of United flight 2746 which was parked at gate C28.…
Ronald Reagan National Airport, one of the primary airports serving the Washington DC area, registered a power outage beginning at approximately 9:45 pm ET, forcing the airport to put at least some flight takeoffs on hold, and divert others, with many computer systems down. The airport said via Twitter that flights were operating, albeit slowly…
An American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Chicago had to return to the airport shortly after takeoff Wednesday morning after experiencing engine problems. Charlotte’s airport confirmed that an American plane experienced an alert for a possible engine issue. It landed safely and taxied to the gate. American spokeswoman Crystal Byrd said Flight 1668 experienced a…
On Wednesday June 27, 2018, about 12:51 central daylight time, a runway incursion occurred at Springfield-Branson National Airport, Springfield, Missouri when an airport operations vehicle (“VAN 7”) crossed runway 14 while an Embraer 145, operated by Envoy Air as flight ENY 3660, was on its takeoff roll with 57 passengers aboard. This video reveals the…
Flights in and out of the Indian tourist hotspot of Kerala were cancelled for three days on Wednesday as severe monsoon flooding ravaged the region. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office announced on Twitter that Kochi International Airport — the main gateway to the region — would be closed until Saturday “due to heavy rains…