A Thomas Cook Boeing 757 full of holidaymakers has landed safely from Gatwick after the crew declared an emergency. Thomas Cook flight from Gatwick to Lanzarote with 284 people on board reported an indication of engine failure.
A Russian guitarist, whose overpowering body odor required a plane to make an emergency landing, died on Monday. Andrey Suchilin was removed from Transavia flight going from Spain to the Netherlands on May 29 after pilots made the decision to make an emergency landing in Portugal following passenger complaints. The smell was so bad passengers…
The first BelugaXL has rolled out of the paintshop unveiling a special livery making it look like a Beluga Whale. The livery was one of six choices submitted to Airbus employees through a poll in which 20,000 people participated. With 40% votes in favour, the smiley livery won. The BelugaXL will now undertake ground tests before first flight planned in summer 2018.…
Nepal Airlines has taken delivery of the first of two A330s, which it will lease from Portuguese lessor Hi Fly. These will be in addition to its two existing A320ceos, and will be one of the largest aircraft operating out of Tribhuvan International Airport. Situated at high altitude, only the most sophisticated of aircraft are capable of…
A small chartered plane has crashed in Mumbai, reports coming in from the metropolis say. A chartered plane crashed in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon, with reports saying at least five people are feared dead in the incident. The plane crashed in an open area in the thickly populated suburb of Ghatkopar in north-east Mumbai. UPDATE…
A passenger died on a flight from Houston to Boston overnight. United Flight #UA1888 left Bush Intercontinental Airport Tuesday night heading for Logan Airport, but about two hours into the flight – just before midnight – it was diverted to Washington-Dulles because there was a medical emergency on board. When the Boeing 737 landed, medics…
Another former Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 (reg. 9V-SKD) landed in Tarbes-Lourdes for storage and an uncertain future. After more than 9 years of service in Singapore Airlines’s fleet.
Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter (reg. 9N-AEV) was filmed from a nearby hill when it bounced and skidded off runway on landing at Jumla, Nepal.
Police said a man scaled the fence surrounding Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Tuesday afternoon before running across taxiways and runways, eventually sitting beside a plane waiting for takeoff. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Atlanta police said Jhryin Jones, 19, ran was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing, public indecency, and obstruction of law enforcement…
Inbound traffic halted at Geneva Airport after light aircraft is blocking the runway due to failure of nose wheel on landing. Several flights are holding or diverting to Lyon. UPDATE 09:30 UTC Full operations are resuming at Geneva Airport.
The first ACJ320neo has entered final assembly in Hamburg, marking the start of a new era in Airbus corporate jets. Featuring the largest cabin in its class, the ACJ320neo is due to be delivered to Acropolis Aviation of the UK in the last quarter, together with a second aircraft, for Comlux of Switzerland. More than…
Citing airport officials, News18 reported that the 63-year-old pilot, Captain Silvio Diaz Acosta complained of acute chest pain to his co-pilot when he was about to land his flight from Imphal to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. The pilot also began sweating profusely. In spite of having painng in his chest, he landed the…