The woman was arrested by the customs department on her arrival from Kuala Lumpur. At least 22 snakes of different species, and one Chameleon were recovered from a woman passenger’s bag at Chennai airport. The passenger had arrived from Malaysia on Friday. A video from the airport showed officials taking out the snake using a…
Air France flight #AF10 from Paris to CDG has declared an emergency. Air France flight #AF10 from Paris CDG to New York JFK has declared an emergency and is returning. The Boeing 777-300ER declared an emergency shortly after takeoff from Paris while heading North. The plane (reg. F-GZNA) took off at 16.34 from runway 08R…
Michael O’Leary: “We’ve been notified by the French Aviation Authorities of the 51st day of striking, on Monday May 1st, and that we must cancel another 220 flights, impacting 40,000 passengers, this is unacceptable”. Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (28 Apr) confirmed that over 600,000 passengers have signed its “Protect Passengers: Keep EU Skies…
A Kuwait Airways flight experienced a birdstrike on approach to New York JFK Airport. The Kuwait flight #KU117 from Kuwait City experienced a birdstrike while on approach to New York JFK Airport (KJFK). The nosecone of the Airbus A330-800Neo (reg. 9K-APF) has been damaged. Bird remains were also found in the engine.
Captain of the Frecce Tricolori dies in an accident with an ultralight, Alessio Ghersi was 34 years old. The Air Force expressed condolences for the accident involving a civilian aircraft in which the two occupants lost their lives in the late afternoon yesterday, including the captain Alessio Ghersi, pilot in service with the 313th aerobatic…
Monday, 29th of April, 2013, a Boeing 747-400BCF cargo plane, operated by National Air Cargo, crashed on takeoff from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. National Airlines Flight 102, a cargo flight from Bagram Air Base (OAI/OAIX), Afghanistan, to Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC/OMDW), United Arab Emirates, operated with a Boeing 747-428BCF, registration N949CA, stalled…
A mid air contact incident occurred during the opening ceremony of Radom Airport. Two PZL 130 Orlik turboprop propeller planes made contact mid-air during the airshow of opening ceremony of the airport in Radom. Warsaw-Radom Airport, located some 110 km south of Warsaw, has opened for business again after a PLN 800 million (EUR 174.4…
An Alliance Airlines passenger plane traveling from Carins to the Australian island of Groote Eylandt was forced to make an emergency landing after a fight broke out between several passengers. According to video, several passengers became belligerent after someone threw a bottle. The plane returned to Cairns — where it originally departed — about an…
Taliban kills suspected ‘mastermind’ of bombing that killed 13 US troops, officials say. The terrorist allegedly responsible for planning the August 2021 bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 160 Afghans was himself killed by Taliban fighters “in recent weeks,” U.S. officials say. A senior Biden administration…
The largest rocket ever built blew up in mid-flight, with no crew on board, leading the FAA to ground the Starship Super Heavy launch program pending a “mishap investigation.” SpaceX launched the largest rocket ever built for the first time on Thursday from its Boca Chica, Texas, spaceport. The Starship spacecraft, designed to fly people…
An American woman was arrested at Sydney Airport this week after border force officers found a 24-carat gold-plated handgun in her luggage, authorities said. Investigators charged the woman, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen who had traveled to Sydney from Los Angeles, with violating an Australian customs law that prohibits items like weapons, radioactive substances and counterfeit…
Airline crews at Bush Intercontinental Airport discovered a naked man near a tarmac Saturday night, according to IAH officials. The man was taken to the Kingwood Medical Center after he was reportedly “coming in and out of consciousness.” According to airport officials, he was found near a ramp at Terminal E. “Person has taken off…