China aims to almost double its current number of 234 airports to 450 by 2035, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), meaning that China will surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest aviation market if the prediction is accurate. This growth in investment is mainly caused by China’s huge increase in air…
The nosegear of Aero Union Airbus A300 freighter (reg. XA-MRC) collapsed at the maintenance ramp at Mexico City Airport (MMMX). The last flight that made this Airbus A300 was last Thursday, December 6, 2018 between the International Airport of Miami and Mexico City. The left engine was removed. Due to this significant impact, the aircraft must remain…
For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA’s Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere – the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun. Comparing data from different instruments aboard the trailblazing spacecraft, mission scientists determined the probe crossed the outer…
An IndiGo flight going from Jaipur to Kolkata made an emergency landing after smoke was detected in the cabin today IndiGo flight #6E237 made a safe emergency landing in Kolkata on Monday night after the Airbus A320neo (reg. VT-ITR) was filled with smoke. After landing, the 136 passengers were evacuated using emergency slides.
Fighter jets scrambled from a Scottish RAF station due to unidentified aircraft approaching UK airspace. Typhoon jets from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray were called out on Monday morning. UPDATE The ‘unidentified aircraft’ were two Tu-160 and one Il-62 to Venezuela. The RAF said the fighters were scrambled as a “precautionary measure”, but no intercept took place…
Boeing Business Jets today announced it is launching the BBJ 777X, a new Boeing Business Jet model that can fly more than half way around the world without stopping, farther than any business jet ever built. “Our most exclusive customers want to travel with the best space and comfort and fly directly to their destination.…
Precision Air aircraft crossed a flock of large birds on approach to Mwanza Airport. The ATR-72 (reg. 5H-PWD) suffered multiple birstrikes resulting in damage to flight sensors as well as blurring the forward vision for the pilots. The aircraft landed safely at Mwanza Airport (HTMW), Tanzania.
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage suffered a landing anomaly, failing to land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Instead, the Falcon 9 first stage made a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean. Hans Koenigsmann. SpaceX Vice President of Mission Assurance, explains the anomaly.
A Southwest Airlines flight arriving at Burbank Airport from Oakland skidded off the runway after landing Thursday morning. The Boeing 737-700 (reg. N752SW) was stopped by the airport’s Engineered Material Arresting System, which is designed to stop an aircraft that goes off the end of a runway. The flight had 117 passengers on board, many…
The incident involved an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet made by McDonnell Douglass, and a KC-130, a refuelling plane with propellers made by Lockheed Martin. UPDATE One US Marine has been found alive. “Search and rescue operations continue for US Marine aircraft that were involved in a mishap off of the coast of Japan around 2.00 am Dec 6,” a Marine Corps news…
American Airlines flight 3284 took off from O’Hare shortly after 5 p.m. but had to turn around and head back to Chicago midflight due to the passenger being disruptive, a spokeswoman for the airline said. Police were waiting at the airport when the plane landed, she said. Police said the couple was arguing midflight to…
The luxurious plane used to transport Mexico’s former president around the world flew away permanently, in one of the first moves by the new president to rid the country of what he has derided as a symbol of excess. “We are selling all the planes and helicopters that the corrupt politicians used,” President Andres Manuel…