A Virgin Atlantic flight declared an emergency and diverted to Barcelona. During the night, flight #VS450 from from Johannesburg to London Heathrow declared an emergency and diverted to Barcelona. The Boeing 787-9 (reg. G-VAHH) was almost 10 hours into flight when crew declared a “pan pan” to ATC and requested a diversion. The aircraft made…
A woman who is in a relationship with an aeroplane has revealed that she travelled abroad 30 times in the last year just to spend quality time with her lover. According to the DailyMail, Sarah Rodo, from Dortmund, Germany, found love on her first flight with a Boeing 737 – after an unfulfilling attempt to…
A KLM Boeing 777-300 suffered multiple maingear tire blewouts. KLM flight #KL713 from Amsterdam to Zandery experienced several main landing gear tire bursts on 06 March. The Boeing 777-300 (reg. PH-BVC) suffered multiple maingear tire blewouts due to skid rubber damage on landing runway 11 at Paramaribo Zanderij International Airport, Suriname. The aircraft came…
President Biden stumbles on the steps of Air Force One again. The US president slightly tripped while departing Montgomery, Alabama, where he spoke on the anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Last month, the president fell on the stairs of Air Force One departing Warsaw. The video shows Biden falling near the top of the staircase on…
ElAl Boeing 787 lands safely after emergency landing. An ElAL Boeing 787 flight that took off to Tokyo at 10:05 P.M. on Saturday night was forced to return to Ben-Gurion Airport ten minutes after takeoff because of technical issues, according to the Israeli Airports Authority. The flight landed back at Ben-Gurion airport at approximately 11:10…
A Russian bomber was forced to make an emergency landing at St. Petersburg Airport during the night. According to reports, a Russian bomber Tu-22M3 long-range from strategic forces requested an emergency landing at Pulkovo International Airport in St. Petersburg due to difficult weather conditions. The bomber can be seen on the runway with an H-22…
A Boeing 737 MAX made an emergency landing following an engine issue. A Southwest Airlines flight performed an emergency landing at Havana-J Marti-Intl airport, Cuba following an engine issue. UPDATE According to reports, the Southwest Boeing 737 MAX suffered a birdstrike on takeoff. Flight #WN2452 from Fort Lauderdale stopped on a taxiway and an evacuation…
A ‘sonic boom’ has been heard over London and parts of central England as the RAF Typhoons broke the sound barrier. A team of Royal Air Force Typhoons have been scrambled over skies in the UK to intercept an aircraft which lost radio signal as it hurtled towards London this afternoon (March 4). People heard…
A WestJet plane carrying passengers from Kamloops to Victoria was forced to make an emergency landing at the Kelowna International Airport after experiencing an engine fire. The flight, which had 58 passengers and 4 crew members, landed safely and no injuries were reported. The incident occurred on February 27th, 2023, at approximately 10:20 AM. The…
A Pennsylvania man was arrested after attempting to bring an explosive device on a flight on Feb. 27. Marc Muffley, 40, was arrested by FBI agents on Monday night after he allegedly attempted to bring an explosive device onto an Allegiant Airlines flight from Lehigh Valley International Airport headed to Orlando Sanford International Airport on…
Seven were hospitalized after a Lufthansa Airlines flight from Austin to Frankfurt made an emergency landing in Washington DC after being struck by lightning. Lufthansa Flight No. 469 from Austin, Texas, to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted and landed at Dulles at 9:10 p.m. EST after the plane experienced “severe turbulence” while over Tennessee, the Federal…
Crew members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission are in orbit following their successful launch to the International Space Station at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew are the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory. A SpaceX…