A TAP plane collided with a motorcycle during landing at the Guinea-Conakry airport, causing the death of the vehicle’s driver. In a statement released this morning, TAP states that “flight TP1492 had an accident on landing at Guinea-Conakry airport, when a motorcycle tried to cross the runway at that moment, and the occupant of the…
Police have evacuated several stores in Tupelo, Mississippi, after a pilot threatened to crash their aircraft into a Walmart. The pilot of the aircraft is understood to have taken the plane from Tupelo Airport at around 5am, and has been flying over the small town in circles for over an hour. Please reload the page…
A Lockheed C-130 large air tanker that impacted the ground following an aerial firefighting retardant drop likely aerodynamically stalled when flying in hazardous conditions that included windshear and an increasing tailwind, an ATSB investigation has found. All three crew on board were fatally injured when the aircraft impacted slightly rising terrain while conducting a climbing…
An USAF Special Operations CV-22 Osprey is stuck in the nature reserve Stongodden on the island of Senja in Troms (Norway). The aircraft, CV-22B 10-0053, belonging to the 7th Special Operations Squadron ‘Aircommandos’ based at Mildenhall (UK), made an emergency landing there on 12 August 2022. Since the event, the Osprey is stuck on the…
Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2 has been evacuated after a “suspicious item” prompted a security alert. A Heathrow spokesperson said: “Our teams are working with the police, in response to a potentially suspicious item identified at Terminal 2. “As a precaution, passengers have been temporarily moved away from the area. We apologise to any passengers inconvenienced…
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will visit the U.K. next month for the first time since they returned for Queen Elizabeth II ’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. A spokesperson for the couple said Monday that they will “visit with several charities close to their hearts” in the U.K. and Germany. Harry…
Black Bear Scales Barbed Wire Fencing in Florida. A driver in Florida recorded a video of a black bear scaling a fence at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida, on August 10. Kevin Dalrymple, the recorder, was driving by the air base that morning when he spotted the big bear carefully maneuvering over…
Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, has vowed his airline will not fly to or from London Heathrow: “Never, ever while I live and breathe.” The only time Ryanair aircraft have been seen at Heathrow was in 2010, when British Airways chartered some jets to operate short-haul flights during a cabin crew strike. During the…
So, it’s your dream to become a pilot! That’s a noble profession that takes dedication, lots of work, and countless of hours of practice. It does bring back a lot of satisfaction, though. That is why we admire your desire and we wish you luck in this tiresome, yet amazing journey. But you might be…
A Charleston International Airport flight ran into an unusual delay on the taxiway over the weekend. Delta passenger John Moroney said his flight from Atlanta landed in Charleston, South Carolina, around 7 p.m. Saturday, shortly after which the pilot announced a delay. As an alligator was passing across the taxiway, the pilot briefly held the…
Passengers at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina had an unexpected interruption to the tedium of the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint when a bald eagle, perched on its handler’s arm, spread its wings in the security line on Thursday. The unique passenger is a bird named Clark, part of the World Bird Sanctuary,…
Passengers on a Turkey-bound flight from Birmingham Airport experienced a mid-air drama after a pilot reportedly “fainted”, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. The Jet2 flight which was travelling to Antalya in Turkey landed in Thessaloniki in Greece because of what the airline described as a medical emergency. The incident happened on August…