Passengers were left fuming for hours after British Airways flights were grounded en-masse across airports in the US. British Airways apologized after flights from the United States were delayed late Monday by a technical issue, leaving countless travelers stuck in airports for hours. “Our flights due to depart the USA tonight are currently delayed due…
The very last built Boeing 747 performed its maiden flight. The final 747 ever produced is in the air for the first time. The Boeing 747-8F (reg. N863GT) left the assembly line on Dec. 6 to become the 1,574th Jumbo manufactured in 54 years. The aircraft will be delivered to U.S. carrier Atlas Air. …
The emergency slide of upper desk of an Emirate A380 was accidentally deployed at Manchester Airport. This morning, the emergency slide of an Emirates Airbus A380 was accidentally deployed shortly after the flight #EK21 arrived at Manchester Airport. According to reports, the mistake has been made by an air steward. The return flight #EK22 has…
Eleven people were seriously injured when a flight to Hawaii was rocked by severe turbulence about 30 minutes outside Honolulu. Twenty people who were on a Hawaiian Airlines flight near Honolulu suffered significant injuries when the jetliner bucked violently in a patch of turbulent air Sunday, officials said. Flight 35 from Phoenix, an Airbus A330,…
The world cup finalists are heading to France after yesterday world cup’s final. France football team is taking off from Doha Hamad International Airport this afternoon. The Air France Boeing 777-200ER (reg. F-GSPF) took off at 13:30 (France time). The French team is expected to land at Paris CDG airport around 20.00 local time.
After the football World Cup final against Argentina, Emmanuel Macron will join the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. After the football World Cup final against Argentina, Emmanuel Macron took off form Doha this morning to join the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on Monday off Egypt for the traditional Christmas party with the…
The world cup winners are heading to Argentina to celebrate the most exclusive trophy in the world of football. Argentina national football team and world cup winners will takeoff from Doha Hamad International Airport this morning. The Airbus A330 (reg. LV-FVH) with Argentina Football livery was expected to take off at 10:10 local time (07:10…
The Transportation Security Administration has recorded a record number of firearms found at airport security checkpoints throughout the country in 2022. A TSA press release states that as of Dec. 16, the agency has prevented 6,301 firearms from getting past security checkpoints this year, adding that over 88% of them were loaded. In 2021, 5,972…
A cabin crew member was severely injured when the aircraft passed through a zone of strong windshear and turbulence. When the crew contacted the Milan ACC, 20 min before the occurrence, they were already engaged in storm cell avoidance manoeuvres. Other crews were also avoiding storm zones. This weather situation had been forecast. The meteorological…
Engineers from Russia and the US are investigating a coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which is docked at the International Space Station. A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts has been called off after ground teams noticed a significant leak from one of the spacecraft docked at the orbiting International Space Station. The…
An F-35B jet from Lockheed Martin crashed during a test flight on Thursday morning. The incident occurred around 10:15 a.m. on Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth and Lockheed property. Video taken by Kitt Wilder shows the plane hovering before bouncing on the runway. The jet then goes nose first into the ground…
A British Airways plane from London has lost a metal looking plate on take off. During live stream from SDTV, something fell off an aircraft. UPDATE British Airways wrote AIRLIVE it was a piece of speed tape, which had been used for routine maintenance on the aircraft. The flight #BA2632 took off from London Gatwick…