Israel’s main airport briefly halted all departures and delayed some landings Saturday morning due to military clashes along the northern border. Flights at Ben Gurion International Airport were delayed for around an hour starting at 9 a.m. following a security assessment. Regular air traffic later resumed. The airport is considered a strategic location that could…
An Israeli F-16 fighter jet has been shot down by Syrian military while targeting what it called Iranian sites responsible for launching a drone into occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military said on Saturday “a combat helicopter successfully intercepted an Iranian UAV that was launched from Syria and infiltrated Israel”. “IDF [Israel Defence Forces] has…
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong landed in South Korea as part a high-level delegation for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The Ilyushin-62 aircraft, marked in Korean script “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”, the North’s official name, and its tailfin emblazoned with a Northern emblem, touched down at Incheon airport near Seoul. Pyongyang notified…
Authorities are looking for a mother who they believe abandoned her newborn baby at Tucson International Airport with a handwritten note pleading, “I just want what is best for him and it is not me.” The woman, seen on security footage carrying something wrapped in a blanket and walking with an awkward gait, may have…
An Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Seattle was diverted back to Anchorage early Wednesday due to a naked passenger on board the jet, airport police said. “There was a subject on the aircraft that had locked himself naked in the the lavatory” Airport Police said. A flight status page on Alaska’s website said the…
A Southwest aircraft plane skidded during takeoff at Baltimore–Washington International Airport. The Boeing 737 is now partially in the grass on taxi way. 149 passengers on board, no injuries.
Ryanair launched its first flights to Jordan with 14 routes in total to Amman and Aqaba airports, which will deliver almost 500,000 customers, as Ryanair expands its operation in the Middle East. Starting with a route to Paphos (Cyprus) in March, Ryanair’s Amman operation will grow to 10 routes from October, as part of its…
Live view of Starman in his Tesla Roaster Live launch Ahead of the launch of the Falcon Heavy,SpaceX revealed an animation for the upcoming blast-off. An updated version of the computer-generated Space X launch released years ago, but this time, the new video shows Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster sitting in the spacecraft and detaching to enter Mars’ orbit. Because of…
An aircraft that was taking part in the Singapore Airshow caught fire following an accident at Changi Airport on Tuesday (Feb 6) afternoon. An aircraft from the Black Eagles aerobatic team from the Republic of Korea Air Force skidded and crashed into the grass verge at the side of Changi Airport’s Runway 1 and caught…
Were you the type of kid that found yourself staring up at the sky watching for airplanes and marveling how they managed to fly? As a teenager, did you take an even greater interest in planes, taking things a little further and learning more about how they operate and their many incredible feats? If that…
A very wild, wet and windy start to the day as a vicious squally band swept towards and then over and beyond BHX. Several pilots mentioned severe turbulence on the approach, with windshear of 40 knots reported. All airport operations were suspended for around half an hour just after the shots here were taken, with…
