Blake Henderson accidentally dropped his phone while filming another small plane in mid-flight. The Samsung Galaxy S5 dropped more than 1000 ft before landing in the garden of a man intact, and still filming.
Thunderstorms rolled across the BHX area on 5 August 2017, causing disruption to incoming flights. One that made it through despite the nearby electric displays was Monarch ZB5481 from Venice, shown here. This flight is also on Ryan Kirkpatrick’s video of these storms taken from within the airport site https://youtu.be/3q8G776uEo4?t=533 (at 8min 52secs).
Air Berlin has filed for insolvency proceedings after main shareholder Etihad Airways withdrew its financial support. The Oneworld member submitted the filing in a local Berlin court, though it won’t seek bankruptcy protection for its Niki and Leisure Cargo units, Air Berlin said in a statement. Talks with Lufthansa and other parties regarding disposals are…
A Nippon Airways aircraft heading for Osaka airport had to return to Haneda airport due to air pressure issue. ANA37のアナウンス動画でもどうぞ pic.twitter.com/ffd6Djnkd5 — 鱚®︎です。 (@taratarakiss) August 12, 2017 On August 12 at 6:30 pm, All Nippon Airways flight #JA703A that was heading to Osaka Airport from Haneda Airport, when an alarm triggered an issue about “pressurized” abnormal…
Passengers were told by crew members there was a hole on the runway. The airport said its runway was closed between 17:30 and 18:10 BST on Sunday. A total of 11 incoming flights were diverted to other hubs including Luton and East Midlands. The runway has since reopened and “flight operations are back to normal”,…
A US F/A-18 fighter jet suffering an engine problem crash landed Saturday at Bahrain International Airport and its pilot ejected from the aircraft after it ran off the runway, authorities said. The pilot escaped unharmed. The crash disrupted flights to and from the island nation off the coast of Saudi Arabia that’s home to the US Navy’s…
Passengers on a recent Southwest Airlines flight across the country took part in a “toilet paper race” to pass the time while in the air. Flight attendants on the flight from Raleigh to Denver, which is slated to be four hours long, decided to pit the passengers against each other mid-flight. The side of the…
JustPlanes 1st Cockpit Film on ROYAL AIR MAROC features the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the Casablanca to New York JFK route. Piloted by 2 charming ladies the full program is 210 minutes and available at http://www.worldairroutes.com/ram.html
JustPlanes filmed 14 flights in the cockpit of the entire SRILANKAN Airlines fleet across Asia and Europe. On this short video you can see the night takeoff from Frankfurt Airport bound for Colombo. For the full 275 minute film visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/Srilankan.html
Saudia Airlines has warned passengers that it will refuse boarding to anyone it doesn’t consider has dressed appropriately. The airline has issued a strict dress code that says which parts of male and female passengers’ bodies should be covered. The national carrier of Saudi Arabia — a staunchly conservative country that doesn’t allow bare arms…
