An Indonesia AirAsia flight travelling from Perth to Denpasar with 151 passengers on board was turned back on Sunday morning after a mid-air emergency. Flight #QZ535 was 25 minutes out of Perth when an indicator alerted the pilot to a loss of cabin pressure. The plane had to drop from 32,000 feet to 10,000 feet…
A doctor who was on an El Al flight to Belgium performed a successful CPR on a passenger who had a heart attack. A 88-year-old womansuffered a heart attack and lost consciousness during El Al flight #LY333 to Brussels. A doctor performed a CPR while the plane returned to Ben Gurion Airport. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. 4X-EKP)…
On October 12, 2017, a Skyjet flight was struck by a drone while inbound to Jean Lesage International Airport in Québec City. This is the first time a drone has hit a commercial aircraft in Canada. The Beechcraft A100 King Air only sustained minor damage and was able to land safely. Transport Canada is monitoring…
A plane crashed Saturday morning at sea shortly after taking off from Abidjanelix Houphout Boigny airport around 0900 UTC. UPDATE 4 have died and 4 survived the crash. First reports say it’s an Antonov An-26 (reg.ER-AVB) from the cargo charter company Valan Air carrying equipments for the French Army. The crash could have occurred during a storm…
Cebu Pacific Air Airbus A320 (reg. RP-3237) skidded off rain-slickened runway on landing. Operations at Iloilo International Airport in Philippines are closed during Saturday. Passengers were evacuated by emergency slides. In a notice to airmen (NOTAM) early Saturday, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said that the airport was closed after the plane’s nose gear landed…
2000 was the 1st of 4 visits we made to film St Maarten Airport. Most of what you see at the airport then is now history such as this Allegro Boeing 727, the airline is gone and passenger 727s no longer operate at SXM. For the full airport video visit http://www.justplanes.com/ClassicAirports.html
Traditionally, ground based ADS-B receivers along with Radar have been used to track aircraft. This method, however, has had its own set of challenges since ADS-B is based on the line of sight principle. Mountains, buildings, vast water bodies and other obstructions can significantly decrease a receivers range and ability to receive transponder emitted signals.…
In 2007 JustPlanes spent a week in Alaska filming various adventures with Rust’s/K2 Aviation. The film includes flights to lakes in Alaska on the Cessna, Beaver and Otter. On the Cessna 206 we take the Denali/Mt McKinley tour and visit the highest peak in North America! Then we go on a tour of the Prince…
State broadcaster TVE reported the military aircraft was a Eurofighter returning from the October 12 Spain Day flypast and parade in Madrid. UPDATE Spokesman of Spain’s Ministry of Defense said the pilot died. UPDATE The accident occurred at 12:09 local time. The firefighters, national police and health personnel are working on the scene. Primeras imágenes del accidente del avión…
Three students have sued two Israeli airlines over what they claim was an ethnically profiled strip search amounting to sexual assault. The three masters students of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are Palestinian citizens of Israel and were on their way back from Belgrade in October 2016 when they were told they couldn’t board the…
A Munich-bound flight from Dubai had to make an emergency landing after a child passenger onboard died, according to local press reports. Emirates Airline said Wednesday its Airbus A380 flight en route from Dubai to Munich was diverted 45 minutes after take-off to Kuwait after a seven-year old passenger girl passed away during the flight,…
