The airlines have been forced to apologise after accidentally flying a passenger 3,000 miles in the wrong direction. Lucie Bahetoukilae, who speaks no English, was intending to catch a plane to Paris and was horrified when she landed in San Francisco. United Airlines have said sorry for the ‘horrible failure’ to correctly check Ms Bahetoukilae’s…
Five passengers were injured when an AirAsia X flight from Taipei to Kuala Lumpur encountered severe turbulence on Thursday. In a statement, the airline said Flight D7377en route to Kuala Lumpur from Taipei with 291 passengers and 11 crew members on board, encountered the turbulence mid-flight on Thursday. The Airbus A330-300 landed safely at Kuala…
The Airbus A320 (reg. N453UA) flew from Orlando and landed at Newark. The incident happent while the aircraft was parked. The FAA said no passengers were on board. The right main gear of the aircraft suffered important structure damage. The A320 Airbus was removed to be repaired and to determine what caused the axle to break, the…
Airbus’ A350-1000 test aircraft MSN071 has completed fuel system and engine tests in Cardiff, Wales between 3 and 4 May as part of its type certification flight test campaign. Fuel test engineers from Airbus’ site at Filton, Bristol, were on hand to support testing of the fuel systems that were designed in the UK. The…
On Wednesday evening, an Ilyushin Il-96 flew over Vaindloo, a small island belonging to Estonia without permission, reported the Defense Forces. The transponder was turned off at the border and the aircraft didn’t follow its flight plan. There was no radio contact with the air traffic control in Estonia. The plane was carrying Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on…
Departures were temporarily suspended from London’s Heathrow Terminal 3 over a security issue: Airport spokesperson confirms. A police spokesman confirmed they were called to reports of a suspicious package this morning at 7.59am. @HeathrowAirport Please tell us what is going on at Terminal 3. Security screening stopped and there’s a line of at least 1500…
The first large made-in-China passenger plane successfully completed its maiden test flight Friday, marking a key milestone on the country’s ambitious journey to compete with the world’s leading aircraft makers. The narrow-body C919 jet took off off from Pudong international airport in the commercial hub Shanghai. It successfully landed some 80 minutes later and the five-member…
The incident occurred on April 23, but footage of the ordeal was just posted to YouTube on May 3 by Brian Schear, the customer who can be seen arguing with a flight attendant during an eight-minute exchange. At issue was a seat the man’s infant son was in. That seat was booked under the name…
WestJet Airlines plans to order as many as 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners valued at $5.4 billion, adding the wide-body to its fleet as Canada’s second-biggest carrier expands long-distance service. The move takes a page from Air Canada, which has relied on the Dreamliner’s fuel efficiency to lower operating costs. The order also helps clarify WestJet’s…
US Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian bombers approaching the US border, the Pentagon said. The two Bear bomber jets and two Su-35 Flanker planes were detected some 50 miles from the coast of Alaska today as tensions continue to mount. The Russian formation was intercepted by a pair of US Air…
