Irish air traffic controllers, working with their counterparts in the UK, have implemented an advanced system which significantly reduces delays for aircraft and passengers travelling into London Heathrow, Europe’s busiest hub airport. The significant enhancement to the existing ‘XMAN’ (Cross-Border Arrival Management) initiative will reduce the length of time that aircraft hold at Heathrow, delivering…
An airline pilot who was so drunk he appeared to pass out in the cockpit before takeoff has been sentenced to 8 months in jail. Miroslav Gronych, 37, pleaded guilty last month to having care and control of an aircraft while he had a blood alcohol level that was three times the legal limit. Gronych was…
Today, Qatar flight #QR263 from Doha to Warsaw has hit an airbridge at Warsaw Airport. The Airbus A330 (reg. A7-AEI) landed this morning at 0620 local time. The aircraft taxied to the gate, and the left wing has hit the jet bridge at the gate. Authorities are investigating the incident.
A Uganda registered aircraft belonging to Eagle Air has crashed shortly after take-off in Yei town, southwestern South Sudan on Saturday morning. All 17 passengers and three crew members from Uganda survived, a crew member said. Pilot Caxton Mukasa told Radio Tamazuj that the plane was heading to Uganda. He explained that the crash was…
Turkish Airlines aircraft flight #TK322 from Istanbul to Ashgabat suffered tailstrike on takeoff. Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 (reg. TC-JVV) suffered tailstrike at Istanbul (IST) on runway 35L at 2023 local time while taking off. UPDATE 1910 UTC Flight #TK322 safely landed runway 35R at Istanbul. UPDATE 1835 UTC The aircraft is holding west of Istanbul. The pilot is reporting…
The Federal Aviation Administration said JetBlue Flight #B6897 was on its way to Liberia, Costa Rica, when it declared an emergency. The Airbus A320 (reg.N589JB) flew in a holding pattern off the east coast of Florida to burn fuel before landing at Orlando International Airport. The FAA said the pilot reported that the aircraft may…
After more than 30 years of service, Air New Zealand has made the decision to retire Boeing 767s from their fleet in favour of bigger and more fuel-efficient options. The 230-seat aircraft’s pending retirement was announced last August by the airline, and will be replaced by Airbus A320s and Boeing 777 and 787-9s. Its final…
Never-seen photographs from the Sep 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon released by the FBI this week show the massive devastation that faced first responders. Twenty-seven pictures from that day depict the crushed walls, blazing fires and eviscerated interiors of the seat of the US Department of Defence. The American Airlines jet that struck the…
