Former USA president Barack Obama landed yesterday landed in French Polynesia. The Gulfstream G550 (reg. N785QS) took off from Honolulu and landed at Faa’a International Airport near the capital of Papeete at 1520 local time. The former president didn’t stay long as he boarded an Air Tetiaroa Twin Otter (reg. HB-LRN) half an hour later to Tetiaroa. Thanks to AvGeeksTahiti
This video was taken from a NASA HU-25C Guardian chase plane looking toward NASA’s DC-8, with a Falcon 20-E5 from the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) soon to fly into the DC-8’s exhaust. The Falcon is testing how it maneuvers in the contrail and the performance of onboard instruments it’ll use to sample exhaust and ice…
South Korea’s flagship airline, has announced from March 26th, it will have a mixed fleet operating between London Heathrow and Incheon, Seoul. Both Korean Air’s acclaimed A380 and the latest Boeing 747-8i will be used on the route, and Korean Air’s B747-8i will be the first commercial passenger aircraft of its kind to land at…
Boeing revealed that Chinese aircraft lessor CDB Aviation Lease Finance has placed an order for 30 of its new single-aisle 737 MAX 8 jets. The order was booked earlier and was previously listed on Boeing’s orders website as coming from an unidentified customer. The order is worth $3.3 billion at current list prices, but based…
Monarch Airlines A321 (reg. G-OZBU) was taking off when alarm triggered forcing to pilots to stop the plane. Flight #ZB970 from Birmingham to Malaga was taking off runway 15 at 0705 UTC when crew were notified of overheat on one of two engines which was installed on the plane yesterday. Pilots aborted takeoff and returned to the gate.…
Scandinavian Airlines flight was evacuated just before departure this afternoon due to bomb threat. Due to a bomb threat, passengers of Scandinavian Airlines flight bound for Stockholm had to evacuate the plane. The aircraft was searched during one hour before passengers were allowed to board the flight.
Yesterday at around 2330 local time, a ground power unit (GPU) caught fire at Jakarta Airport (CGK) near terminal 3. The unit was placed close to Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330-343 (reg. PK-GPR) flight #GA421 from Denpasar (DPS). According to Airport Authorities, it took 12 minutes from the initial report to extinguish the fire.
Transavia flight #HV9513 from Munich to Berlin suffered a bird strike. The Boeing 737-700 (reg. PH-XRX) from Munich was turning left at 3000ft on final approach to runway 25 at Berlin Schönefeld airport when it hit a flock of bird. The Transavia aircraft safely landed at 0800 local time.
A woman suffered burns to her face and hands after her headphones caught fire during a flight to Australia, officials said Wednesday as they warned about the dangers of battery-operated devices on planes. The passenger was listening to music on her own battery-operated headphones as she dozed on the flight from Beijing to Melbourne on…
More than 4,000 flights in the Northeast have been cancelled due to snowstorm. Airports in the New Jersey, New York, Boston, and Baltimore-Washington D.C. have cancelled the majority of flights for Tuesday. But as of Monday, Chicago O’hare took the biggest hit: According to the listing, more than 200 flights there were halted on March…
A major sea SEA search has been launched off the coast of Co Mayo for a Coast Guard helicopter. The Coast Guard confirmed contact was lost at 1am with the Dublin-based Rescue 116 SAR helicopter. The helicopter has four crew members on board. A search is now taking place six miles west of Blacksod. UPDATE…
Lufthansa A340 (reg. D-AIHV) flight #LH434 from Munich to Chicago diverted to Dublin due to medical emergency.