Be careful if you are flying with Air France. Two unions representing nearly 50% of Air France’s cabin crew called to strike for 3 days from 18 to 20 March. They denounce the productivity efforts demanded and the cure of austerity.
During the evening, a Thai Airways Boeing 777 (reg.HS-TJU) was evacuated at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Stockholm because of a bomb threat. UPDATE Friday 0818 UTC Police is still investigating the plane. The Boeing 77-200ER is still parked at a remote area. According to the newspaper Expressen, the entire terminal 5 at Arlanda have been evacuated because of…
NATO aircraft had four close encounters with Russian planes in separate incidents on Feb. 10, the Air Force’s top general in charge of its forces in Europe said Thursday. Gen. Tod Wolters, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, said three of those encounters were with Russian Su-24 attack aircraft…
Crazy footage has emerged of an Aeromexico Connect Embraer 145 coming in for landing and missing the runway by a long shot. In the video you can see the plane making several turns on approach, including on short final. The video is shot by a passenger, so you know it’s a crazy landing when the…
Pakistan International Airlines has taken disciplinary action over staff allowing seven passengers to travel without seats. The flight in question went from Karachi to Medina carrying a total of 416 passengers, on a Boeing 777 with a total seating capacity of 409, including staff seats. Three people were reported to be involved, the captain,…
A British Airways flight from Heathrow to San Francisco has been delayed after a mouse was spotted on the plane. Passengers on board the Boeing 777-200ER were strapped in and waiting to takeoff when the cancellation was announced. by the crew: “a rather unusual occurrence has occurred”. All passengers had to disembark. An another plane had been…
The world’s largest plane is set to become a regular visitor to the UK after its operator opened a new base at Stansted Airport. The six-engined Antonov An-225 Mriya – which can transport the equivalent of ten battle tanks – is expected to make frequent appearances at airports in Britain. Its Ukrainian operators want to…
Flybe Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (reg.G-ECOA) faced problems with its front wheels as it travelled from Birmingham to Edinburgh at around 7pm on Tuesday. The airline said emergency services rushed to Edinburgh Airport as a precautionary measure to meet flight BE851. A spokeswoman said: “Flybe can confirm that the above flight landed without incident at…
