British police have detained a 21-year-old woman at London’s Heathrow Airport, placing her under arrest for allegedly planning to mount “acts of terrorism.” The woman was apprehended as she disembarked a flight from Istanbul “Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) have this evening, Thursday, 29 June, arrested a 21-year-old woman at Heathrow Airport…
The pilot of a passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing following a bird strike. Easyjet flight #U2864 to London Gatwick was diverted back to Inverness Airport shortly after takeoff on Thursday afternoon after a bird hit the plane’s engine. The aircraft landed safely and passengers were disembarked to await a later flight.…
Part of a terminal at Kennedy Airport was evacuated and screening was shut down after a kitchen caught fire on Thursday afternoon, filling the area with smoke, officials said. Officials said there was a heavy smoke condition at Gate B23, and photos show smoke filling part of the terminal as firefighters douse the blaze from…
JustPlanes spent a week in Alaska flying the Everts Air Cargo Douglas DC-6. The 3 hour film includes 10 flights to many destinations. For the full film visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/Everts.html
Low-cost carriers (LCC) have become a popular alternative to traditional scheduled airlines over the last two decades. As the summer holiday season has arrived, we look at the low-cost market segment, the changes in its business model, and how it has expanded in the last 10 years. The low-cost model focuses on business and operational…
Vanilla Air has apologised to a disabled passenger who was forced to crawl up a flight of stairs to board his plane. Hideto Kijima, who uses a wheelchair, had to hoist himself from the runway at a tiny airport on the resort island of Amami up to the aircraft door, after staff at Vanilla Air…
Alaska Airlines says 11 passengers were removed from a flight headed from Juneau to Seattle on Monday night due to “disruptive behavior onboard.” Alaska Airlines Flight 78 was set to depart Juneau at 6 p.m. It was taxiing on the runway for takeoff when it returned to the gate. According to the airline, the passengers…
Qantas flight #QF93 bound for Los Angeles has landed safely in Sydney, after being diverted when an alert light came on about an hour after its departure from Melbourne. The A380 was forced to circle off the east coast of Australia to dump fuel, before returning to land at Sydney Airport, where engineers will assess…
JustPlanes filmed right from the runways at Los Angeles LAX International Airport as you can see this British Airways nice sunset takeoff. For the full 3 hour film visithttp://www.justplanes.com/us51.html
Spirit Airlines gifted a newborn baby with free air travel for his entire life after he was born on a flight. Cristina Penton was 36 weeks pregnant when she boarded a Spirit Airlines plane travelling from Ft. Lauderdale destined for Dallas/Ft. Worth. Less than an hour into the flight, she realized she needed medical assistance:…
A power outage is affecting flights at Edinburgh Airport. UPDATE 0853 UTC Power is returning to the terminal and runway is now open. All inbound flights were holding as traffic is stopped. Passengers at the airport have reported long delays at security, while a video posted by one traveller shows the security hall in near-total darkness.…
The Russian chief of staff, General Valery Gerasimov, accompanied Assad, according to a statement by Russia’s Defense Ministry. The two discussed coordinating actions of the Syrian government forces with the help of the Russian military against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and the Al-Nusra Front in Syria. Syrian President Bashar Assad has tried out the…