Captain of the Frecce Tricolori dies in an accident with an ultralight, Alessio Ghersi was 34 years old. The Air Force expressed condolences for the accident involving a civilian aircraft in which the two occupants lost their lives in the late afternoon yesterday, including the captain Alessio Ghersi, pilot in service with the 313th aerobatic…
Monday, 29th of April, 2013, a Boeing 747-400BCF cargo plane, operated by National Air Cargo, crashed on takeoff from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. National Airlines Flight 102, a cargo flight from Bagram Air Base (OAI/OAIX), Afghanistan, to Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC/OMDW), United Arab Emirates, operated with a Boeing 747-428BCF, registration N949CA, stalled…
A mid air contact incident occurred during the opening ceremony of Radom Airport. Two PZL 130 Orlik turboprop propeller planes made contact mid-air during the airshow of opening ceremony of the airport in Radom. Warsaw-Radom Airport, located some 110 km south of Warsaw, has opened for business again after a PLN 800 million (EUR 174.4…
An Alliance Airlines passenger plane traveling from Carins to the Australian island of Groote Eylandt was forced to make an emergency landing after a fight broke out between several passengers. According to video, several passengers became belligerent after someone threw a bottle. The plane returned to Cairns — where it originally departed — about an…
Taliban kills suspected ‘mastermind’ of bombing that killed 13 US troops, officials say. The terrorist allegedly responsible for planning the August 2021 bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 160 Afghans was himself killed by Taliban fighters “in recent weeks,” U.S. officials say. A senior Biden administration…
The largest rocket ever built blew up in mid-flight, with no crew on board, leading the FAA to ground the Starship Super Heavy launch program pending a “mishap investigation.” SpaceX launched the largest rocket ever built for the first time on Thursday from its Boca Chica, Texas, spaceport. The Starship spacecraft, designed to fly people…
An American woman was arrested at Sydney Airport this week after border force officers found a 24-carat gold-plated handgun in her luggage, authorities said. Investigators charged the woman, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen who had traveled to Sydney from Los Angeles, with violating an Australian customs law that prohibits items like weapons, radioactive substances and counterfeit…
Airline crews at Bush Intercontinental Airport discovered a naked man near a tarmac Saturday night, according to IAH officials. The man was taken to the Kingwood Medical Center after he was reportedly “coming in and out of consciousness.” According to airport officials, he was found near a ramp at Terminal E. “Person has taken off…
A plane carrying the Arsenal women’s team back from their Champions League semi-final first leg with Wolfsburg rejected takeoff on the runway on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at the Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport following a birdstrike on runway 26, causing a loud bang on flight flight #HAT2771. Flames immediately started to come out of the…
FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 experienced engine fire on takeoff from Kathmandu Airport. FlyDubai flight #FZ576 to Dubai experienced engine issues resulting in a fire clearly visible from the ground after take-off from Kathmandu. The plane entered a holding pattern for about 20 minutes. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. A6-FED) now proceeds toward Delhi.
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air performed a belly landing at Martín Miguel de Güemes Airport, Argentina. On 21 April 2023, a Beechcraft 200 Super King Air made a belly landing at Martín Miguel de Güemes Airport in Argentina. The nine occupants were not injured. Footage of the landing from the cockpit. The a Beechcraft…
Germany’s Berlin-Brandenburg airport has warned that all flights due to depart Monday have been cancelled after the country’s powerful Verdi union called an almost daylong strike. The airport said no passenger aircraft would be able to take off from the international airport as a result of the walkout. Flights arriving into Berlin could still go…