A violent brawl erupted KLM on board KLM plane. The incident occurred on Thursday May 5th, 2022 on board a KLM flight between Manchester and Amsterdam Schiphol. Why the brawl started is still unclear. In a video that appeared on social media, some guys are punching another one. A passengers shouts: “Behave! This is an…
An Embraer E175 was forced to divert after encountering severe turbulence. Envoy Air Flight 3729 from Charleston, South Carolina to Dallas, Texas was diverted after encountering severe turbulence that ripped off part of its wing. Passenger Brandon Owen shared a tweet with images of the stricken plane’s wing missing its winglet; for reference, below is…
Footage of the skies over Moscow shows the Ilyushin Il-80 passing low over the city’s outskirts. Russian officials have stated that the plane would perform a low flypast during Monday’s annual Victory Day parade in Red Square and that it is now undergoing “rehearsals” for the performance. The huge Soviet-era aircraft, known as the “Flying…
A Virgin Atlantic flight to New York was forced to turn back to London Heathrow after the co-pilot admitted he hadn’t passed his last flying test. The plane was over Ireland when the captain was told that the first officer had not completed his training. The Airbus A330 was ordered to return to Heathrow. The…
A Russian army helicopter violated Finland’s airspace on Wednesday. “The aircraft type is a Mi-17 helicopter and the depth of the suspected violation is about four to five kilometers,” a ministry spokesman told AFP. The incident occurred on Wednesday at 10:40 a.m. (0740 GMT). Experts have warned that Finland and Sweden would likely be subjected…
Two French fighter jets intercepted Russian aircraft yesterday. Yesterday, two French fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20M escorted by two Russian Navy Su-27s flying around Baltic airspace. The Mirage 2000s jets took off from Estonia. The Ilyushin Il-18 (NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner that first flew in 1957 and became one…
A dad was the captain of his daughter’s first flight as Southwest pilot. Mackenzie was a kid the first time she rode on a Southwest plane flown by her dad, Captain Kyle. Last month, they had another special “first” together: sharing the flight deck for Mackenzie’s first flight as a Southwest pilot! Now that’s some…
Seven Navy sailors assigned to the USS George Washington have died by suicide during the time the aircraft carrier has been undergoing a yearslong overhaul in Newport News, Virginia. The Navy acknowledged Thursday that in addition to the four suicides in the past year, three more sailors assigned to the carrier died by suicide in…
At least 40 people on board a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Durgapur in West Bengal Sunday suffered injuries, with 12 of them being seriously hurt The Boeing 737-800 plane encountered severe turbulence during its descent. India’s aviation safety regulator — the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) — has deployed a multi-disciplinary team to…
A Ukrainian businessman is turning scraps of wreckage from a downed Russian fighter plane into souvenir key. A Ukrainian makes keychains from Russian fighter plane wreckage to fund war effort. “Many of my friends tell me: ‘US$1,000 – nobody will give you this for this piece of metal, it’s crazy,’” said Iurii Vysoven, founder of…
The Qantas Group has today announced several major fleet decisions that will reshape its international and domestic networks over the next decade and beyond. These decisions will also improve journeys for millions of people every year, and create over 1,000 jobs as well as many career progression opportunities at the national carrier. Domestically, Qantas will…
About 5 million honeybees bound for Alaska last weekend got waylaid when Delta Air Lines routed them through Atlanta Most of the bees died after being left for hours in crates on the ground during hot weather. The bees were the first of two shipments ordered by Alaska beekeeper Sarah McElrea from a distributor in…