NEWS Heathrow welcomes government expansion decision
Heathrow has welcomed the government’s decision to support its expansion and confirmed it will begin work to deliver the new runway that will connect all of Britain to the world. The decision declares Britain “open for business”, according to the airport. Expanding Heathrow will keep Britain growing at the heart of the global economy, do…
BREAKING Airbus A320 escorted to Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (Finland) by two F/A-18 Hornet
UPDATE 1619 UTC Small Planet Airlines flight LLX5288 triggered false hijack alarm. UPDATE 1611 UTC The airport is not yet back to normal operations. UPDATE 1607 UTC In a statement, Finnish police says the plane from Malaga landed at 1800 (local time) after an alarm failure. A police operation is in progress at Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (Finland) as an Airbus A320 was escorted…
BREAKING British Airways #BA286 diverted to Vancouver, number of members of cabin crew sent to hospital in for smoke inhalation
A British Airways A380 flight #BA286 on its way from San Francisco to London made an emergency landing in Vancouver late Monday night. Number of members of cabin crew were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. Emergency vehicles could be seen surrounding the plane on the tarmac around midnight Monday.
BREAKING A twin-prop Metroliner crashed in Luqa (Malta) this morning
Five people died this morning after the aircraft they were flying in crashed shortly after take-off in Luqa at around 7.20am (local) killing 5 people including 3 French intelligence agents. UPDATE 1135 UTC The five victims were French customs officials, according to AFP. But Reuters said they were three French defense ministry officials and two private contractors.…
VIDEO Concert on board Air France flight #AF264 to South Korea
On the occasion of its tour event in South Korea, the Ensemble Matheus gave a concert on board the Air France Boeing 777 flight #AF264 from Paris to Seoul, on Thursday, October 20th. Jean-Christophe Spinosi and his musicians offered to Air France passengers 6 musical interludes of 10 minutes each. An exceptional moment suspended in the…
VIDEO Maria’s water landing in Pula, Croatia
In the cockpit of the European Coastal Airlines Twin Otter with Maria piloting the seaplane into Pula Croatia.
ALERT Decision on Heathrow expansion to be made on Tuesday
The government’s decision over which London airport expansion scheme it will finally choose is expected to come on Tuesday, after the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, said the decision would be made at a cabinet committee meeting that day. Grayling said that the government had still not decided which option to choose and would make the…
ALERT Two unauthorized people reached American Airlines #AA1655 plane at Philadelphia
A flight from Philadelphia to Boston was delayed after two people were able to gain unauthorized access to the plane, ABC Action News reports. American Airlines Airbus A321 flight #AA1655 was set to depart Philadelphia International Airport at 8 a.m. Sunday, but it did not take off on time due to the incident. The airline…
VIDEO London City Airport evacuated; ‘chemical incident’ reported
London City Airport was evacuated on Friday after a number of passengers reported feeling unwell, police said. Reports of a chemical incident sent three fire engines and “a range of specialist appliances” to the scene, the London Fire Brigade said in a statement. Officials said the cause of the incident is unknown. http://ift.tt/2eBbMfY