German airline Lufthansa said Tuesday it would transfer five mammoth Airbus A380 planes from its Frankfurt home base to Munich, as a dispute with airport operator Fraport rumbles on. “Starting in summer 2018, Lufthansa will introduce the Airbus A380 in Munich on long-haul destinations to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Beijing,” the firm said in…
The Royal Malaysian Air Force has reported that it has lost contact with a Hawk 108 fighter jet which is believed to have gone missing north of Kuantan near the Pahang-Terengganu border. UPDATE Malaysia Air Force says crew of missing fighter jet killed in crash. The RMAF said in a statement on Thursday (Jun 15) that…
Brussels’ Zaventem international airport has been paralyzed by an electrical outage, leaving crowds of passengers gathered outside the airport unable to enter. Although power has since been restored, the interruption in flights has caused many delays. The power outage occurred about 5:00am local time, Belgian Bruzz news reported. Passengers described being left in total darkness…
In the cockpit of the AIR ICELAND Dash 8 fleet for 10 flights in the cockpit. Find the nearly 5 hour film at http://www.worldairroutes.com/airiceland.html
Malaysia Airlines flight #MH725 landed safely at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta despite suffering a damaged tyre yesterday. The plane landed on the tarmac amid heavy rain in Jakarta. There were no injuries to passengers or crew, according to a statement published by the airline on its Facebook page. “Flight MH725 experienced a suspected tyre…
Airbus has delivered easyJet’s first A320neo, which is also the airline’s 300th A320 Family aircraft, at a ceremony in Toulouse involving Carolyn McCall, easyJet CEO, Gaël Méheust, CFM international CEO, Tom Enders, Airbus CEO, and other senior executives. The aircraft, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, is configured in a comfortable 186 seat layout. To mark…
A woman who died following an in-flight medical emergency Monday was dragged, half-naked and unresponsive, from an American Airlines flight that landed in Minnesota, a witness said. Passenger told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that flight attendants found the woman, who has not yet been identified, unresponsive in the restroom of the Boeing 737 as the crew…
A Beijing Airport passenger accidentally deployed the emergency chute to her airliner pulling the lever to its emergency exit – right after she was told not to touch it. A Xiamen Airlines flight had been preparing to leave Beijing Capital International Airport Monday morning. A Weibo user said airline staff had just completed the safety announcement in which…
70 minutes into high altitude balloon (weather balloon) flight, OLHZN-5, we inadvertently experienced an extremely close flyby over Newark, NY (**not New Jersey**) from an Airbus A319 operated by Delta Air Lines (Flight #159) which was en-route from Boston, MA to Detroit, MI and flying just over our payload at 38,000 FT. This is the…
South Korean officials said they found a North Korean sent to photograph America’s controversial THAAD missile defense system that was recently deployed to the region. The drone is equipped with a Sony built-in camera and reportedly contained hundreds of pictures, including precisely ten photos of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, also known as…
