BREAKING Contact lost with cargo space ship to International Space Station
An uncrewed Russian spacecraft meant to resupply the International Space Station appears to have suffered a malfunction shortly after launch today. Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, said that it lost communication with the spacecraft 383 seconds into the flight. The third stage of the rocket, which helps propel the cargo ship to its final orbit, reportedly shut…
NEWS Victoria’s Secret chartered a private jet from New York, full of models to Paris fashion show
Victoria’s Secret on Monday chartered a plane from New York to Paris to transport their “Angels” to the 2016 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday. Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and countless other Victoria’s Secret models boarded a flight to Paris, where they will be strutting their stuff down the runway for the lingerie company’s annual…
ALERT Aer Lingus plane damaged after collision with de-icing truck at Dublin Airport
A de-icing truck collided with the side of the turbine engine of an Airbus A320 on a parking stand at Dublin Airport yesterday morning. The plane was being de-iced at approximately 6.20am when the rig used to de-ice the plane reportedly malfunctioned and rolled into the engine. The airline brought a reserve aircraft into service…
ALERT Wing tips of 2 aircraft collided at Mumbai airport
The wing tips of two aircraft collided at Mumbai Airport today. The incident happened when the wings of an incoming Kuwait Airways aircraft and an outbound IndiGo narrow body aircraft clipped before 6am when it was still dark. The sharklet of an IndiGo Airbus A-320 (reg. V-TIFP) was damaged. The plane returned to the…
NEWS A female passenger opened aircraft door and jumped from United plane flight #UA1892 at Houston
A woman who jumped from a plane at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport is being evaluated at a county mental health facility. Houston police tell Eyewitness News the woman was taken to the Neuropsychiatric Center at Ben Taub Hospital. The Harris County District Attorney’s office has declined to press charges against her and the FBI has…
EMERGENCY Loud bang and flames force United #UA837 to Tokyo to retun to San Francisco
A United Airlines Boeing 747 airline bound for Tokyo rdumped fuel and eturned safely to San Francisco International airport Monday after eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud bang and seeing flames coming out of its engine. Officials at SFO said Flight #UA837, flying from SFO to Narita International Airport, had to shut down one of its…
ALERT Several China Eastern passengers injured after flight #MU777 to Sydney hit heavy heavy turbulence
Several passengers have been injured after a China Eastern flight from Kunming/Wujiaba hit heavy turbulence coming in to Sydney International Airport. Passengers described their horror as the China Eastern plane Flight #MU777 suddenly dropped, resulting in multiple injuries including three who suffered neck injuries, one a lacerate jaw and another a broken wrist. The two…
BREAKING Plane carrying members of Brazil’s Chapecoense Real football team has crashed near the Colombian city of Medellin
An Aerospace 146 Avro RJ85 carrying the Brazil’s Chapecoense football team has crashed in Colombia, en route to the Copa Sudamericana finals. Investigators say it is ‘very suspicious’ that the plane did not explode on impact as it smashed into a mountain on its way from Bolivia to the Colombian city of Medellin. A surviving flight…
NEWS The largest firefighter aircraft landed at Ben Gurion Airport
The American firefighting aircraft nicknamed the Supertanker has landed at Ben Gurion Airport to help fire crews on the ground and in the air to extinguish a series of fires raging around the country, especially in the hills surrounding Jerusalem.