A Cathay Pacific flight carrying 230 passengers and crew from London to Hong Kong was forced to divert to Russia on Wednesday morning after its fire indicator signal was activated. The incident happened about six hours after the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft departed from London at about 2am on Wednesday. The flight was diverted to Russia…
Taiwanese airline Transasia is shutting down after two fatal crashes and heavy losses. The carrier, which flew to cities in China, Japan and south east Asia, said it had not been able to raise more money or turn around its finances. Transasia, Taiwan’s third largest airline, had already cancelled all flights on Monday. Earlier this year,…
A Qatar Airways flight travelling to Doha from Miami was forced to make an emergency landing in Zurich on Saturday afternoon after crew detected smoke onboard. Flight QR778 landed safely at the Zurich airport and requested emergency services to check whether there was any problem. All the passengers onboard the Boeing 777-300 were evacuated. In…
A Toronto-Lahore flight of PIA has been diverted to Manchester as its toilets got choked, due to something solid thrown by passengers, a statement from the airline said. The flight PK798 was on its way to Lahore when the problem was identified. As all the toilets are connected with a common drain line, rest of…
Beautiful flying on the Atlantic Airways Airbus A319 fleet as well as Augusta Westland 139 Helicopter!
A Russian plane heading to the APEC summit in Peru was intercepted by Swiss fighter jets as soon as it entered the country’s airspace, journalists on board said. The video from aboard the Russian plane was posted online by one of the passengers, with Swiss military insignias clearly visible on the escorting plane in the footage.…
