Passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Tampa to Atlanta Sunday morning are safe after the plane caught fire during the landing, airport officials said. At 9:25 am today, brakes in the landing gear of Spirit Airlines flight 383 from Tampa ignited. Fire Rescue put out the fire and the aircraft was towed to gate…
A trainee easyJet pilot died after she was bitten by a mosquito and developed an infection which spread to her brain, an inquest heard. Oriana Pepper, 21, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, had passed her theory exams in Oxford with top marks and had gone to Belgium for her instrument ratings. While in Antwerp, she…
NTSB Issues the preliminary report into an incident involving United Airlines Flight 2627, a Boeing 737-9 Max, N37513, that landed on the wrong runway at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 21, 2022. On June 21, 2022, at 0944 eastern daylight time (EDT), United Airlines Flight 2627, a Boeing 737-9 Max, N37513, was…
Boeing’s CEO said the company could cancel the 737 MAX 10 if regulators don’t certify the jet before new crew alerting system standards take effect in December, according to a report Thursday. The airplane manufacturer confirmed comments by Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun, who told Aviation Week that shelving the MAX 10 “is not that…
A heart-stopping moment was captured on video as a pilot had to make an emergency landing on a North Carolina highway. The Swain County Sheriff’s Office said a pilot landed a plane on Highway 74 on Sunday. On Facebook, the sheriff applauded the pilot, who kept his composure. “What an amazing job,” Sheriff Curtis Cochran…
A helicopter apparently suffered a technical issue at the extreme West of France’s coast. The helicopter was flying near the light house of the Pointe du Raz in Britain when it suddenly dived for un unknown reason. The incident happened when the helicopter was lifting a piece from the lighthouse. It lifted the load vertically…
The bomb hoax that led to Spain scrambling two fighter jets to intercept an EasyJet flight earlier this week was reportedly posted by a teenager on Snapchat, multiple outlets have reported. The 18-year-old, named as Aditya Verma, wrote: “I’m going to blow this plane up, I’m a Taliban,” on the social media app, per The…
The Harrier is the ancestor of the F-35. Designed by Great Britain in the 60’s, the AV-8 Harrier is a British design that was built over here the USA under licence as the AV-8B for the U.S. Marines. The plane was used to liberate the Falklands from hostile invaders and suffered no air to air…
A British Airways aircraft from London suffered an incident at at Copenhagen Airport. An hot brakes issue forced fire fighters to use foam on the British Airways Airbus A320-232 aircraft (reg. G-EUUV) after it just landed on Runway 22L. The aircraft was operating flight #BA820 from London Heathrow to Copenhagen on 6th July. The return…
British Airways has announced it will cut a further 10,300 short-haul flights until the end of October. British Airways is scrapping another 10,300 flights through the summer peak travel season as the carrier struggles with an ongoing staffing crisis that’s contributed to travel chaos across Europe. With the latest round of cancellations, which come after the…
An Ukrainian military transport aircraft skidded off the runway during landing at Uzhgorod airport. An Ukrainian An-12VK transport aircraft (reg. UR-11316) skidded off the runway at the Uzhgorod airport on July 2, 2022. The plane likely flew from Istanbul in Turkey with military cargo. Uzhhorod is now the most sensitive Airport in Ukraine as it…
The founder of Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, visited destroyed Gostomel Airport, talked about a new Mriya aircraft. Ukrainian authorities have spoken with the founder of Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, who is on a visit to Ukraine, the project of a new Mriya aircraft. “Our An-225 Mriya is a world legend and one of Ukraine’s symbols.…