A Groundforce car has ended up trapped under the belly of a Ryanair Boeing 737. Yesterday (April 12) a minor incident occurred at the Alicante airport, with a parked Boeing 737-800 aircraft and a car from a handling company. The handling agent forgot the parking brake, then the car rolled under the fuselage of the…
Pilots at Southwest Airlines say fatigue from poor scheduling is a growing problem and is raising safety concerns. Union officials say pilots of Southwest Airlines pilots are suffering through an epidemic of fatigue due to poor scheduling practices by the airline, and that it is raising safety concerns. Union leaders said in an open letter…
Boeing is likely to lose about 90 jet orders due to “geopolitical issues” related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company said Tuesday. The aircraft maker said it is not canceling the orders — yet. But it has placed them in an accounting limbo which it uses when there are questions about whether jet orders…
A video shot aboard a JetBlue flight captured passenger clamoring to get off the plane in Newark – shouting that they were scared after several failed attempts to land at JFK Airport during bad weather. “I’m not going back in the air,” one passenger is heard yelling at officials in the cabin. Another man is…
More than 100 private jets owned by Russian oligarchs are stuck in Dubai after being flown there to escape sanctions. Private jets belonging to Russian oligarchs that flew to Dubai to seek refuge from sanctions, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are effectively stuck there, The Wall Street Journal reported. It’s caused a build-up of more than…
A DC-3 veered left off the runway after landing at San Felipe’s dirt runway. The old DC-3 landed at San Felipe’s dirt runway and the aircraft veered left off the runway and came to a stop off the runway with the right main gear strut collapsed. The Aliansa Douglas DC-3T HK-5016 was operating from Inirida…
A man on a Southwest Airlines flight from Seattle to Phoenix is facing federal charges for pulling down his pants and masturbating at least four times in front of a female passenger. The incident started early on the Southwest flight 3814, when McGarity commenced his indelicate behavior. “McGarity was seated in seat 11F and the…
Serbia will send official requests to Russia and NATO over an incident in which a fighter jet, presumably a NATO one, used a civilian plane of Air Serbia to enter the Russian airspace, Serbian President told the national television. “The plane was not far from the Russian border with Latvia, we were warned to try…
A DHL cargo aircraft skidded off runway at Juan Santamaría International Airport after an emergency landing. UPDATE The Airport Will Remain Closed For The Next Several Hours. UPDATE Two pilots were on board, safely evacuated. The Boeing 757 cargo skidded off the runway at San Jose Juan Santamaria Airport in Costa Rica after the crew…
Media reported that a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau town in Sabah allegedly dove suddenly and flew erratically before being turned back on Sunday (April 3), it’s not right. Passenger Halimah Nasoha wrote on Facebook about her experience some 30 minutes into the 2.30pm flight, saying many passengers panicked, screamed and some…
Russian strikes on Melitopol Air Base have damaged Ukrainian military planes. Russian missile strikes on the Melitopol Air Base have destroyed two IL-76MD, which was used by the Ukrainian 25th Transport Aviation Brigade. One of them was recently refurbished and active, however the second (reg. 76322) was not operational and stationed there for a long…
Pilots of AF11 had a serious issue with commands on final approach to Paris. The crew of AF11 from New York JFK to Paris CDG had to deal a serious issue at very low altitude this morning Tuesday 5 March 2022. UPDATE The BEA opens a safety investigation regarding Air France #AF11 Boeing 777-300 incident…