Sri Lanka’s national carrier has suspended a captain who failed a breathalyser test just before he was due to fly 274 passengers and crew from Frankfurt to Colombo, the airline said on Sunday. An airline source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Flight UL554 was held up at Frankfurt airport for more than 15 hours…
14 aircraft from 4 nations forming up behind a KC-135 over the Baltic Sea during the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2016 exercise. Aircraft include one USAF B-52, four USAF F-16s, two German Eurofighters, two Polish F-16s, and four Swedish JAS 39 Gripens.
Low-cost airline Norwegian continues its UK expansion, by putting on sale two new routes from London Gatwick to Keflavik, Iceland and Rovaniemi, Finland. From October 30th, Norwegian will add its first UK service to the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. Three weekly flights will operate direct to Keflavik throughout winter on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays –…
Open Skies Boeing 757 flight #EC1 to Newark declared an emergency and diverted to Shannon due fire alarm in gear confirmed by the pilot on ATC. Flight EC1 did a fly by at 1000 ft runway 24 at Shannon to see if landing gear is down. Reload the page for live updates… UPDATE 2042 UTC After…
ELAL Boeing 737 flight #LY2653 declared emergency & returned to Tel Aviv due to 2 tyres blown during takeoff. @AirCrashMayday @airlivenet #LY2653 landing safely in TLV airport pic.twitter.com/djMWa0STsN — Asaf Eldan (@AsafEldan) August 18, 2016
A Qatar Airways A330 plane caught fire in one of its engines due to birdstrike during takeoff. Flight QR240 returned to Istanbul and landed safely at Ataturk airport. UPDATE Qatar Airways #QR240 engine pals inspection after emergency landing at Istanbul.
A young woman checking into a Virgin America flight arrived at chec-in with just a pair of underpants on her lower half. The blonde passenger shocked those queuing behind her at the check-in desk after brazenly speaking to a member of staff with her bottom exposed. The picture, which was uploaded to Reddit by user Deftones1 with…
Airlander 10 makes maiden voyage from Cardington Sheds in Bedfordshire. pic.twitter.com/Z4tN8Gnj5z — BBC Three Counties (@BBC3CR) August 17, 2016 The Airlander 10 – which is part plane and part airship – took off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire. Its original test flight on Sunday was postponed, but it finally left the ground at 19:40 BST.…
