At 0314 UTC, six minutes after take off to Avoca, passengers heard one of the engine blow. The Boeing 717 reached 15,000ft and started descend at 0317 UTC for a safe landing 20 minutes later at Atlanta airport.
Russian defense ministry Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft with 32 passengers and seven crew members onboard, has crashed in the Bulunsky district of Siberia’s Yakutia, 27 kilometers from the Tiksi village. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 0700 UTC At least 30 people taken to hospital. UPDATE 0610 UTC Russian defense ministry says sat least 16 people seriously…
British Airways cabin crew will strike on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in a row over pay, the airline has announced. The row involves around 4,500 so-called mixed fleet cabin crew who joined BA since 2010. Unite say they are on lower pay than other staff. BA, which employs around 16,000 cabin crew, said in…
Singapore Airlines will launch its new Airbus A350-900 aircraft on routes out of Manchester serving both Singapore and Houston. The flight will launch on January 17th next year and will be the first commercial A350 flight from Manchester Airport. Source
Passengers flying from Melbourne to Los Angeles will be the first to experience the Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner when the inaugural international service takes-off on December 15th next year. The Qantas Dreamliner will carry 236 passengers in a three-class configuration and complement the daily Airbus A380 service already flying from Melbourne to Los Angeles. Source
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has confirmed that it will exercise its call option on the outstanding 55% of the shares in SN Airholding, parent company of Brussels Airlines (as had been revealed earlier this year, in September), and also provided further details of the deal. Source
Traces of explosives have been found on victims of the Egyptair crash over the Mediterranean in May, investigators say. A statement by Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said a criminal investigation would now begin into the crash. Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo plunged into the sea on 19 May killing all 66 people on board.…
British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly for strikes in a dispute over pay, the Unite union says. More than 2,000 workers were balloted about the action, which will take place at Heathrow Airport. It comes after cabin crew rejected a 2% pay rise. The action will begin after 21 December and Unite has yet…
