Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport has cancelled a quarter of Thursday morning flights after staff announced a strike. Unionised employees will walk off the job between 7am and 2pm on Thursday morning as part of a protest against low wages. “We demand a 300 euro raise for all,” the CGT union said in a statement, pointing…
Australia has accused the pilot of a Chinese fighter jet of carrying out a dangerous manoeuvre near one of its aircraft over the South China Sea. It says the Chinese aircraft released flares and cut in front of the Australian surveillance plane. The Chinese jet then released “chaff” – an anti-radar device which includes small…
A Viva Aerobus Airbus A320neo flying from Chicago O’Hare International Airport nearly took off from the taxiway instead of runway. On May 31, 2022, VivaAerobus flight #VB187 from Chicago O’Hare to Mexico City was instructed to taxi to runway 22L via taxiway V. The ATC said, ‘Aeroenlaces 187, turn left heading 180, runway 22L, cleared…
An Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX 8 experienced a tailstrike at Keflavik. An Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX 8 (reg. TF-ICB) experienced a tailstrike during takeoff at Keflavik Airport, Iceland. The flight #FI681 on February 26th, 2022 took off to Seattle on Runway 19 in a 32mph SSW headwind. You can listen to the “bang” sound at…
Two RAF jets broke the sound barrier over the West Country as they were scrambled from their base in the east of England today. The Typhoons were taking part in a Quick Reaction Alert intercept exercise which saw them race from their base at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and speed across the Midlands, flying over…
A flight carrying Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex on their trip to Gibraltar has been forced to make an emergency landing after it suffered technical issues. The Royal couple were flying from the UK to Gibraltar when the plane had to fly back to the capital. The Earl and Countess were scheduled to…
U.S. authorities moved Monday to seize a $350 million Boeing jet believed to be one of the world’s most expensive private airplanes from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. A federal magistrate judge signed a warrant authorizing the seizure of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that authorities said was worth less than $100 million before a lavish customization.…
Two dead bodies were discovered in a plane which was in Houari Boumediene airport, located in Algiers. Appalling report for the Algerian police. Saturday June 4, two men were found dead on a plane at the very beginning of the morning. “Two lifeless male bodies, whose age varies between 20 and 23 years, were discovered…
Gatwick airport has apologised to a disabled woman who was left stranded on a plane for more than an hour and a half after staff did not come to help her. Victoria Brignell, from west London, who is paralysed from the neck down, was returning home on Saturday after a holiday in Malta. She was…
Heathrow Airport has ordered airlines to artificially cap the number of passengers onboard flights over the next two months to prevent potentially dangerous overcrowding in its terminals. The West London airport reportedly wants to slash the number of passengers passing through Terminal 5, the largest of only four terminals at Heathrow, by as many as…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Serbia has been cancelled after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his aircraft. Lavrov had been due to hold talks in Belgrade on Monday with the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, but Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro closed their airspace to the plane that would have carried Moscow’s…
The Vistara pilot, who was the first officer on the flight, landed the aircraft at the Indore airport without first getting the requisite training in a simulator. Aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Vistara for letting an improperly trained pilot land an aircraft with passengers on board at…