A Ryanair flight from Poland was escorted by fighter jets to Athens following a bomb threat. The flight FR6385 from Katowice in Poland just landed in El. Venizelos, Greece. UPDATE “All people are well and safe,” said Elena Dimopoulou, the airport spokesperson. UPDATE The pilot reported a bomb threat during the flight. The Boeing 737-800…
A foreign hacker obtained an old copy of the U.S. government’s Terrorist Screening Database and “no fly” list from an unsecured server belonging to a commercial airline. The Swiss hacker known as “maia arson crimew” blogged Thursday that she discovered the Transportation Security Administration “no fly” list from 2019 and a trove of data belonging…
The first airdrop by an A400 has been completed at Sky Blu, in Antarctica. The A400M departed from the Falkand Islands heading south to Antarctica. The aircraft first performed a flyby at Rothera, a research Station is the BAS logistics centre for the Antarctic and home of well-equipped biological laboratories and facilities for a wide…
Heathrow has held on to its crown as Europe’s busiest airport despite passenger numbers still not recovering fully to pre-Covid levels. Latest data from analysts Cirium shows that in 2022 the west London hub handled flights covering almost 100 billion “available seat kilometres” (ASK) a key measure used by the industry. Rival airport Paris Charles…
The plane made an emergency landing in Uzbekistan after a report of an alleged bomb scare. An Azur Air chartered flight from Russia’s Perm International Airport to Goa received a security threat. Following this, the flight was diverted to Uzbekistan. A total of 238 passengers, including 2 infants, and 7 crew are onboard. Russia embassy…
An Ohio woman was arrested Tuesday after she assaulted flight attendants and police officers with a fire extinguisher at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Jennifer was confronted by airport staff when she allegedly left a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant without paying for her meal, according to Inside Edition. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. on Concourse…
Authorities said a small plane that disappeared after leaving New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Thursday evening crashed before reaching its destination. Officials said the single-engine Beechcraft A36 was found near Rye Lake in White Plains, New York, located adjacent to the Westchester County Airport (HPN), following a massive search-and-rescue operation, according to Cleveland…
An UAV with a clear message to Russians flew in East of Ukraine. According to several flight tracking websites including RadarBox.com a drone flew East of Ukraine this afternoon. The flight was about 30 km of Kherson, 15 km from Mykolaiv. According to data, the drone was a Bayraktar TB2 with 60 kts ground speed,…
A report has been released looking into what caused a Boeing 787’s nose to smash into the tarmac at Heathrow Airport back in 2021. The crash, which was caused by a failure with landing gear according to the report, led to serious damage to the plane and left one member of the ground staff and…
A jetBlue A320 suffered fuel leak at New York City LaGuardia Airport. A JetBlue Airbus A320-232 aircraft was forced to stop while taxiing at New York City LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on 18 January. The plane suffered a fuel leak from the right wing, forcing the airline to cancel the flight. The aircraft (reg. N568JB) was…
A NATO E-3A arrived at Otopeni Romanian Air Force Base. A NATO E-3A Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems AWACS arrived on Tuesday January, 17 2023 at the Romanian Air Force Base at Otopeni near Bucharest. The AWACS will reinforce NATO presence in the eastern part of the Alliance and monitor Russian military activity
Manchester Airport has temporarily closed both its runways “following a period of heavy snow fall”. A spokesman said passengers’ “health and safety will always be our top priority and operations will resume at the earliest opportunity”. UPDATE 09.45 LT Manchester Airport reopens Travellers have been advised to contact their airline for flight information. The Met…