Two bomb blasts hit near the main entrance to Mogadishu’s Aden Adde airport, close to a base for African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops.Islamist terror group Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had killed more than 12 people.The two attackers targeted the African Union’s main peacekeeping base in Somalia’s capital, which has witnessed a…
easyJet has today announced that it is to recruit more than 1,200 new permanent and fixed-term cabin crew positions as the airline continues its growth. The carrier, which flies more than 250 aircraft on over 820 routes in 31 countries, will offer its new cabin crew positions across all of its 27 European bases. Around…
Southern Rail reported that there was a fault with the electric third rail at Gatwick and trains are at a standstill. A spokesperson for National Rail said: “A fault with the electric third rail at Gatwick is causing delays of up to 20 minutes to journeys to and from the stations. This is expected to…
Fire services of Raleigh-Durham International Airport have responded to an aircraft with left engine in fire. Delta flight DL2135 from Tampa to New York LaGuardia with 105 passengers on board took off at 0744EDT and reported left engine fire during the flight. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1340UTC The Boeing 717 (reg. N936AT) landed safely at RDU…
Air France cabin crew call for strike from July 27 to August 02, 2016. Further to the call for strike action issued by several airline cabin crew unions, for the period from July 27 to August 02, our flight schedule operated by Air France is disrupted as of Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Please note that…
TAP Airbus A319 (reg.CS-TTG) flight #TP687 from Luxemburg to Porto declared an emergency. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 13:53UTC Estimated time of departure from BOD is 16:30LT. UPDATE 13:03UTC TAP flight #TP687 diverted to BOD due to an epileptic seizure of one of the passengers. UPDATE 12:54UTC TAP flight #TP687 touch down runway 23 at…
A Cathay Pacific plane bound for Bangkok, Thailand, was delayed from taking off from Hong Kong’s international airport after drama ensued during boarding. An unidentified passenger from Hong Kong who was trying to find space to stow his luggage was displeased that configuration of the new A350 aircraft meant there weren’t any lockers above his…
Sunderland AFC were forced to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport. The squad, along with newly appointed boss David Moyes, had been on an Eastern Airways flight from Newcastle to Geneva when pilots noticed a warning light. The aircraft was showing a technical failure, and it turned round between Stafford and Derby and diverted…
Manchester United plane was forced to make an emergency landing, leaving manager Jose Mourinho and his squad marooned somewhere in China. Memphis Depay, the team’s winger, posted on his Facebook page that they were “lost” after adverse weather had forced their charter flight to land. United had left Shanghai, where they were staying on the…
