Wizz Air will suspend all its flights to and from Moldova next month due to security concerns linked to growing tensions with Russia. The Hungarian budget airline said: “Safety of the passengers and crew remain Wizz Air’s number one priority. Wizz Air says it will suspend all flights to the Moldovan capital Chisinau from 14…
With very strong solar activity, passengers flying North of Europe witnessed spectacular Northern Lights. Some kind crew made 360 turns to allow passengers of both sides of the plane to enjoy strong Northern Lights. This was the case of Finnair flight #AY488 from Kuusamo to Helsinki on Feb 26. The A319 made a short 360…
The airspace over Saint Petersburg has been closed after a UFO was spotted near the airport. An unidentified flying object is reported over St. Petersburg, Russia. The airport therefore does not accept planes. Civilian aircraft are not allowed to approach St. Petersburg. UPDATE Both St. Petersburg and Murmansk airports have reopened. UPDATE Airspace restriction in…
A plane made an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Wednesday afternoon because of a security concern involving a passenger. Airport officials said the plane was diverted to RDU because of a disruptive passenger who apparently tried to breach the cockpit. It happened about 3:40 p.m. American Eagle Flight 3444 departing from Jacksonville, Florida,…
Belarusian anti-war partisans claim to have severely damaged a Russian military aircraft. BYPOL, the Belarusian partisan organisation, said it had used drones to strike the Machulishchy airfield 12km from Minsk, severely damaging a Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft (Awacs). “One of the nine Awacs of the Russian aerospace forces worth $330m (was…
A KLM flight from Sicilia to The Netherlands diverted to Germany. On 25th Feb 23, KLM flight #KL912 from Catania to Amsterdam diverted to Stuttgart. The Boeing 737-800 departed gate 18 at Catania Airport and took off at 17.00 local time. But 1h30 into the flight, pilots decided to divert to Stuttgart in Germany. The…
More than 200 Jetstar passengers were stuck for seven hours after their flight was forced to make an emergency landing. A nine hour flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Melbourne turned into a lengthy nightmare for the passengers on board flight JQ30 on Saturday night. About half way through the flight, a passenger experienced a suspected…
New York’s Hometown Airline® Set to Further Expand at JFK, Adding Gates with Seamless Connection to Existing Home at Terminal 5. New York City-based JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU), joined by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and other partners and leaders, celebrated a key milestone in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s transformation of…
The National Transportation Safety Board announced Friday that it is investigating a Wednesday evening runway incursion at Bob Hope Burbank Airport. The NTSB investigating Feb. 22 runway incursion at Bob Hope Burbank Airport that occurred when a Skywest Embraer 175 was departing Runway 33 as a Mesa Airlines CRJ9 executed a pilot-initiated go-around as it…
A flying instructor died inflight after suffering a cardiac arrest, but his co-pilot thought he was fooling around and only realized after landing on the runway with the man slumped on his shoulder. According to a newly published safety report on the incident, the pilot thought the instructor was pretending to be asleep as the…
Boeing pauses delivery of 787 Dreamliners over fuselage issue. Boeing has temporarily halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliners so it can do additional analysis on a fuselage component, the company and the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday. “In reviewing certification records, Boeing discovered an analysis error by our supplier related to the 787 forward pressure…
An American Airlines plane suffered a lightning strike during flight. Aviation Maintenance shared a picture of the top fuselage of an American Airlines Dreamliner. The Boeing 787 experienced extensive damage to its composite fuselage crown when it was hit by lightning during flight. Summer is the season for thunderstorms, and sometimes lightning can strike an…