A flight was delayed at San Diego Airport because of a pelican. Pilot to San Diego Airport Traffic Control: “Sir, you’re not going to believe this, but we’re unable [to taxi] because of a pelican sitting here on the taxiway.” The bird flew away with help from airport operations.
Russian Air strikes have hit Odessa airport The governor says the runway has been damaged. The terminal has also been hit. According to the operational command South, the runway was damaged to the point that it can no longer be used.
An American family has sent people running for their lives inside an airport when they packed an unexploded bomb as a souvenir. Footage circulated online shows panicked holidaymakers and workers screaming in fear and fleeing with their luggage as they run in the departure hall at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. Some are seen ducking…
Two aircraft were involved in a ground collision during taxiing at Viracopos Airport, Brazil. A GOL Boeing 738 (reg. PR-GUQ) and Azul E-195 (reg. PR-AYN) were involved in a ground collision during taxiing at Viracopos Airport, Brazil. Repairable damage occurred to left winglet of the Being 737 and the tailcone of the E195.
An Aeromexico Boeing 787-800 was seriously damaged during a hailstorm. On April, 21 2022, the Aeromexico Boeing 787-800 was seriously damaged when it was caught in a severe hailstorm. The aircraft (reg. N966AM) was performing flight #AM179 from Tijuana to Mexico City at around 1900L. Radome, landing lights and wing surfaces were smashed by hail…
Last Tuesday, Pam and Jeremy joked that they should hop on a plane to get married in Vegas. It wasn’t long before both realized that the other wasn’t actually kidding, so they booked a flight for Sunday on one of our competitors, with a Vegas wedding chapel appointment Sunday night. Come Sunday, the couple arrived…
Ukrainian forces have used specific coordinates shared by the U.S. to direct fire on Russian positions and aircraft, current and former officials told NBC News. As Russia launched its invasion, the U.S. gave Ukrainian forces detailed intelligence about exactly when and where Russian missiles and bombs were intended to strike, prompting Ukraine to move air…
NASA’s Mars helicopter spotted gear that helped Perseverance rover to land. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recently surveyed both the parachute that helped the agency’s Perseverance rover land on Mars and the cone-shaped backshell that protected the rover in deep space and during its fiery descent toward the Martian surface on Feb. 18, 2021. Engineers with…
A footage emerged showing an Ukrainian MiG-29 taking off from Mykolaiv seconds before the runway was shelled by the Russians. Back in March, an Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 pilot from 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade in Kulbakino took off from Mykolaiv Air Base while the Russian Army was shelling the air base. Few seconds after takeoff,…
Authorities are investigating after a pilot reported his plane was damaged by what he believed to be a gunshot while landing at Gardner Municipal Airport in Massachusetts on Monday. According to Massachusetts State Police, the pilot reported that he believed the single-engine Cessna 172 was hit by a gunshot. After landing it was determined that…
A report conducted by French aviation experts has concluded that the crash of EgyptAir flight MS804 in 2016, which killed all 66 people on board, was likely caused by a fire sparked from a pilot’s cigarette. Flight MS804 was bound from Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport to Cairo, but plunged into the sea between Crete…
A Belgian passenger died on Ryanair flight to Bergamo, Italy, on Sunday evening, 24 April. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. 9H-QBR) was operating Ryanair flight #FR4526 from Brussels to Milan when the crew contacted ATC about the medical emergency. The emergency vehicles intervened directly on the runway for rescuers to board the plane immediately. Unfortunately, the…