Two flight attendants were treated on-site for smoke inhalation, and passengers were rebooked onto other flights. Two flight attendants were treated for smoke inhalation after a Lufthansa plane made an emergency landing in Chicago on Monday night following a “small fire” from a passenger’s overheated laptop. Pilots made the precautionary decision to land the plane…
The US has become the latest country to impose Covid testing on visitors from China, after Beijing announced it would reopen borders next week. Italy, Japan, Taiwan and India also announced mandatory tests, but Australia and UK said there were no new rules for travellers from China. After three years of being closed to the…
Amazon has begun delivering orders by drone. Amazon Prime Air is now operating in Lockeford, Calif. and College Station, Texas, delivering a small number of packages just in time for Christmas. In August of this year, the retail giant received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to use drones for package deliveries. The maximum payload…
Bob Jordan apologized to frustrated Southwest customers, and thanked employees working to get travelers where they need to go. Southwest Airlines pilots blamed poor planning for thousands of flights being delayed or cancelled over the weekend, resulting in massive frustration among passengers. No other airlines faced a large number of delays or cancellations. Bob…
An airplane carrying 50 passengers slid off the runway at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport last night after encountering icy conditions. The Rock Springs Police Department reports that around 9:40 p.m. officers responded to the airport to assist in the slid off. Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport Director Devon Brubaker said there appears to be no…
NASA’s InSight mission has ended after more than four years of collecting unique science on Mars. Mission controllers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California were unable to contact the lander after two consecutive attempts, leading them to conclude the spacecraft’s solar-powered batteries have run out of energy – a state engineers…
A fire on board a JetBlue Airways plane forced more than 160 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides at New York JFK Airport on Saturday. Emergency responders swarmed and evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport due to a smoking laptop, according to officials. “On Saturday, JetBlue flight 662 with service from Bridgetown, Barbados…
A decision is yet to be made about how exactly the three crew members will be brought back to Earth. Russia’s space agency says it is considering sending an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to bring home three crew members ahead of schedule, after their Soyuz capsule started leaking. The leak started…
A powerful Arctic winter storm has placed more than 135 million people under weekend weather alerts. Airlines canceled more than 2,400 US flights by 9 p.m. ET Thursday and proactively canceled more than 2,200 flights for Friday, according to the flight tracking site FlightAware. Even for Saturday, more than 125 flights were already canceled. Delays…
Two U.S. citizens were arrested for allegedly conspiring with Russian hackers to hack the JFK Airport taxi dispatch system to move specific taxis to the front of the queue in exchange for a $10 fee. The taxi dispatch system is a computer-controlled system that ensures that taxis are dispatched from the airport’s holding lot to…
Ukrainian President Zelensky has landed back in Poland on board a Boeing C-40B. After his visit to Washington to meet President Biden and address Congress, the Ukrainian President Zelensky has landed back Rzeszow Jasionka Airport, Poland. The Boeing C-40B taking Zelensky back home has landed at 11.30UTC. The traffic has been halted due to security…
Reports suggest the Russian President is fearing a potential strike from Ukraine so he devised an elaborate plan to keep the official travel itinerary secret. Few days ago, this was the first state visit organised by Putin to his ally Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, in three years. Putin was accompanied by a large…