The US Fleet Forces Command released several photos showing large debris of the balloon being hauled into a boat. The balloon was retrieved off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a day after being shot down by a fighter jet. The military shot down the balloon Saturday with a missile fired from an F-22…
Emirates flight form Dubai to Brussels diverted to Iraq. Pilots of the Boeing 777-300ER declared an emergency while flying over Iraq. The aircraft (reg. A6-EQC) performing flight #EK181 from Dubai to Brussels was forced to land in Erbil, North of Iraq due to a medical emergency. The plane stayed 1h30 on the ground and is…
One year ago, the Antonov An-225 made its last flight, returning to Gostomel Airport, Ukraine. One year ago, the Antonov An-225 made its last flight, returning from a flight from China to Denmark to deliver 90 tons of Covid-19 test kits, for an engine repair. But on February 24, 2022, Russian tactical-assault units landed at…
A water bombing plane has crashed while fighting two raging bushfires in a southern region of Western Australia. The Boeing 737-3 with two people on board went down over the Fitzgerald River National Park on Monday at around 4.40pm (WST) and crashed in the forest between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. Both pilots survived the crash and…
China has confirmed that a balloon flying over Latin America is Chinese, after a similar device was shot down by the United States over the weekend. “It has come to be understood that the relevant unmanned airship is from China,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a briefing, saying the device “seriously deviated from its…
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Turkiye has damaged the airport in Turkish Hatay province. A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria today, killing more than 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region. The earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on Monday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.…
Lufthansa and Air France-KLM are circling collapsed UK regional airline Flybe to try to obtain its take-off and landing slots at London’s Heathrow Airport. Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday the two airlines were in talks with the administrators of Flybe, which a week ago ceased trading and went into insolvency for the second time…
All flights have been cancelled at Istanbul Sabiha Airport due to snow. All flights until 06.00 tomorrow have been cancelled today. A passenger complained to Anadolujet that three flights were cancelled but only one person of the airline was at the airport to deal with the cancelled flight. A 50% flight reduction has been taken…
Russians flying from Phuket to Moscow were stuck at the airport for more than four hours. An Azur Air Boeing 767-300 operating flight #ZF3604 from to Moscow to Phuket, Thailand rejected its take-off run at high speed on runway 09 due to engine issue. At first there was the usual soft movement with acceleration, then…
Two planes came close to colliding when a FedEx plane was forced to overfly the Southwest plane to avoid a crash. The Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an aborted landing in Austin, Texas, on Saturday morning by a FedEx cargo plane that had been set to land on…
A Qantas A380 will be soon back in service. A Qantas A380 has left long storage in California. The aircraft (reg. VH-OQL) has left Victorville in California, in storage since the pandemic, to reach Los Angeles. From there, the plane flew to London Heathrow then to Abu Dhabi. It is now reaching its Sydney home…
A US military fighter aircraft shot down the Chinese spy balloon that had been floating across the country’s airspace Saturday as it moved beyond the shores of South Carolina and over the Atlantic Ocean. The FAA restricted airspace to 60,000 feet over the Carolinas and paused departures to Wilmington, Myrtle Beach, and Charleston airports. US…