A LATAM flight was forced to return to proceed an emergency landing following a nose landing gear issue. The Airbus A320-200 (reg. CC-BAS) was performing flight LA4292 from Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE) to Cartagena-Crespo Airport (CTG) in Colombia. Shortly after takeoff, the pilots detected an issue with the nose landing gear. After notifying ATC,…
Starlink satellites sent into space by Elon Musk’s SpaceX are helping Ukrainian military drones destroy Russian tanks and army trucks, according to a report. A Ukrainian air reconnaissance specialist says his military has been operating drones specially fitted with thermal cameras that can detect Russian vehicles at night, according to the Times of London. The…
British Airways first flight to Sydney touched down in Sydney on 29 March at 0620. The London-Singapore-Sydney route has resumed almost two years since the airline was forced to suspend its popular Kangaroo Route in the early days of the pandemic. The route is converted from a Boeing 777 to the smaller but more comfortable…
Chayenne van Aarle was elected Miss Belgium 2022 on Saturday evening. The 22-year-old from Antwerp, who works as a flight attendant for Air Belgium, will be allowed to carry the title for a year. Chayenne van Aarle won the Miss Belgium 2022 pageant during a gala evening in Adinkerke. The Antwerp woman works as a…
A SpiceJet aircraft collided with an electric pole at the Delhi airport on Monday. The incident caused severe damage to both the plane and the pole. The collision occurred during pushback of SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 (reg. VT-SLJ). The aircraft received wing damage when it hit an apron light mast at Delhi Airport, India on flight…
The Ministry of Defence confirmed jets are being sent from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire to Romania as part of a “long-standing NATO mission” over the Black Sea region. Announcing the drill on Twitter, the MoD said: “The UK is committed to #NATO and European security”. The 4 deploying Typhoon jets from 3 (Fighter) Squadron are…
Two Turkish Air Force Airbus A400M military transport aircraft have been stuck in Ukraine as Russia invasion continues. Turkish transport planes arrived at the Boryspil International Airport outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv a few hours before the start of the Russian wild-scale invasion of Ukraine. Curently two Turkish A400Ms are seen at new sattelite images…
Gatwick has reopened its south terminal as the recovery from Covid-19 continues and Manchester airport is set to reopen its second runway. The airport has gone from offering 300 flights a day on Saturday to more than 500 today. Gatwick and its partners – including airlines, shops, cafes and bars – have spent months refurbishing,…
Dubai International Airport is preparing for an extensive runway closure next month. From April 9 until June 22, the Northern runway will be out of service for refurbishment. It will definitely have an impact on the operations of its major users, Emirates and flydubai, but by how much? DXB runway closure will hurt Emirates –…
The second “black box” has been recovered from the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed all 132 people on board last week, Chinese state media said Sunday. Firefighters taking part in the search found the recorder, an orange cylinder, on a mountain slope about 1.5 meters (5 feet) underground, state broadcaster CCTV…
A Belgian-British teenage pilot hopes to join his sister in the record books after starting his attempt to become the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small plane on Wednesday. With his parents looking on, 16-year-old Mack Rutherford took off from an airstrip west of Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in windy but…
New pictures from Russian forces at Gostomel Airport show the world’s biggest airplane destroyed beyond repair. The new pictures show the nosecone full of bullet holes as Gostomel airport has been the place of 3 battles. A video released from Russian MOD shows the Antonov An-225 intact in her hangar during the first assault by…