A Qantas flight bound for Sydney from Auckland has landed safely after a mayday alert was issued over an engine issue. A Qantas spokesperson said the aircraft experienced an engine issue about an hour from reaching its destination. The flight departed Auckland at 2.30pm local time after it was delayed by more than 55 minutes.…
The family’s calamities are part of a deadly pattern of aviation disasters in Nepal. Captain Anju Khatiwada, who died in plane crash Nepal, decided to become a pilot after her husband died in a plane’s accident back in 2006. Rescuers on Monday recovering the body of a victim who died in a Yeti Airlines plane…
Eighteen people including two children and the Ukrainian interior minister Denis Monastyrsky have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Kyiv, police said. The helicopter came down near a kindergarten in Brovary, a suburb of the capital, early on Wednesday. UPDATE Kyiv Oblast Governor said that as of 10:30 am, 18 killed, including 3 children,…
Arctic Ocean missile carriers complete mission. Two Tu-160 strategic carriers flew over icy waters for 10 hours, with the Russian Defence Ministry stressing the flights of the Russian Aerospace Forces were conducted within the parameters of intl law. The Tu-160 strategic bomber first flew in 1981. In 2015, the Defence Ministry announced the launch of…
Plane carrying about Ukrainian soldiers landed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma regional airport to begin training on the Patriot missile system. Roughly 100 Ukrainian troops arrived on U.S. soil yesterday evening. They’ll soon begin training on the Patriot missile system at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Ukrainian President says the system will make a significant difference in bolstering…
A Russian fighter jet was scrambled on Monday to accompany a German patrol plane over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Russian airspace control detected a target approaching the Russian state border over the Baltic Sea and a Su-27 fighter took off in response, the ministry said in a statement. After identifying the…
The engineer who made the error did not realize what had happened. Tens of thousands of travelers were left stranded Wednesday after the FAA sent out a tweet at 7:20 a.m. ordering the airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. ET “to allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety…
A runway incursion occurred at New York JFK Airport during the night. A American Airlines Boeing 777 crossed the runway while a Delta Boeing 737 was taking off. Flight operations at JFK airport last night were departing runway 4L and arriving on runway 4R. American Airlines flight #AA106 to London Heathrow crossed the runway 4R…
A plane with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal Sunday morning according to an army spokesman and reports. The Yeti Airline ATR-72 – reg. 9N-ANC – was carrying 68 passengers and 4 crew members when it crashed near Pokhara International Airport, the Kathmandu Post reported, citing an airline spokesperson. Please upload the page for…
British Airways flight #BA2263 to Kingston was forced to return to London Gatwick. The British Airways Boeing 777-200ER – reg. G-YMMD – took off from London Gatwick on time at 13.28 local time. After passing over Ireland, after almost 2 hours into the flight, the crew decided to turn around and circled West of Ireland…
The flight St. Petersburg – Murmansk was supposed to take off today at 9 am, but the plane skidded off taxiway. Rossiya Sukhoi Superjet 100 (reg. RA-89148) skidded off taxiway “Bravo” before lining up on runway 10L. As a result, the flight was canceled, passengers were evacuated back to the airport. People were simply sent…
One of the runways has been closed at Amsterdam Airport after a Delta flight landed short of runway. Today, Delta Airlines flight inbound to Amsterdam from Detroit touched down short of runway 22 (Schiphols shortest runway) damaging several runway lights. The flight #DL134 was on approach for runway 22, when both the main landing gears…