An Irish man on a Delta Air Lines flight from Dublin to New York is accused of refusing to wear a face mask, throwing an empty can that hit another passenger and pulling down his pants and exposing his buttocks to a flight attendant and others nearby. “During the approximately eight-hour flight, the defendant repeatedly…
Flight LOT #LO233 to Brussels declared an emergency. LOT #LO233 from Warsaw to Brussels has declaring an emergency in flight. The Embraer 190-200 suffered a pressurization issue forcing pilots to descent to 10,000ft. Passenger were asked to breath thru oxygen masks as the flight diverted to Dusseldorf.
On 20th January, United Airlines flight UA90 was forced to turn back and divert to Newark, after an altercation with cabin crew and two passengers. Two unruly passengers, decided to chance a free upgrade themselves to business class. The two passengers didn’t get permission to upgrade. An hour and a half into a New York…
Drones are becoming popular and for a good reason. They are a great way to get a birds-eye view of things and can be used for all sorts of commercial purposes. If you wish to become a drone pilot, this blog post is for you! It will discuss the steps you need to take to…
Stowaway found alive on cargo plane from Johannesburg on a cargo flight from South Africa, a stowaway was found alive at Schiphol on Sunday morning. A stowaway was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa on Sunday, Dutch military police have…
Two IndiGo planes avert mid-air collision over Bengaluru airport. Two IndiGo planes averted a mid-air collision over the Bengaluru airport just after their take-off on the morning of January 9, senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said. Officials of Directorate General of Civil Aviation said that two IndiGo planes (flight #6E455 from Bengaluru to Kolkata…
A plane slid off taxiway at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Friday night as winter weather hit parts of the southeast. There were no injuries in the 9 p.m. incident in which Delta Flight #DL5501 from Washington D.C landed safely N272PQ and rolled into the mud while taxiing. There were 13 passengers on the flight, which…
Two Ryanair planes had a near miss at Malaga airport two years ago, an investigation has concluded, almost colliding in what investigators have called a “serious incident”. The official investigation by Spain’s civil aviation authority yesterday revealed that an air traffic controller at the Andalucia airport had given one Ryanair flight permission to land on…
Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman ever to fly solo around the world. A Belgian-British teenager has flown into the record books by becoming the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. Zara Rutherford, 19, touched down at Kortrijk-Wevelgem airport in Flanders just after 1pm local time on Thursday, completing a 52,000km (28,100…
An American Airlines London-bound flight from Miami was forced to turn around Wednesday night after a couple refused to wear their masks. Flight 38 was about an hour and a half into its flight to Heathrow Airport when it circled back and returned to Miami International Airport. Publicly, American Airlines is only saying the flight…
A collision in the sky between two A350s after TCAS triggered. On January 6, 2022 at 23:04 UTC, automatic pilot of two Air Mauritius A350s suddenly changed their trajectories while flying over Sudan as the aircraft detected a risk of collision. Flight #MK015 from Paris and flight #MK042 were flying at 39,000 ft when they…
Airbus has announced plans to take on 6,000 extra staff over 2022 The hiring drive will take place worldwide with sites at Broughton and Filton expected to benefit. The aerospace giant was forced to cut the workforce when the pandemic hit as production levels were slashed. Broughton saw its staff numbers fall from around 6,000…