Former Facebook Executive Randi Zuckerberg has accused Alaska Airlines of allowing a first class passenger to sexually harass her. She alleges the harassment occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight from LA to Mazatlan, Mexico. Ms Zuckerberg posted a letter to the airline on her social media. Feeling disgusted & degraded after an @AlaskaAir flight where…
The Australian Minister for Defence, Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne have released a joint statement announcing a $A659 million ($US499 million, €423 million, £377 million) upgrade to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Edinburgh to help accomodate Australia’s fleet of new P-8A Poseidon. The Poseidon are being acquired as part of…
Several flights between Australia and Bali have bern diverted or cancelled due to volcanic ash. The Darwin VAAC lists the threat level at Orange and will release another Volcanic Ash Advisory no later than 1800Z. Jetstar has cancelled all Bali flights tonight and there will be delays as they assess the situation tomorrow. Volcanic ash…
Source: David Clark/News Corp The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released an interim report into the emergency descent of Air Asia QZ535 on 15 October 2017. The flight was on a A320-216, registration PK-AXD with 2 flight crew, 4 cabin crew and 146 passengers on board. The emergency descent brought the flight down from…
The Sydney Morning Herald has exclusively reported that Qantas will be using oil derived from mustard seeds for it’s bio-fuel flight between Australia and LA. The trial will be done on one of the new B787-9s. The move will cut carbon emissions by 20%. Qantas flight to show how biofuel cuts the mustard https://t.co/s0jxyrHwx8 |…
A single-engine AS350BA Squirrel helicopter owned by RotorLift Aviation has crashed at Hobart Airport just before 5:30pm local time. One person has died with another critically injured. RotorLift operates the Tasmanian Police helicopter, flies tours and does flight training. An eyewitness told media that the helicopter appeared to “nosedive towards the ground” from about 200…
The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) has issued a travel advisory for African-Americans travelling on American Airlines, stopping short of calling for a boycott. They advise that African-Americans “… exercise caution, in that booking and boarding flights on American Airlines could subject them disrespectful, discriminatory or unsafe conditions. This travel advisory…
Local media has shown video of practice landings by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). The aircraft landings involved the shutting down of an interstate highway by the South Australian Police (SAPOL) on 18 October. The landing practice was done with a C-27J Spartan from 35 Squadron RAAF…
Jetstar is investigating after a baggage handler was caught on camera going through passengers luggage on a Jetstar Asia plane at Phuket International Airport last Tuesday. The flight was to Singapore. Airport Security had iniated a sting operation which caught the 27yo handler. The handler worked for a 3rd party company called BAGS. He was…
Etihad flight 450 from Abu Dhabi to Sydney was forced to divert to Adelaide early Saturday morning. The diversion was due to a warning light coming on in the cockpit. The B777 landed at Adelaide around 4.50am local time. Adelaide Airport has a curfew between 11pm and 6am, excluding emergencies. Passengers were deplaned on the…
The Australian Army has conducted flight testing of a new piece of safety equipment designed for pilots. The Tactile Cueing System has been designed by Angus Rupert over the last 25 years. Mr Rupert is a medical researcher with the US Army and is a visiting Fulbright Scholar in Melbourne at Australia’s Defence Science and…
The investment arms of Boeing and jet Blue are helping fund start-up Zunum Aero, an electric-hybrid plane manufacturer. Zunum are designing and building 10-50 seat planes for trips of up to 1125km (700 miles). They aim to sell 10 seat electric-hybrid planes by 2022. The aircraft would travel at a speed of 545 km/h (340mph)…