Heathrow today marks 70th anniversary on Tuesday with the unveiling of a series of plaques, each representing ‘an iconic moment of British culture’ from the past seven decades. Since the UK’s busiest airport began operations in 1946, over 20 million flights have taken off from the hub, serving more than two billion passengers travelling around the globe. Full story
The pilot of a small World War II fighter plane was killed after his aircraft crashed into the Hudson River. William Gordon, 56, was trying to crash land the World War II vintage P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft after experiencing mechanical issues when it went down on Friday. Gordon’s body was recovered from the aircraft around 10.30pm,…
Ground employee dies at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, Germany after becoming trapped between a DHC-8 & a tanker. pic.twitter.com/ORYflH0c2w — Air Disasters (@AirCrashMayday) May 21, 2016
Gatwick is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its first flight today with a look back at some of the famous faces who have passed through.Vintage pictures show Princess Diana in the control tower in 1988, Pope John Paul II kissing the ground in 1982, and John F Kennedy’s arrival in 1963, months before his assassination. The…
Two flight attendants are injured after a Southwest Airlines plane hit severe turbulence on its way from Boston to Chicago. Southwest officials: Flight 147 circled back to Boston’s Logan International Airport on Tuesday, just after midnight, because of the injuries. The plane had been in the air for about an hour. The injured flight attendants were…
Oslo police: Flight from Moss airport, Rygge, Norway to Manchester UK was evacuated just before take-off after two suspiciously acting passengers. The airline Ryanair said the evacuation was a ‘hoax security alert’ and the flight has now departed. Police: Two men arrested and no suspicious device found News reports: one man arrested was British and…
Lots of flights during May could be hit by strikes by cabin crew working for Thomas Cook. More than 1,000 crew began voting yesterday on industrial action over what they say are ‘dangerous’ cuts to break periods. Under the new rules by Thomas Cook, the cabin crews rest times have been halved to 20 minutes during an 11 hour…
Air Vallee Fokker 50, flight W21908 from Rimini with 21 people on board, was landing at Catania when the lower the nose gear wouldn’t retract and had a go around. The aircraft did land on its main gear about one hour after the go around. Passengers evacuated onto the runway, there were no injuries. Catania was closed but…
Metropolitan Police (London’s police) has said that a plane approaching Heathrow Airport in London today is believed to have been hit by a drone just before it had landed safely. The British Airways plane on arrival from Geneva was hit as it approached the runway around lunchtime with 132 passengers and five crew. Once the…
A pilot has reported that his aircraft was struck by a drone on approach to Heathrow Airport. The report was made to police at 12.50pm today from an inbound British Airways flight from Geneva. The flight landed safely at Heathrow Terminal 5. Initial inquiries determined that an object – believed to be a drone –…
Prosecutors say Abrini has admitted being the “man in the hat”, the third bomber seen in a video clip in the Brussels airport attacks. Key suspect Mohamed Abrini, who was wanted in connection with the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people last November, also was the third person in the CCTV image at Brussels…
US Police say a shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has killed at least two people. Spokesperson: Bear County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time. The Air Force base is the home of the US Air Force’s basic training programme. The…