BREAKING The FAA has slowed traffic to/from New York City airports due to reduced visibility from wildfire in Canada

Smoke from wildfires in Canada delayed flights at New York-area airports on Wednesday as haze blanketed the region and cut visibility. The Federal Aviation Administration “slowed traffic to and from the New York City area airports due to reduced visibility from wildfire smoke,” it said in a statement. The agency earlier halted flights bound for…

Jet2 #LS517 from Newcastle is declaring an emergency

Jet2 flight from Newcastle to Tenerife is declaring an emergency. Jet2 flight #LS517 from Newcastle to Tenerife is declaring an emergency and diverting. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. G-JZBK) took off from Newcastle, UK at 15:40 local time. The crew declared an emergency off North Spain coast. The aircraft is diverting to Porto, Portugal. UPDATE LS517…

REPORT Two planes forced to abort landings in San Francisco when a Southwest 737 crossed the both active runways

Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land. United Airlines and Alaska Airlines aircraft were forced to abort landing attempts at San Francisco International Airport due to a Southwest Boeing 737 crossing…