Spokesmanof the group Orano (ex-Areva) said two drones flew over over nuclear plant of La Hague, France. The action has been claimed by Greenpeace France: “Greenpeace has demonstrated, once again, that French nuclear facilities are not sufficiently protected against the risks of external aggression,” said Alix Mazounie. The agency has published photos of the orange smoke…
Transavia flight #TO411f rom Paris to Tunis was forced to divert to Nice (South of France) in the afternoon of Thursday, January 24, to disembark a violent passenger. A passenger (around 30 years old) has been violent towards the flights attendant and tried to enter the cockpit. The Tunisian man also tried to make a prayer and shouted “allahu…
A Southwest Airlines jet became disabled at an intersection on a runway at Boston’s Logan Airport Wednesday morning. The problem was due to a nose wheel issue on the plane, a MassPort spokesperson said. A crane is working to remove the Boeing 737.
Air Algérie flight suffered an engine issue while landing on runway 24L at Montreal Airport, Canada. The aircraft (reg. 7T-VJG) experienced compressor stall in its left engine as it was landing on runway 24L at Montreal Airport (CYUL), Canada. The Boeing 767-300 was on ferry flight from Shannon.
A ground stop has been issued for flights to Newark Airport after two drones were spotted over Teterboro Airport Tuesday evening, FAA officials said. The drones are no longer in the airspace and flights have resumed at Newark Airport, but there is a ground stop for planes headed to Newark from other airports until they…
Two people died Monday morning in a DC-3 crash near Kidron, located in Wayne County, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities said the crash happened at 11145 Hackett Road in Kidron just after 9am. Investigators say the plane had just taken off from Stoltzfus Airfield headed to Akron-Canton Airport. Investigators said the two people…
All Nippon Airways is investigating an incident at Osaka after both engines of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner shutdown simultaneously. On January 17th, flight #NH985 from Tokyo Haneda to Osaka Itami with 118 members onboard was rolling down the runway after landing when the pilots deployed the thrust reversers to slow down the aircraft. The pilots then noticed both Rolls-Royce Trent…
Aeroflot #SU1515 from Surgut to Moscow diverted to Khanty Mansiysk with reports of hijack attempt. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. VP-BRR) diverted to Khanty Mansiysk after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit. A passenger was demanding to be flown to Afghanistan. The flight crew managed to persuade the passenger demanding the change to land in Khanty-Mansiysk for refuelling. The passenger (named Pavel, 41…
A massive search operation is underway in the English Channel for a plane that has gone missing with two people on board. Rescue teams were scrambled after the aircraft disappeared from radar near the Channel Islands on Monday night. Argentinean media have published a chilling audio record of Emiliano Sala telling his friends on WhatsApp…
A medical emergency followed by a mechanical problem left passengers on a United Airlines flight stuck for 14 hours on the tarmac of Goose Bay airport, Canada. United Flight #UA179 had taken off late Saturday from Newark, New Jersey en route to Hong Kong with some 250 passengers on board. When a passenger suffered a…
An airliner was forced to make an emergency landing in Russia today after passengers began complaining they were “suffocating”. Panic swept through the cabin of the Ural Airlines flight from Moscow to Dubai about one hour 25 minutes into the journey. One described it as “some kind of plague” and another claimed sickly passengers had…
Syrian state media on Sunday accused Israel of conducting a rare daylight missile attack in and around Damascus, triggering the country’s air defenses. Local Syrian media said the targets of strike were in Damascus International Airport and in the town of al-Kiswah, south of the capital. The Russian military, which is allied with Syrian dictator…