FAA investigating after footage emerged of drone flying right above Frontier Airlines aircraft on final approach to Las Vegas

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident in which someone apparently piloted a drone right above a jet landing at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. The footage, uploaded to social media, shows the drone taking off from Whitney Park, a little more five miles away from the airport, but doesn’t detail when the…

ALERT A woman bites several flight attendants on board American Airlines #AA1033 after being restrained as she tried to enter the cockpit

A passenger on an American Airlines flight was charged Thursday after federal authorities accused her of attacking three crew members aboard the flight as it approached Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. Wednesday, as the flight fromDallas Fort Worth began to descend at the Charlotte airport, Harriott, who was seated at the rear of…

BREAKING Four killed in Mid-Air collision over southern Germany, involving rescue helicopter and small propeller aircraft

A small propeller aircraft has collided with a rescue helicopter near Philippsburg, Germany at around 1 PM local time. The small sport aircraft was flying from Basel to Speyer when it collided with a rescue helicopter, operated by DRF Luftrettung, Germany’s civil air rescue service, which was currently on a test flight. Karlsruhe police has confirmed…

KLM #KL685 to Mexico City suffered a birdstrike with engine #4 after takeoff from Amsterdam

KLM Boeing 747-400 (reg. PH-BFI) to Mexico City suffered a possible birdstrike on departure from Amsterdam and declaring issue with engine #4. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 15:50 KLM #KL685 Safely landed runway 27 at Amsterdam. Passengers will change to a spare aircraft. UPDATE 15:35 KLM #KL685 doesn’t require any additional assistance on arrival, fuel dumping…

BREAKING British Airways pilot of #BA2063 hauled off plane by armed police before takeoff ‘after colleagues smelt alcohol on him’

A British Airways pilot was removed from a plane just moments before take-off after colleagues reportedly feared he was drunk. According to The Sun, armed police were called as airline crew thought they could smell alcohol on him, it is claimed. British Airways Flight #BA2063, heading for Mauritius, was scheduled to leave Gatwick Airport at…