The second “black box” has been recovered from the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed all 132 people on board last week, Chinese state media said Sunday. Firefighters taking part in the search found the recorder, an orange cylinder, on a mountain slope about 1.5 meters (5 feet) underground, state broadcaster CCTV…
Search area to be expanded in hilly and forested crash site, where constant rain and landslide fears are making recovery efforts more difficult More than 10km (6.2 miles) from where China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 crashed, a farmer has found what he suspects to be a piece of aircraft debris, indicating the vast expanse of…
Authorities have yet to declare the number of victims, but there has been no sign so far that any of the 132 people onboard had survived. Investigators still do not know why the plane suddenly entered a near-vertical dive in southern China on Monday. But the recovery of the intact cockpit voice recorder is hoped…
A Qatar Airways Airbus A350 en route to Doha was forced to divert to Karachi after cargo hold smoke indication. The A350 was performing a flight from Delhi to Doha as flight QR-579 when the occurrence forced it to divert to Karachi. The aircraft was met by emergency service in Karachi, and they found evidence…
The China Eastern Airlines jet that crashed Monday was diving at close to the speed of sound in the moments before it slammed into a hillside, according to a Bloomberg News review. Such an impact may complicate the task for investigators because it can obliterate evidence and, in rare cases, damage a plane’s data and…
China authorities have found one of the two black boxes belonging to the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed on Monday, according to an official of the aviation regulator. UPDATE CAAC official said in #MU5735 press conference that based on preliminary inspection, the black box found today is the Cockpit Voice Recorder. It has…
A Jet2 flight heading from Manchester to Turkey was forced to divert to Vienna after an “out of control” woman became disruptive and slapped other passengers. A plane was forced to divert after an “out of control” woman became aggressive and allegedly slapped another passenger on board. The Jet2 flight headed to Antalya, Turkey left…
China’s aviation authority said Monday that a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane had crashed with 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and nine crew members. Contact was lost with the flight over Wuzhou, in the Guangxi region, the authority said. It was scheduled to fly from Kunming to Guangzhou in the southeast…
Air Serbia #JU652 inbound Russia quickly returned to Belgrade. The crew was informed of a bomb threat and immediately turned around and returned to Belgrade. The Airbus A330 (reg. YU-ARB) was performing flight #JU652 from Belgrade to Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport. Please reload for updates… UPDATE There were a total of 209 passengers and crew…
British Airways has cancelled all short-haul flights from Heathrow Airport until midday on Saturday. BA apologised for the cancellations, caused by ongoing technical issues. All long-haul services at Heathrow and all flights at Gatwick and London City Airport are due to operate as planned, but customers may experience some delays, the company warned. Anyone due…
Ukraine closed its airspace to civilian flights on Thursday because of military activities. Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a military operation in eastern Ukraine in what appeared to be the start of war in Europe. Please reload the page for updates… Presidential advisor says Hostomel (Gostomel) Airport is under control of Ukrainian Forces and that…
On Sunday, huge balloons fell on top of a GOL Boeing 737 and a supply truck at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo. Operations were temporarily suspended at the site while the balloons were secured—one of the balloon parts tangled up in the wing of a GOL Boeing 737. As seen in videos shared on…