Rockets fired at Kabul airport have been intercepted by a missile defence system. About 5 rockets were fired in the Morning at Kabul Airport. Two of them have fallen in the nearby streets on a car & a house while three were intercepted by US CRAM (Counter Artillery, Rocket & Mortar) system. UPDATE White House confirms…
Biden vows more strikes against ISIS-K as new terrorist attack ‘highly likely’ within 24-36 hours. US President Joe Biden has promised to conduct additional strikes against Daesh-Khorasan fighters in Afghanistan, and indicated that the US deems the threat of a new attack on Kabul airport “highly likely” over the next 24-36 hours. “The situation on…
Explosion & gunfire at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. An explosion has taken place at the eastern gate outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, with gunfire underway and casualties and fatalities reported to local media. UDPATE US believes new attack on Kabul airport ‘highly likely’ in 24-36 hours – Biden. UPDATE UK…
An Alaska Airlines flight was evacuated after landing at Seattle-Tacoma Airport after a phone caught fire. The Boeing 737-900 was operating flight 751 from New Orleans to Seattle with 128 passengers and six crew members on board. Upon landing in Seattle, the cell phone fire was contained. The crew members extinguished the fire using a…
Taliban have blocked the road leading to Kabul Airport, the terrorist group’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, has stated. The spokesperson added that from now on, only foreign nationals will be allowed to travel to the airport – the only way out of the country not involving crossing Taliban checkpoints. Mujahid called on Afghanis, who had flocked…
Boxing champ Gervonta Davis is unhurt after he was involved in a private plane landing gear crash at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport on Saturday. The Gulfstream G-IV plane aborted its takeoff out of the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport after its landing gear had a malfunction while taking off shortly before 2 p.m, as reported by…
A Ukrainian plane that arrived in Afghanistan to evacuate Ukrainians has been hijacked by unidentified people who flew it into Iran, Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin said on Tuesday. “Last Sunday, our plane was hijacked by other people. On Tuesday, the plane was practically stolen from us, it flew into Iran with an unidentified…
An Aerosucre Boeing 737-200 was forced to make an emergency landing at Mitú-Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport, Colombia, with an open cargo door on 21st August 2021. The Boeing 737-200F with registration HK-5026 was performing a domestic cargo flight in Colombia. However, it returned to its origin airport after the main cargo door opened in…
A mother has given birth to a baby girl while she was on an evacuation aircraft fleeing from the Taliban in Afghanistan. The mother, whose identity has been kept anonymous, was on the second leg of her journey after fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and was aboard a US military plane travelling from a…
Travelers were urged to check with their airlines for possible delays after a problem shut down a runway at Hollywood Burbank Airport Friday morning. A departure runway at Hollywood Burbank Airport was closed after a plane that was being towed clipped the wing of a parked plane. According to airport officials, an American Airlines plane…
One of the tires of a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737 caught fire on landing at Oujda-Angad Airport earlier this week. The fire broke out from the left main landing gear immediately after the aircraft touched down on Oujda-Angad’s runway 06. The Royal Air Moroc Boeing 737-800, with registration CN-RNP, was operating a domestic flight…
The U.S. embassador has departed for the airport, taking the embassy’s flag with him, according to media reports. Taliban fighters made dramatic gains on Sunday, entering the outskirts of the capital, Kabul, as the US deployed troops to evacuate thousands of people, government officials said. UPDATE Evacuations have resumed from Kabul Airport after hours-long halt…