Cape Air confirmed that a flight from Boston carrying six passengers and one pilot crashed while attempting to land at Provincetown Municipal Airport. Provincetown Town Manager Alex Morse said that there were no fatalities. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injuries to those involved in the crash. The plane came down…
Passengers on a flight out of Fort Lauderdale this week had to be evacuated after a woman allegedly made a false bomb threat when she arrived too late to catch the plane. Marina Verbitsky, 46, arrived with her husband and child at the gate late for the family’s flight out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport…
The German national team are “fine” after their plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Edinburgh on the way back from Iceland. The KlasJet flight left Reykjavik at 2am following Germany’s 4-0 win over Iceland and was heading to Frankfurt but got into difficulty approximately three miles west of Arbroath. The Boeing 737-500…
Aer Lingus flight #EI123 encountered engine problems while takeoff to Chicago. Aer Lingus A330 suffered an engine problem during takeoff. The aircraft (reg. EI-FNG) lined up to runway 28L at Dublin when crew switched to full thrust to takeoff. But a loud band and lost of thrust forced pilots to reject the takeoff. A full…
Emirates will welcome their last three A380s this November, bringing forward the delivery timeline from June 2022. The UAE-based carrier is the largest operator of A380 and intends to fly the superjumbos for two more decades. While many other airlines are retiring some or even all of their A380s after the pandemic, Emirates will still…
A 9-month-old girl aboard an Afghanistan evacuation flight died soon after the plane landed in Philadelphia on Wednesday night, according to city police. Investigators said the baby girl suffered a medical emergency on a Philadelphia-bound flight that was carrying Afghan evacuees. When the flight landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 9:16 p.m. Wednesday, the girl…
Earlier in August, a Cessna 172 was struck by a police-operated drone during the final approach into Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport, Ontario. The DJI Matrice 210 drone caused “major damage” to the Cessna 172, operated by Canadian Flyers International. The flight instructor and an aviation student were on board the aircraft. The mid-flight collision happened…
Travel on the east coast has been halted by storm. Air travel seems to be affected the most. New york city airports, LaGuardia and JFK seem to be the most affected ones, with many flights being temporarily or even permanently cancelled. Not just aviation, but travel, in general, seems to have been affected by the…
A man was caught on camera screaming, yelling, and getting violent at the American Airlines terminal at Miami International Airport Friday. Miami-Dade police say the man was a veteran in crisis. The man can be seen screaming at airport staff, knocking down barricades, kicking a sign and then gets physical. Police responded and apprehended the…
A Cargojet Airways Boeing 767-300BCF, with registration C-GUAJ, was engaged in a tailstrike during take-off from Tokyo Narita International Airport on 29th August. The Boeing 767 freighter was departing as flight W8-1328 bound to Vancouver when it suffered the tailstrike during rotation for takeoff. Only two crew members were onboard the cargo flight. As reported…
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…