Iran has sent the black box of a Ukrainian passenger plane which was accidentally downed in Tehran earlier this year to France. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said the black boxes were taken to Paris on Friday and would be read on Monday. Iran initially denied responsibility for the incident, which came amid heightened tensions with…
Police are at Oslo Airport after a bomb threat against a Ryanair plane that came from Stansted airport in London. The plane has landed safely. According to police, the plane received the bomb threat while it was in the air. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE A 51-year-old British man has been arrested. He…
A plane carrying aid to the flood victims in Beledweyne and other parts of the region has crashed in Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiran region, Somalia. The plane crashed at Beledweyne airport, carrying aid from Djibouti The three crew members were rescued. According to local sources the aircraft ID was 5Y-VVU, a 1999 built…
An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing after a black passenger threatens to kill everyone on board if they don’t “accept that Jesus was a black man”. An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington on Saturday after a passenger threatened to…
A flight from Krakow to Dublin was forced to land after a note was discovered in a toilet claiming there were explosives on board. The Ryanair flight was diverted to Stansted Airport where Essex Police officers were carrying out checks. Ryanair’s FR1902 flight left Krakow in Poland for Dublin at about 4.30pm. Two RAF Typhoon…
Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown. Iranian investigators are blaming a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their commanders for the Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing 176 people. The report released late Saturday by Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization comes months after the crash. The shootdown happened…
An IndiGo flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to Kashmir, India was rocked by severe turbulence on Saturday, causing people on board to scream in terror. The IndiGo flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to Kashmir, India on Saturday encountered severe turbulence ten minutes from touchdown when the plane began to shudder. A constant low-level shaking that…
A flight attendant employed by American Airlines died during a recent flight, the airline announced. Joe Tormes, a flight attendant based in St. Louis, passed away suddenly on July 5. Tormes was working a flight with his wife Elsa Jett-Tormes when he died, airline officials told employees in a letter The steward had worked for…
Four flight attendants were evaluated at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshal Airport Friday morning after a Spirit Airlines flight reported a medical emergency. The Baltimore-bound flight 614 from Minneapolis-St. Paul landed safely at BWI following a report of a medical emergency. The BWI Marshall Airport Fire and Rescue Department responded to the report of possible sick individuals…
Pakistan International Airlines 34 more pilots licenses’ were suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for allegedly holding holding fake degrees. According to a notification issued by the aviation authority, licenses will remain suspended till the inquiry against the pilots has not been completed. Separately, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Tuesday ordered…
A Delta Airlines A319 (reg. N342NB) bound for New York’s LaGuardia Airport was diverted on Monday night after it sustained damage to its nosecone. The flight #DL1076 from Palm Beach, Florida, landed safely at JFK Airport just before 7 p.m. The incident occurred when flying through intense hail. The FAA is investigating. You can watch…
The pilots of a China Airlines Airbus A330 had to switch to manual braking during a landing in Taipei because three computer systems lost power simultaneously, reports said Friday (July 3). As a result, the plane came to a halt just 9 meters from the end of the runway at Taipei Songshan Airport, according to…