BREAKING Pensacola International Airport is being evacuated due to a “potential threat”

The terminal at the Pensacola International Airport has been shut down Thursday morning as authorities investigate a “potential threat.” “Pensacola Police and Airport staff are currently investigating a potential threat on site,” the airport says in a release. “At this time the airport terminal is closed to passenger traffic. Please stand by for more information…

Authorities have closed Guatemala’s international airport as volcanic ash blanketed planes and runways

Guatemalan authorities have closed Guatemala’s international airport as volcanic ash blanketed planes and runways on Tuesday. Guatemala City’s La Aurora International Airport was temporarily closed after unfavorable wind conditions carried ash from the nearby and active Pacaya volcano its way, according to Guatemala’s Civil Aviation Authority. The Civil Aviation Authority announced the closure on Twitter,…

INCIDENT Air India Express ATR-72 experienced a major bird strike during the descent

An Air India Express ATR 72-600 received sustainable damage to its right-hand wing after a large bird impacted and penetrated the wing-to-body fairing. The ATR 72-600, with registration VT-RKM, was performing flight 9I-714 from Chandigarh Airport to Dharamsala-Kangra Airport, with 45 passengers on board. Although the bird collided some 38 km away from Dharamsala airport,…