A Quick Alert Response (QRA) from Royal Air Force was launched today as Russian bombers flew off Norwegian and UK coasts. This morning NATO radars detected Russian Aircraft flying off Norwegian coasts. A Royal Air Force tanker took from from Brize Norton base as well as an E3-F Awacs for airborne radar detection. Two RAF Typhoons…
On website, WOW air has confirmed end of operations. Icelandic budget airline Wow Air has collapsed and gone out of business after failing to finalise an equity deal with investors. The Airline said ‘WOW AIR has ceased operation. All WOW AIR flights have been cancelled.’ Passengers are advised to check available flights with other airlines.…
A British Airways #BA174 declared an emergency and diverted to St. John’s due to fire alarm. The Boeing Boeing 777-200 (reg. G-ZZZA) with 209 people onboard operating flight #BA174 from JFK to London Heathrow was forced to divert to St. John’s during the night. The captain announced a potential fire in the forward cargo hold. Fire crews were on…
Fars Air Qeshm Boeing 747-281B (reg. EP-FAB) was damaged after cargo handling workers of Doha International Airport, Qatar mistakenly unloaded the cargo from the nose. The flight arrived from Tehran. It is the sole airworthy 747 Fars Air Qeshm. This aircraft is suspected to often carry weapons for IRGC to Syria.
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Ethiopian authorities have requested France assistance for the analysis of FDR & CVR. Please reaload the page for updates… UPDATE 4 Data from the black boxes of crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737MAX show ‘clear similarities’ with Lion Air Boeing 737MAX crash – Ethiopian Transport Minister says. UPDATE 3 Data from the FDR has been successfully downloaded by…
The Federal Aviation Administration says on March 13, 2019, the investigation of the #ET302 crash developed new information from the wreckage concerning the aircraft’s configuration just after takeoff. And with newly refined data from satellite-based tracking of the aircraft’s flight path, indicates some similarities between the #ET302 and #JT610 accidents that warrant further investigation of…
As of January 31, 2019, Boeing had 5,011 firm orders from 79 identified customers for the 737 MAX and the top three identified airline customers for the 737 MAX are: Southwest Airlines with 280 orders, Flydubai with 251 orders, and Lion Air with 201 orders. Tracking the Boeing 737 MAX 8 China has one of…
A security camera caught the final moments of Amazon Prime Air aircraft’s dive into a bay near Houston airport. The Boeing 767F appeared unable to pull up from its nosedive into Trinity Bay. The plane continued to plunge until it slammed into waters. The footage was recorded on Feb. 23 by a security camera outside the Chambers…
Passengers of Virgin Atlantic flight #VS610 from Bridgetown are being held on board the Boeing 747-400 after landing. The aircraft is parked at a remote area at London Gatwick Airport after it landed at 5.30. A passenger has reported being held on board for 2 hours after it had landed due to ‘sickness’ on board. Emergency…
Flights at Stansted Airport have been grounded due to an incident on the runway. Passengers have described seeing emergency services after a “loud bang” was reportedly heard on a flight heading to Vienna. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 6 London Stansted Airport is now open – operations are resuming – flight…
From 23.00 to 06.00, no planes can land or take off on Belgian territory. Skeyes said there are not sufficient personnel because a number of air traffic controllers have reported sick. However five Brussels Airlines flights will operate. Flights from Africa are delayed to land after 6.00 in Belgium. Around 10 to 15 cargo flights…