A passenger was stabbed by another man on a British Airways flight to the Caribbean. The BA flight 2159 departed Gatwick for St Lucia, with a brawl breaking out around one hour and 20 minutes before landing. The fight kicked off when one passenger, amid an argument, lost his temper and stormed to the kitchen…
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is facing a significant reduction in its operations following a ruling by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal. The Dutch government has won a legal battle to reduce the number of flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, in a blow to the airline industry which fought against the rare attempt to curb air traffic…
A private Antonov An-2 has crashed into trees immediately after takeoff from a grass strip at Vårgårda, Sweden. The aircraft (reg. SE-KCE), built in 1981 has crashed into trees immediately after getting airborne. The pilot and 4 passengers survived with only minor injuries. The pilot Kjell Brattfors said that he has flew this type of…
An Air Canada aircraft escaped a large scale fire after a ground vehicles caught fire. Montreal firefighters were called to the grounds of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport Sunday afternoon after a fire erupted on the tarmac. The Boeing 777-300 was at the gate at Montreal-pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) on Sunday Afternoon. The…
Footage filmed on a Ryanair plane from Malta to London Stansted shows two passengers fighting while others try to separate them. This is the chaotic moment a fight broke out on a Ryanair flight during an alleged row over seats on the plane. A passenger who was on the flight from Malta to London Stansted…
US President is landing at London Stansted, all inbound flights are on hold due to security reasons. US President Joe Biden departed on Sunday on a three-nation trip that will be dominated by a NATO summit in Lithuania aimed at showing solidarity with Ukraine in its fight against Russia while not yet accepting Kyiv as…
Two FlySafair Boeing 737 did a fly past at Loftus Versfeld in South Africa. On the 8th of July low-cost airline FlySafair performed a fly past over Loftus Versfeld Stadium with two Boeing 737 in support of the Springboks before Rugby Championship campaign at the opening match against Australia. “Our dedicated flyover team at FlySafair has been planning…
Norse Atlantic Airways flight to Los Angeles returned to London. The Boeing 787-9 (reg. G-CKOF) took off from London Gatwick at 13:17 BST to North. The aircraft climbed to 26,000 ft and entered a first holding pattern North of Cambridge before returning. Pilots descended to 7,000 ft off the UK East coast probably to dump…
On 5th July 2023, an easyJet flight from Lanzarote to Liverpool was delayed by about two hours after the captain asked 20 passengers to leave the aircraft because it was overweight. The Airbus A320-200 with registration G-EZTL was scheduled to depart as flight U23364 at 9:45 p.m. local time but was delayed due to strong…
An Air Algerie Airbus A330-200 suffered multiple tire bursts following a series of trial touch-and-go and aborted takeoff tests on the newly renovated runway at Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport in Algeria. The Airbus A330-200 with registration 7T-VJY, was carrying out a series of tests on the newly renovated Algier’s runway 09/27. During one of the…
Two late passengers jumped from air bridge at Sabiha Gökçen airport in Istanbul. The AnadoluJet A321neo was already making the pushback to Tel Aviv when two people arrived late. The aircraft (reg. TC-LTU) was operating flight TK7708 from Sabiha Gökçen airport in Istanbul. The two people jumped from the air bridge hoping to board the…
Wind speed reaching 146 km/h caused the temporary closure of Amsterdam Schiphol Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at Schiphol airport after the Netherlands’ strongest summer storm on record slammed into the Dutch coast. The high winds, heavy rain and poor visibility led to the cancellation of about 400 flights at Schiphol airport, one of…