A small plane towing a banner crashed in the ocean Friday during a lifeguard competition that turned into a real-life rescue along Southern California’s popular Huntington Beach. Corinne Baginski was at the beach for her 17-year-old daughter’s races in the junior lifeguarding division around 1:30 p.m. when she heard the sound of the aircraft slamming…
Thousands of baby chickens died Tuesday from excessive heat, found in a cargo warehouse by a Miami-Dade airport employee. The “employee found the shipment of baby chickens in an Alliance (Ground International) Cargo warehouse that had arrived that day on a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul” during a routine patrol, explained Greg Chin,…
Embraer’s latest aircraft, the E195-E2, made its debut landing at London’s iconic City Airport. London City Airport, United Kingdom, 22 July 2022 – After departing the Farnborough Airshow, Embraer’s latest aircraft, the E195-E2, made its debut landing at London’s iconic City Airport (LCY); demonstrating the aircraft’s steep approach capability. The visit, in anticipation of the…
A ‘drunk’ pilot has been arrested after flying his light aircraft from Florida to Missouri before landing on the interstate. John T. Seesing, 35, of Prairie Village, Kansas, landed a small aircraft on I-70 near Grain Valley around 2.45am on Friday. Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) said it believes Seesing was headed toward the Wheeler…
An airport worker was stabbed in the baggage claim area of San Francisco International Airport Tuesday morning and a person was detained in the case, police said. The stabbing was reported at around 4:55 a.m. Tuesday at airport Terminal 3. San Francisco police said officers arrived and found an adult male victim suffering from stab…
Airbus and CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, are collaborating to flight test CFM’s cutting-edge open fan engine architecture. The Flight Test Demonstrator aims to mature and accelerate the development of advanced propulsion technologies, as part of CFM’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engine (RISE) demonstration program, on board an…
Aer Lingus has decided to cull one of its flights to Shannon from Heathrow each day this week in order to meet the London airport’s cap on passenger numbers. The Irish airline had said on Friday that it would cut either one or two flights each day between Heathrow and Ireland as airlines scramble to…
Emirates has released an update on its row with Heathrow over the airport’s recent decision to cap daily passenger numbers over the summer. Last week the Gulf carrier had published a strongly worded statement condemning what it called the “entirely unreasonable and unacceptable” move by Heathrow, which Emirates said had given it just 36 hours…
Flights to and from Britain’s London Luton airport were temporarily disrupted on Monday after soaring temperatures caused a defect in its runway. Flights had been temporarily suspended “to allow for an essential runway repair after high surface temperatures caused a small section to lift” Flights have resumed at London Luton Airport following repairs after high…
Nearly 6 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in June. In a sign of the recovery of UK aviation, nearly 6 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in June, totalling 25 million passengers in the first six months of the year. Unprecedented growth in passenger numbers over the last four months matches what took place over the…
Six aircraft and 12 crew members from Henstridge, Somerset have completed a GPS portrait of Her Majesty the Queen in celebration of her Platinum Jubilee. More than 365 separate headings and six sections were flown across the south-west of England by the team, code-named ‘Art Force 1’. The six individual club aircraft belong to the…
British Airways asked travellers to consider postponing their summer holidays yesterday as the airline struggle to deal with demand. The UK’s flag carrier contacted passengers set to fly before July 25 asking them if they’d reschedule their flights free of charge. It asked passengers travelling in the next fortnight if they would like to reschedule…