Ukraine International Boeing 737-800 was not the first civil aircraft to be shot down by military action. Libyan Arab Airline flight On February 21, 1973, a Boeing 727 of Libyan Arab Airline, from Tripoli to Cairo was shot down by the army of the Israeli air above the Sinai desert. 108 of the 112 people…
Flights at Dubai International Airport were delayed on Saturday with some cancellations due to flooding. “Dubai Airports can confirm that due to heavy rainfall and flooding earlier today, Dubai International (DXB) is experiencing operational disruptions,” an official said. “We are working closely with our service partners to get back to full operations as soon as…
The flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800, which crashed on the outskirt of Tehran on Wednesday, will be downloaded in France, head of the accident investigation board of Civil Aviation Organization of Iran announced on Saturday. Hassan Rezaeifar said although Iran made use of all its facilities to…
Government statement blames ‘human error’ for the incident that left 176 people killed, including many Iranian citizens. Iran has announced that its military “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 on board. The statement on Saturday morning blames “human error” for the incident, adding that the military mistook Flight 752 for a “hostile…
In a statement from Qantas, flight QF2650, a Fokker 100 aircraft flew from Perth Airport to Newman Airport and landed at 7.15 am (local) in poor weather, before coming to a stop at low speed in the runway end safety area (approximately 50 metres past the end of the runway). “The aircraft has come to…
Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into a stolen mini-bus and suspected false imprisonment of three passengers at Dublin Airport. Shortly after 1am on Wednesday morning, an alarm was raised when a mini-bus was taken during an incident at Dublin Airport. It is understood that three passengers were in the bus…
A child has been found dead in the landing gear of an Air France plane landing at Paris CDG. The body of a “ten year old” child was found on Wednesday morning in the landing gear of an Air France plane from Abidjan. UPDATE The identity of the young Ivorian man found dead on Wednesday in…
U.S.-based Spirit Airlines has finalized a purchase agreement with Airbus for 100 A320neo Family aircraft. In October, the two parties had signed and announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the purchase of up to 100 of the aircraft – a mix of A319neo, A320neo, and A321neo – to meet the airline’s future fleet requirements.…
Qantas passengers have told ABC Australia of their experience flying through a fire induced weather system between Melbourne and Canberra. The flight went from daylight, to orange to pitch black in minutes. Passenger Matt McIntyre told ABC, “It just got greyer and greyer. All of a sudden just pitch black, and that’s when the plane…
Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed on Sunday they are reviewing a wiring issue that could potentially cause a short circuit on the 737 MAX. Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Sunday the U.S. planemaker “identified this issue as part of that rigorous process, and we are working with the FAA to perform the…
Air Canada Jazz #AC8684 to Saguenay lost the inside left main landing gear wheel on takeoff form Montreal yesterday. The Dash 8-300, with 49 passengers on board, returned to Montreal. Sparks were seen prior the incident.
2019 has been a rough a year for airlines with more than 20 airlines forced to shut down operations. Asian Express Airline (Tajikistan) – Ceased operations on January 13, 2019 Germania (Germany) – Ceased operations on February 5, 2019 Flybmi (United Kingdom) – Ceased operations on February 16, 2019 Insel Air (Curaçao) – Ceased operations…