A Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717 collided with a ground equipment while taxiing at Kahului Airport in Hawaii. The Boeing 717-200 with registration N494HA was operating flight HA105 from Kahului to Honolulu, USA with 114 passengers and 5 crew members onboard. However, while the aircraft was being pushed back from Kahului’s gate 17, the aircraft began…
Flight operations are currently suspended due to heavier than forecast snow. Flights have been suspended at Glasgow Airport after UK temperatures dropped to minus 10C in some places overnight. The airport said “winter teams have been working through the night and we hope to resume operations as soon as possible”. At least two flights bound…
Munich airport suspends flights amid heavy snowfall. Heavy snowfall hit southern Germany on Friday night and continued on Saturday, causing major disruptions at Munich Airport, the second-busiest hub in the country. Heavy snow submerged the Bavarian capital, with public transport also suspended. Due to the continuing heavy snowfall, there will be no air traffic until…
The aircraft, believed to be participating in an aviation fair, smashed into the Madrid ring road on Friday morning. A helicopter crashed on a Madrid motorway ring road on Friday morning, hitting a car and leaving three people injured, shortly after taking off. One passenger was able to leave the smash on foot while the…
TUI flight to Las Palmas is declaring an emergency due to low fuel. The flight #BY1480 from Glasgow to Las Palmas is declaring an emergency. The Boeing 737 MAX8 attempted several landing attempts at Las Palmas Airport. The wind is currently gusting up to 21 kt from Southwest. The crew tried to land on both…
The first transatlantic flight by an airliner using pure sustainable aviation fuel (Saf) took off from Heathrow on Tuesday morning. The Boeing 787-9 took off from London Heathrow runway 27R. The flight landed at New York JFK 7 hours and 14 minutes later while cruising at 40,000ft. Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, Transport Secretary Mark…
London Heathrow Airport is dealing with NATS about a technical issue. Due to a technical issue with ATC systems at Heathrow (LHR), the airport will not be able to alternate runways as usual at 1500. The airport will remain taking off on the Northern Runway (27R) and landing on the Southern Runway (27L) for the…
The Captain of a Boeing 747 took pictures of Aurora Borealis. X’s user miami_rick shared incredible photos from flight through the Arctic circle. The Captain of a Boeing 747 was flying from 25 to 26 November, 2023 when he was surprised by Northern Lights. The aircraft was flying through the Arctic circle, over Iceland. This…
Flight MH0165 to KL Emergency Lands in India, 130 Passengers Held for Days Without Explanation, Food & Water. Passengers from flight MH165 initially heading to Kuala Lumpur from Doha, Qatar, on 24 November (Friday) are allegedly currently being held in Mumbai, India, after having their passports taken from them. Aubrey Leigh Rogers took to the…
A man causes panic on Southwest Airlines flight to Atlanta after jumping out emergency exit. A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight was arrested on Sunday night in New Orleans after allegedly escaping the plane through the emergency hatch and running away on the tarmac at the Louis Armstrong Airport. According to the Jefferson Parish…
Yesterday, TSA screened just over 2.9M individuals at airports nationwide, the busiest day ever for air travel. On Nov. 26, TSA screened just over 2.9M individuals at airports nationwide, which represents an agency record – the busiest day ever for air travel. Preliminary numbers from TSA show Sunday was a record day at airport checkpoints.…
Airports will close during the opening ceremony of Olympic Games 2024. On July 26, 2024, for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the airports of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Le Bourget and Beauvais-Tillé will be completely closed. This measure, announced by the National Federation of Aviation and its Trades, includes a ban on flying over Paris…