An airline worker has died on the tarmac at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The Austin Police Department says that at 2:02 p.m. April 20, officers responded to a crash incident at the airport. AUS communications had contacted 911 to request emergency services at the apron level of the aircraft area. An airline employee had been operating…
Quality management is an essential element of any successful aerospace organization. This industry must adhere to the strictest standards due to the nature of its operations, requiring total reliability and accuracy in every aspect. To ensure that these stringent requirements are met across all departments, quality management is necessary as it ensures compliance with national…
A Jet2 flight from Glasgow bound for Tenerife was forced to divert to Paro, Portugal after a passenger reportedly urinated in the cabin. The Boeing 737-800 with registration G-JZHT was operating flight LS155 from Glasgow to Tenerife South Airport on 13th April. According to the airline, the man was identified as Eric Forrest. The 55-year-old…
Clogged toilets on an Austrian Airlines plane forced the flight to turn back two hours into its journey. The Monday flight from Vienna to New York, typically an eight-hour trip, turned back after the crew found that five of the eight toilets on board couldn’t flush properly. Around 300 people were on board the Boeing…
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary says he is ready to quickly resume operations in Ukraine after the fighting ends. Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said the discount carrier is prepared to quickly resume operations in Ukraine once it becomes safe again to fly in the country. The carrier has hired about 60 Ukrainian pilots and about 80…
Southwest Airlines passengers are reporting the carrier’s flights have all been grounded due to an IT issue – seemingly affecting airports all across the country. Southwest Airlines flights have all been grounded over a technical issue currently affecting the carrier’s systems – which has already caused 795 delays. UPDATE Southwest Airlines resuming flights after brief…
In a new set of sanctions, the Canadian government plans to send a seized Russian Antonov An-124 aircraft, called the Ruslan, to Ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has announced that Canada has agreed to hand over an Antonov An-124 seized from the Russian cargo company Volga-Dnepr. Shmyhal stated that the agreement to transfer the…
New MAXAR satellite pictures show aircraft destroyed at Khartoum International Airport. Around 20 aircraft have been destroyed at the Khartoum International Airport (KRT/HSSK), Sudan due to the Unrest Prevailing there. Few of the Identified Aircraft (destroyed) are : A Saudia Airbus A330-343 (HZ-AQ30) A SkyUp Airlines Boeing 737-86Q(WL) (UR-SQH) Two Ilyushin Il-76 Aircraft One Antonov…
A French court on Monday acquitted Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus in a trial over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people. The court said that even if “errors” had been committed, “no certain link of causality” between those shortcomings and the accident “could be proven”. The two France-based companies…
The crew of a Saudia A330 that was destroyed during a military coup takeover at Khartoum International Airport were safe inside the terminal. Saudi Arabian Airlines released a statement confirming their aircraft was affected by the fighting as the lane was preparing to return back to Riyadh. Wishing the crew a safe outcome after being…
British Airways #BA65 to Nairobi is returning to London Heathrow after a 8 hour-flight. Following incident at Khartoum International Airport, British Airways decided to cancel flight BA65 to Nairobi. Air France, KLM, British Airways & Brussels Airlines suspended flights over Sudan. British Airways flight operations asked the crew of the Airbus A350-1000 to turn around…
Dad treated as ‘king’ by cabin crew for being the only passenger on Jet2 flight. A dad was gobsmacked when he turned up at the gate for his flight to discover he was the only person boarding the Jet2 plane. Paul Wilkinson, a project manager from St Annes, Lancashire, claims he was called a “King”…