ALERT Over 400 Flights canceled in the U.S. due to ADS-B navigation system issue

According to the FAA, “certain aircraft equipped with the Rockwell Collins GPS 4000-100 and select ADS-B out GPS receivers are indicating ‘ADS-B fail, unavailable, TCAS fail or transponder fail’ messages.” Aircraft without working transponders were directed to coordinate with the FAA before departure, a prior directive had instructed those planes not to fly above 28,000…

Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader killed at Kuala Lumpur airport in Feb. 2017, was a CIA Source

Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the CIA, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The newspaper cited an unnamed “person knowledgeable about the matter” for the report, and said many details of Kim Jong-nam’s relationship with the CIA remained unclear. It quoted…

ALERT Paris CDG and ORY airports received threatening messages “We will put a bomb in your airport”

The prosecutor of Créteil opened a judicial investigation after threatening messages targeting Paris airports Roissy and Orly were received. A judicial investigation was open after after threatening messages targeting Paris airports Roissy and Orly were received. Three e-mails were sent to the Paris Airport Group (ADP). Two of them mentioned Roissy CDG Airport, the second…

INCIDENT PIA flight delayed 7 hours at Manchester after a passenger mistakenly opened the emergency exit door thinking it was the toilet

A woman, aboard a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, sparked panic on Saturday after she mistakenly opened the emergency exit door thinking it was the toilet. The national flag carrier’s plane was on the runway at the Manchester Airport when she opened the emergency exit door. Consequently, aircraft’s airbag chute opened and 37 passengers had…