The report said that some residents experienced up to 75dB. In a report published a week ago by the London Assembly Environment Committee, it said that some households already suffered noise levels about two thirds higher than the maximum recommended by the World Health Organisation, which says that aircraft noise above 45 decibels can be…
The FAA announcement that it halted flights into LaGuardia Airport due to air traffic control staffing shortages came the day after airline executives warned the shutdown is pushing the U.S. Aviation system to the “tipping point.” There is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving La Guardia Airport, New York, NY (LGA).…
A United passenger is suing the airline for allegedly covering up an incident last year that “nearly resulted in the loss of all life aboard.” Flight 931 from Chicago to London was forced to make an emergency landing in Goose Bay, Canada only a few hours into the journey after the windshield shattered, the cause…
An overweight passenger aboard a Taiwanese airliner forced flight attendants to remove his pants so he could use the toilet — then wipe his butt as he moaned in pleasure, according to reports. A flight attendant for EVA Air — which only employs female cabin crew — described the crappy duty the paunchy perv subjected…
A man has been fined £2,000 after he pleaded guilty to flying a model aeroplane near Heathrow Airport on Christmas Eve. Police said George Rusu, 38, was flying his fixed wing, model aeroplane at Heathrow at 3pm, just days after drone sightings had caused chaos for thousands of passengers at Gatwick airport. They arrested him…
Lionel Richie’s son has been cautioned by police after threatening to explode a bomb on a plane in a row with security staff at Heathrow airport. Miles Brockman Richie, 24, a model, also allegedly hit a security guard dring the clash at Terminal Five on Saturday morning. Richie was said to have got into an…
Detroit Metropolitan Airport reopened Wednesday morning after being shut down for 14 hours as icy weather moved through the area. The airport in Romulus closed around 8 p.m. Tuesday and reopened around 10 a.m. Wednesday. “Detroit Metropolitan Airport is now open,” airport officials said in a statement. “Weather conditions have improved enough to allow the…
Boeing yesterday successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype in Manassas, Virginia. Boeing NeXt, which leads the company’s urban air mobility efforts, utilized Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to design and develop the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and will continue testing to advance the safety and…
British Airways is to paint four of its aircraft in retro livery to celebrate its 100th birthday. The first to be given the makeover will be a Boeing 747 (reg.G-BYGC), which will get a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) design. This livery was originally used between 1964 and 1974. The aircraft is expected to leave…
A young man did not want his parents, aboard flight #U24319 from Lyon, to join him in Rennes. We now know more about the bomb hoax that forced an easyJet aircraft from Lyon to Rennes, to turn back last Friday after an anonymous call. “The author of the facts has been identified. It is a…
The kingdom of Bahrain will be opening an eco-friendly underwater theme park that will be the largest in the world. Spanning an area of more than 100,000 square meters, the eco-friendly destination will be the final resting place for a 70-meter decommissioned Boeing 747 aircraft, the largest plane ever to be submerged. The unique theme park…
The head of Jordan’s Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission Haitham Misto has expressed Amman’s objection against opening the newly constructed Ramon International Airport in its current location near the Red Sea resort of Eilat. The Times of Israel cites the official as saying that the facility, situated less than 20km from the key Jordanian port of Aqaba, violates “international standards regarding respect for the sovereignty of airspace and…