A New York mother claims her son died after he went into cardiac arrest on an American Airlines flight to Florida and the defibrillator on board was not charged. According to a recent filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District, Melissa Arzu and his son Kevin Greenidge traveled from San Pedro Sula,…
Vigo airport was forced to halt flight operations this Monday due to a new hole in the runway. The pothole was detected on Monday afternoon and activity on the runway was suspended around 7:00 p.m. Aena reported via Twitter that the repair work has already begun . The first estimates suggest that the terminal could…
A video showing screws coming loose on a plane that was in mid-air has been doing the rounds on social media. In the video, you see one passenger point their camera out the window and zoom in on the left wing of the plane which has three screw shaking free. The flight is performed by…
Virgin Orbit has paused all its operations amid reports the company is furloughing almost all of its staff amid an attempt to find a funding lifeline. The satellite launch company confirmed last Thursday it was putting all work on hold, but it didn’t specify for how long. “Virgin Orbit is initiating a company-wide operational pause,…
An aircraft plane piloted by a Queens assemblyman made an emergency landing along Long Island’s Shoreham Beach after experiencing an engine malfunction. Assemblyman Clyde Vanel said he landed the airplane at the nearest safe location while he was out practicing maneuvers in his airplane. A video shows the plane making the emergency landing on Long…
The Home Office has outlined plans for the former Royal Air Force base at Scampton to become a detention centre for thousands of refugees. The former RAF Scampton is a historic heritage site. Many of the buildings were built in the 1930s and are listed. In 1943 it was home to Guy Gibson and his…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow. The plane of the Chinese leader landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport at about 12:59 Moscow time. The plane carrying Xi Jingping and his delegation has just landed on Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow & will meet with Putin later
Passengers on a recent SkyWest flight from Los Angeles to Houston, Texas, were delayed for over an hour after the flight attendants reportedly got into an argument and refused to work with each other. Ashley Brewer, an anchor on ESPN, tweeted on March 12 that her flight was delayed for a rather unusual reason. “Guys.…
A picture emerged showing two pilots from Indian airline SpiceJet celebrating Holi-Phagwa (festival of colours) inside the cockpit. Celebrating Holi irresponsibly while operating a flight has led to two SpiceJet pilots getting grounded. While having gujhiyas on a Delhi-Guwahati flight last Wednesday, the two had kept a cup of beverage over the flight deck’s centre…
A Condor flight made a U-turn over the Azores before returning to its departure point. The Boeing 767 performing flight #DE800 departed Frankfurt in Germany to cross the Atlantic for a 10-hour flight to Pointe à Pitre. But 4 hours into the flight, the crew had to do a U turn over the Azores, in…
There have been at least six significant close calls at airports so far this year, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a recent close call between two planes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. At around 8:30 a.m. on March 7, Republic Airways Flight 4736…
The FBI is looking for an alleged helicopter thief, who tried to steal a helicopter. The incident happened at Sacramento Executive Airport in California. A person tried to steal a helicopter from a California airport Wednesday and crashed the aircraft in the attempt, officials said. The trespasser broke into several choppers at Sacramento Executive Airport…