Body parts that could belong to passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, sources said Friday. Daniel Roche, who is fascinated by air plane accidents and has spent years combing the Bossons Glacier looking for…
Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and New South Wales Police carried out a counter-terrorism raid in several suburbs of Sydney late Saturday night 29 July 2017, with 4 men being arrested. Australian Prime Minsister Malcom Turnbull has confirmed that raids disrupted a plot to make an improvised explosive device and smuggle…
After ruling as “Queen of the Skies” for more than 40 years, the Boeing 747 made its last domestic run for United Airlines Friday night. The historic flight departed from Chicago O’Hare International Airport for San Francisco International Airport. United still operates international 747 flights to Europe and Asia, but ended regular domestic flights years…
Authorities in Romania have denied access to its airspace for a Russian flight that was headed to Chisinau in Moldova. Russia’s deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, was on board the passenger plane, which had to request an emergency landing in Belarus. Russia’s ambassador to Moldova, Farit Mukhametshin, who was waiting for Rogozin at Chisinau airport,…
NASA’s dreams of supersonic flight have stepped closer to reality, as the space agency prepares to begin tests at its Kennedy Space Center in Florida next month. But, for people who live in the surrounding area, this progress will come with a price – dozens of sonic booms, with as many as three per day for more…
Air France-KLM is buying almost a third of Virgin Atlantic, leaving Sir Richard Branson’s parent company, Virgin Group, with a minority stake in the airline he founded. Air France-KLM is taking a 31% stake, worth £220m, in Virgin Atlantic as part of a four-way joint-venture with US partner Delta. Virgin Group’s share will fall from…
The Port Authority Board of Commissioners today authorized $54.4 million to rehabilitate Runway 4-22 and associated taxiways at LaGuardia Airport to extend their useful life and ensure compliance with Federal Aviation Administration standards. Work on the 7,000 feet long and 150 feet wide runway will take place during nightly airport closures and extended weekend runway…
Christiaan van Heijst, 34, Dutch Pilot of a Boeing 747-8 Freighter took these breath-taking photos during a flight from Hong Kong to Baku in Azerbaijan on Sunday on an airway heading over the Himalayas. Van Heijst’s freighter aircraft was flying at over 32,000 feet when the missile blasted past overhead. Christiaan said: ‘Suddenly we noticed…
Indian pilot Anny Divya claims to have become the youngest woman in the world to captain a Boeing 777. The 30-year-old’s achievement has been widely reported in India, where she flies for commercial airline Air India. “From a child, I always wanted to be a pilot, although I didn’t have much guidance on how to…
When China Airlines received its seventh A350 XWB today, the carrier took possession of the 100th jetliner delivered from this newest family in Airbus’ industry-leading widebody product line. The milestone aircraft is an A350-900 version, joining China Airlines’ growing A350 XWB fleet – adding to the line-up of widebody A330s and A340s flown by the…
A teenager has been arrested at Stansted Airport on suspicion of terrorism offences. Officers from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, working with Counter Terrorism Policing South East, arrested the boy yesterday. The teenager, from the Kent area, was due on a flight leaving the UK. He was arrested around 4pm on suspicion of collection of…
A plane passenger was tackled by fellow travellers as he tried to open an emergency door on board a flight. About 30 minutes before landing the man “walked from the front of the plane and sat next to a woman by the emergency exit over the wing”, passenger David Salon said. “Suddenly he lunged across…