The plane with ten tons of silver, platinum and diamonds lost part of its cargo after taking off from Yakutsk airport today. The Nimbus Airlines Antonov An-12 cargo suffered problems during takeoff. Part of the cargo fell out of the hold all over the runway. The plane then dropped some bars of silver as far…
United Airlines has apologised to a passenger and taken full responsibility after the death of a 10 month old French Bulldog puppy in an overhead bin. The puppy was on board flight #UA1284 between Houston and LaGuardia. The puppy, Kokito, was in an approved TSA carrier that was small enough to go under the airline…
A family is mourning the loss of their bulldog after a United Airlines flight attendant forced its owner to put the puppy in an overhead bin. The family’s 10-month-old pet apparently suffocated during the three-hour flight from Houston to New York on Monday. The dog’s owner, Catalina Castano, was traveling with her pet to New York’s LaGuardia…
A helicopter that crashed Sunday evening in Manhattan’s East River, killing all five passengers aboard, has been pulled from the water. The NTSB tweeted that the helicopter is being taken to a secure facility for further examination.
As the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was about to start, fighter jets were scrambled with orders to shoot down a hijacked plane that threatened the 40,000 spectators, President Vladimir Putin has just revealed. Putin recalled that on February 7, 2014 just as he was setting off for Sochi’s Fisht Stadium, where 40,000…
The CEO of London Heathrow Airport John Holland-Kaye is worried about other European Airports like FRAPORT taking a market share trying to compete with LHR. He said: “Today’s figures show that Heathrow is filling up fast – if we don’t act soon to expand our nation’s global gateway, the UK will only fall further behind…
A passenger at Brisbane Airport set of a security screen today causing a security scare. The scare resulted in passengers on 11 flights that had already been boarded to deplane and go through security again. The re-screening componded delays caused from this morning’s Sydney Airport technical issue. ⚠UPDATE: Security matter has been resolved without incident.…
A man was arrested after he ran onto the runway at Los Angeles International Airport. Police say the man most likely scaled a fence, and he was caught minutes after being spotted.
A search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is expected to complete its survey by mid-June, the Southeast Asian nation said on Saturday, as families marked the fourth anniversary of one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. Malaysia agreed to pay U.S. firm Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it found the plane within 90 days.…
Following the previously announced changes to the A380 and A400M delivery plans, Airbus (stock exchange symbol: AIR) confirms the formal adjustment of production rates for its A380 and A400M programmes. The new plan, which was presented to the European Works Council today, involves the production of six A380s per year starting from 2020 and eight…
