70 minutes into high altitude balloon (weather balloon) flight, OLHZN-5, we inadvertently experienced an extremely close flyby over Newark, NY (**not New Jersey**) from an Airbus A319 operated by Delta Air Lines (Flight #159) which was en-route from Boston, MA to Detroit, MI and flying just over our payload at 38,000 FT. This is the…
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Hundreds of passengers have waited in queues for several hours at Manchester Airport because of a “technical failure” with the check-in system. UPDATE 0914 UTC Manchester airport system had an upgrade overnight which caused the failure this morning. A total of 12 Thomas Cook flights were affected after staff have had to switch to a manual…
Up to 40 passengers have been forced off a Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth over concerns the plane was too heavy to fly. Passengers aboard the Boeing 737-800 flight due to arrive in Perth at 7.40pm told Radio 6PR yesterday they were asked to disembark the plane prior to take off, WA Today reports. A…
A randy couple romped on a Ryanair flight as passengers watched in shock and one filmed the saucy behaviour on his phone. The kinky couple didn’t even bother to go to the lavatory and chose to get saucy in front of passengers on the flight from Manchester to Ibiza, at 8.20pm last Wednesday. Passengers watched…
The world’s passenger aircraft fleet above 100 seats is set to more than double in the next 20 years to over 40,000 planes as traffic is set to grow at 4.4 percent per year, according to Airbus’ latest Global Market Forecast 2017-2036. Over this period, increasing numbers of first time flyers, rising disposable income spent…
At the Paris Air Show, which runs from 19th to 25th June 2017, Airbus will showcase its wide range of innovative technologies, products and services, from market-leading commercial and military aircraft to helicopters and space systems. In addition, there will be a new Digital Exhibition zone at the Airbus pavilion (located at the end of…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences at Heathrow Airport in connection with the Manchester Arena bombing. The 38-year-old was held as part of a planned operation and there was no direct threat to the airport, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
A passenger has been placed in detention for 10 days and blacklisted by Air France after she slapped a member of staff at an airport in central China, Chinese media reported. The woman lost her temper after she was told by ground staff that check-in for her flight from Wuhan to Paris had closed fourteen…
British Airways’ parent company says that human error caused an IT meltdown that left 75,000 passengers stranded over the Bank Holiday. Willie Walsh. boss of IAG, said an electrical engineer disconnected a power supply, with the major damage caused when it was reconnected. He said there would now be an independent investigation “to learn from…
Four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and moved to close off access to the Gulf country, escalating a crisis that started over its relationship with Iran and its support of the Muslim Brotherhood. UPDATE United Arab Emirates & Saudi Arabia are closing airspaces to Qatar Airways. UPDATE From 6…
The twin-fuselage aircraft, the baby of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, was pulled out of its Mojave Air and Space Port hangar in California to begin fueling tests — the first of many ground tests. Stratolaunch is designed to release rockets that will carry satellites into space. It has a 385-foot wingspan, features six engines used…