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New satellite image shows Kyiv Boryspil International airport’s runways undamaged and blocked by vehicles to prevent Russian aircraft from landing

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 26, 2022

Satellite images show Kyiv’s international airport undamaged, with runways blocked by vehicles. New satellite images show Boryspil Airport, Kyiv’s international airport, appearing unscathed — but its runways have been blocked by vehicles. The images, released by Planet Labs PBC, verify rumors of actions taken across Ukraine before the Russian invasion began. At the airport, runways…

BREAKING KLM is asking two midair flights heading to Russia to return to the Netherlands

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 26, 2022

Two KLM flights are returning to Amsterdam. KLM has decided to cancel flights scheduled for today to Saint Petersburg and Moscow. KL1395 (Amsterdam – St Petersburg) KL903 (Amsterdam – Moscow) KLM says that due to the sanctions package, spare aircraft parts may no longer be sent to Russia in cause of technical problems. ‘This means…

A journalist, in Kyiv Oblast, published a footage of possible dogfight between Ukrainian & Russian fighter jets

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 26, 2022

The Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent of The Wall Street Journal published a footage of possible dogfight between Ukrainian & Russian fighter jets. WSJ journalist Yaroslav Trofimov in Kyiv published this footage showing dogfight between Ukrainian Air Force fighter jet (probably a MiG-29) and a fighter jet from Russia Air Force. The footage shows the sky of…

According to US Defense officials, two 2 Russian Ilyushin Il-76MD heavy transport planes have been shot down

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 26, 2022

According to US Defense officials, Ukraine Air Force has shot down two Il-76MD heavy transport airplanes of #Russia Air Force. A second Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane was shot down near Bila Tserkva, 50 miles (85 kilometers) south of Kyiv, according to two American officials with direct knowledge of conditions on the ground in…

A building near Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport was struck by Russian missile attacks

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 26, 2022

A residential apartment building not far from the Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport was struck by Russian missile attacks. Missile strikes an apartment building in Kyiv. After heavy fighting in the capital overnight, a residential apartment building not far from the Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport was struck by Russian missile attacks on Feb. 26, 2022. There…

British Airways suffered a major outage with ‘flights grounded at Heathrow Airport’

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 25, 2022

Passengers have reported having problems at Heathrow Airport tonight as British Airways suffers a big outage, causing the website to fail and flights to be grounded. British Airways has suffered another major outage this evening with passengers claiming their flights have been grounded at Heathrow. The company’s website has been completely inaccessible tonight, but they…

Russian attacks in Ukraine, Friday 25 February 2022 – live updates

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 25, 2022

Please reload for updates… France plans to send four Mirage 2000-5 warplanes to Estonia to boost NATO’s forces in the region. UK also bans private Russian planes from flying in its airspace or landing at its airports. The Antonov Company just said no accurate information for today regarding the An-255’s fate as fighting continues at…

Ukraine International Airlines forced to suspend all regular and charter flights

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 24, 2022

Ukraine International Airlines published a statement following the closure of Ukraine’s airspace. Ukraine International Airlines announces the suspension of scheduled and charter flights to and from Ukraine due to the closure of Ukrainian airspace for civilian airspace users until 23:59 on February 24, 2022, Kyiv time. UIA maintains and will maintain liaison with the Ministry…

INCIDENT Huge Balloon fell on top of a GOL Boeing 737 at Sao Paulo Airport

Emergency, NewsBy Sharad Ranabhat February 22, 2022

On Sunday, huge balloons fell on top of a GOL Boeing 737 and a supply truck at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo. Operations were temporarily suspended at the site while the balloons were secured—one of the balloon parts tangled up in the wing of a GOL Boeing 737. As seen in videos shared on…

Airbus and CFM to test a direct combustion engine fueled by hydrogen on a modified A380

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 22, 2022

Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, to collaborate on a hydrogen demonstration programme that will take flight around the middle of this decade. The programme’s objective is to ground and flight test a direct combustion engine fueled by hydrogen, in preparation for…

airBaltic suspends night flights to and from Ukraine

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 22, 2022

airBaltic has temporarily suspend overnight flights to and from Ukraine. As the geopolitical situation in the country deteriorates, the decision will remain in place until at least the end of February. As a result of the suspension, the airline has cancelled five overnight rotations between Kyiv and Riga as well as two rotations between Odessa…

VIDEO Drunk woman rolls away on motorized suitcase after being denied boarding at Orlando airport

NewsBy AIRLIVE February 21, 2022

CCTV camera video released by Florida authorities this week shows the confrontations that an intoxicated New Jersey woman on a motorized suitcase got into with police and airline employees before she was arrested at the Orlando International Airport last year. The incident happened in April 2021 when the woman, identified by police as 32-year-old Chelsea…