ALERT Incident yesterday at Istanbul Ataturk International Airport (video)
Turkish Ground Service staff were trying to hit famous fashion designer Barbaros Şansal detained by Turkish Police in a flight from Cyprus to Istanbul.
LIVE #LY7 from to JFK is delayed 3 hours due to a cat in the cargo hold
El Al flight #LY7 from Tel Aviv to New York JFK is delayed 3 hours due to a cat in the cargo hold. The cat was carried by a passenger and managed to sneak out of its cage. All passengers are asked to disembark. UPDATE 1645 UTC The search has stopped and the flight is to…
EMERGENCY A Polish Boeing 737 charter made an emergency landing in Prague after a bomb threat
A Boeing 737 operated by a Polish charter airline on Friday made an emergency landing in Prague after a bomb threat by a passenger who was then detained by police, Czech officials said. “A man who threatened to detonate a booby trap… is in the hands of the Czech police,” Interior Minister Milan Chovanec told…
NEWS Drunk Citilink pilot was removed from flight
A Citilink pilot was removed from duty on Wednesday after passengers claimed he was incoherent in a flight announcement he made before takeoff. One of the passengers voiced suspicion that the pilot may have been intoxicated. “Around 15 minutes before the scheduled departure, the pilot spoke random words in his flight announcement. I suspect that…
BREAKING Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 veered off the runway at Goa Airport
Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 (reg. VT-JBG) flight #9W2374 from Goa To Mumbai with 154 passengers & 7 crew on board, veered off the runway while aligning for takeoff at Goa Airport today morning. All passengers were evacuated. Goa airport to be remain close until 12:30pm – Dec 27.
NEWS: Flight diverts to Shannon Airport so Passengers can use the toilets
An Open Skies flight from New York to Paris diverted to Shannon airport this morning so passengers could use the toilets. The 184 crew and passengers landed at Shannon at 7.30 this morning and took off again at 9.38. The crew told air traffic controllers at Shannon that they wished to divert so that passengers…
BREAKING Russian Military Aircraft carrying 92 Aboard Crashes Into Black Sea
One body has been found after a Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including a well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday after takeoff from the resort town of Sochi on its way to Syria. UPDATE 0956 UTC Russian Defense Ministry: No survivors found after Russian plane carrying 93 crashes into Black Sea…
BREAKING: 10 year old girl dies on diverted flight to Shannon Airport
Air Canada flight AC-868 from Toronto to London had to make a medical emergency landing at Shannon Airport after this afternoon after a 10-year-old girl entered cardiac arrest on board. Paramedics were quick on the scene when the plane landed at 7.40pm and rushed the girl to University Hospital Limerick where she was later pronounced…
BREAKING Actress Carrie Fisher is in critical condition after a cardiac attack on flight #UA935 from London Heathrow to LAX
Actress Carrie Fisher was in critical condition Friday after suffering a cardiac attack during a flight from London to Los Angeles, according to emergency officials. Fisher, 60, was rushed to the hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics shortly after noon, after her flight touched down at LAX. A statement released by United Airlines said…
NEWS Flights dropping poop from air to be fined in India
India’s top environment court has reportedly ruled that airlines will be fined 50,000 Indian rupees (800 U.S. dollars) if their planes drop poop into the air during flight. The National Green Tribunal has also directed India’s civil aviation regulator to conduct surprise checks to ensure that airlines don’t flout its ruling, in the wake of…
NEWS This Extra 330 is the fastest-climbing electric-powered airplane ever!
While we’ve become accustomed to seeing electric cars demonstrate serious performance—Tesla’s Model S P90D can accelerate to 60mph in 2.8 seconds—the mere idea of electric-powered airplanes is unfamiliar to most of us. But the development of electric powertrains for aircraft is starting to gain momentum. On November 25, a German-made electric-powered Extra aerobatic aircraft took…