6 years ago today, Northwest Airlines Flight 253 an international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Detroit was the target of a failed al-Qaeda bombing attempt on Christmas Day. The bomber in the Christmas Day bombing attempt was 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man who had concealed plastic explosives in his underwear but failed to detonate…
LAN Airlines plane landed at Faro with 224 passengers. The emergency landing was because of a technical fault with one of the engines broken down. All passengers are fine.
Boeing has elected Heidi Capozzi, 46, a corporate senior vice president, and named her to replace Tony Parasida as the company’s human resources leader effective March 1st, 2016. Parasida, senior vice president of human resources and administration, has announced his intent to retire this spring after a 38-year Boeing career. Details
A tourist at Fiji Treasure Island Resort recorded the moment a helicopter carrying seven people crashed into trees while landing. Incredibly, all 6 passengers & the pilot walked away from the crash on Wednesday unharmed. @AirCrashMayday
Tata Consultancy Services has been selected by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, a leading global aviation group, to provide testing services and help improve the quality of services of their technology operations. The deal is part of Lufthansa’s IT-transformation initiative to accelerate speed to market, improve customer experience and enable innovation and continuous improvement. Details
Arctic Aviation Assets – a fully owned subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle – has signed a final agreement to lease out 12 Airbus 320neo aircraft to airline HK Express. The 12 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered between 2016 and 2018. “We are delighted to work with HK Express to support their expanding network with…
21 years ago today, Air France Flight #AF8969 (F-GBEC) was hijacked by four Armed Islamic Group (GIA) terrorists at Houari Boumedienne Airport, Algiers, Algeria. The terrorists murdered three passengers, with the intention to blow up the plane over the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Two days later, on Boxing Day, the aircraft was flown to Marseille,…
Protests by the Black Lives Matter group have taken place in US states of Minnesota and California. The demonstrators have temporarily closed Minnesota’s international airport and has interrupted Christmas shopping in malls. Police say up to 15 people arrested at the two locations.
Passengers headed for London airports over Christmas are set to experience disruption as National Rail begins a period of intensive engineering works. Gatwick Express train services from London Victoria will stop for the next ten days, reassuming only on January 4th. Details
Michael Jackson’s Earth Song was the festive number one, kids were going crazy to have the must-have ‘Pogs’ as presents, there was a run on Cranberries thanks to Delia Smith’s latest Christmas recipes – and ba.com was about to make its debut on the internet. The worldwide web was still finding its feet and few…
Underwater search of Indian Ocean is still yet to locate the missing Boeing 777 which went missing over 21 months ago in March 2014. The flight took off with 239 passengers and crew to Beijing when ATC lost contact with it. Search is now the largest and most expensive in aviation history. Malaysia has spent…
Seven people were lucky to escape after the Eurocopter they were travelling in crash landed earlier today on Treasure Island, Fiji. The helicopter was apparently caught by a strong gust of wind. The Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji will be investigating this accident. @AirCrashMayday http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/75429212/seven-people-escape-after-helicopter-crash-on-treasure-island-fiji