Two cousins, Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington, were unsuccessful in completing the first “plane swap” Sunday night over the Arizona skies, as one plane spiraled out of control as the two pilots were thousands of feet in the air. The Red Bull-sponsored flight, which took place at an undisclosed location in Arizona, began as the…
Schiphol Airport has asked travelers not to come to the airport anymore due to safety concerns amid overcrowding. Around 63 flights were canceled and dozens were delayed at Schiphol Airport on Saturday, as KLM’s ground crew participated in a sudden strike and holiday goers flocked to the airport. The call applies to people who would…
Watch more than 200 skydivers performed a record-setting synchronized jump high above Eloy, Arizona in 2017.
The National Police is conducting an investigation at Gostomel Airport. The National Police is conducting an investigation at the destruction’s of the Antonov An-225. “The aircraft was destroyed during the artillery shelling during the attack of the armed forces of the Russian Federation” said the Police. Criminal specialists, investigators and explosive police service are working…
Mike Tyson has been accused of bloodying a fellow passenger aboard a flight, after footage allegedly showed him hitting the fan. According to reports, Mike Tyson was on a flight from San Francisco to Florida on Wednesday night. A witness on the plane told TMZ that the former heavyweight champ was initially cordial to fans…
China Eastern Airlines MU5735 Aircraft Flight Accident Investigation Preliminary Report has been completed. The report mainly includes factual information such as flight history, crew and maintenance personnel, airworthiness maintenance, and wreckage distribution. The main situations are as follows: On March 21, 2022, the Boeing 737-800 B-1791 of China Eastern Airline took off from Runway 21…
Eurocontrol published data for past week regarding flight numbers. Two European low cost airlines are now operating more flights than before covid. Ryanair operated 2779 flights past week, it’s 1% more than previous week and 10% more versus same week in 2019! With 728 flights, Wizz Air operated 17% more flights than same week in…
United, American, Southwest, Delta, Alaska and other airlines late Monday said they were dropping their face mask requirement effective immediately given a federal judge’s ruling in Florida and the White House response to it. The mask mandate, announced in January 2021, had been set to expire Monday. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
A Mriya An-225 pilot said NATO had warned Antonov in January about Russia’s imminent invasion. NATO recommended that the world’s biggest aircraft to be moved outside the country as a safety measure. In a YouTube video posted March 19, former An-225 pilot Dmytro Antonov said NATO had warned the aircraft’s owners in January about Russia’s…
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has found 90 SpiceJet pilots unfit to operate the Boeing 737 Max aircraft and has barred them from flying it until they successfully complete another round of training. “…we have barred these pilots from flying Max and they have to retrain successfully for flying MAX. We will take…
A new list has ranked the world’s top 10 busiest airports during the course of 2021. U.S. airports made up eight of the 10 busiest hubs around the world last year, according to new rankings released Monday, as a jump in domestic leisure travel displaced some of the world’s bustling international hubs during the COVID-19…
Pilots at Southwest Airlines say fatigue from poor scheduling is a growing problem and is raising safety concerns. Union officials say pilots of Southwest Airlines pilots are suffering through an epidemic of fatigue due to poor scheduling practices by the airline, and that it is raising safety concerns. Union leaders said in an open letter…