Emirates will welcome their last three A380s this November, bringing forward the delivery timeline from June 2022. The UAE-based carrier is the largest operator of A380 and intends to fly the superjumbos for two more decades. While many other airlines are retiring some or even all of their A380s after the pandemic, Emirates will still…
At least four planes chartered to evacuate hundreds of people seeking to escape the Taliban have been unable to leave Afghanistan, officials said. There are conflicting accounts as to why the flights were unable to take off. At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan…
Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday, the carrier said, after a technical team from Qatar reopened the capital’s airport for aid and domestic services. Flights between Kabul and the western city of Herat, Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the south have…
A group of eight Ukrainian athletes has set a world record by pulling the “Mirya” Antonov An-225, dedicating the 30th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine. The two groups of four strongmen managed to move the world’s largest and heaviest aircraft, four meters and 30 centimetres, in a time of one minute and 13 seconds…
Miami Dade Police Department detained a military veteran on Friday night. The person went berserk in Miami airport causing trouble to airport staff and other travellers. The person can be seen attacking American Airlines gate agents. The man was apparently suffering from mental health issues and was hospitalized by Miami Police. Travellers managed to get…
Taliban in talks with Qatar to manage Kabul airport. After the US’s withdrawal Kabul airport is without air traffic control services and talks are on to secure the airport. The Taliban are in talks with Qatar and Turkey about the management of Kabul airport as it lacks air traffic control services now that the United…
A woman who helped process rescued dogs and cats flown from Afghanistan said they were “in amazing condition”. Some 150 animals from former Royal Marine Paul “Pen” Farthing’s shelter in Kabul arrived at Heathrow Airport on a private charter flight on Sunday. Lorraine Edwards transported them to quarantine kennels and expected most to be adopted…
It was in the year 1783 that the world’s first unmanned aircraft was invented. It might sound strange but hot air balloons were the world’s first UAVs. Austrian soldiers used unmanned hot air balloons filled with explosives to attack Venice. The world of UAVs has escalated tremendously from hot air balloons. Today it is synonymous…
A Cargojet Airways Boeing 767-300BCF, with registration C-GUAJ, was engaged in a tailstrike during take-off from Tokyo Narita International Airport on 29th August. The Boeing 767 freighter was departing as flight W8-1328 bound to Vancouver when it suffered the tailstrike during rotation for takeoff. Only two crew members were onboard the cargo flight. As reported…
An Afghan refugee fleeing to the UK gave birth to a baby girl at 30,000 feet while on an evacuation flight destined for Birmingham. Soman Noori, 26, was travelling on an evacuation flight from Dubai to Birmingham, having previously left Kabul, when she went into labour in airspace over Kuwait, Turkish Airlines said. There was…
An iPhone X recently passed an accidental drop test from 11,000 feet. Pilot dmloftus’ story about his iPhone X is remarkable. Particularly because the phone survived. As he described it on the DiamondAvatars.net forum, dmloftus just wanted to take a few photos of a cool-looking cloud formation. He was flying his DA40 aircraft at 175…
The United States and allies urged people to move away from Kabul airport on Thursday due to the threat of a Daesh terror attack. In an alert issued on Wednesday evening, the US embassy in Kabul advised citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and said those already at the gates should leave immediately, citing…