An American woman was arrested at Sydney Airport this week after border force officers found a 24-carat gold-plated handgun in her luggage, authorities said. Investigators charged the woman, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen who had traveled to Sydney from Los Angeles, with violating an Australian customs law that prohibits items like weapons, radioactive substances and counterfeit…
Airline crews at Bush Intercontinental Airport discovered a naked man near a tarmac Saturday night, according to IAH officials. The man was taken to the Kingwood Medical Center after he was reportedly “coming in and out of consciousness.” According to airport officials, he was found near a ramp at Terminal E. “Person has taken off…
Germany’s Berlin-Brandenburg airport has warned that all flights due to depart Monday have been cancelled after the country’s powerful Verdi union called an almost daylong strike. The airport said no passenger aircraft would be able to take off from the international airport as a result of the walkout. Flights arriving into Berlin could still go…
A British Airways Boeing 777 performed a short flight from London Gatwick to London Heathrow. The Boeing 777-200 took off from London Gatwick Airport on April 18th 2023 in evening. It landed on runway 09L at London Heathrow only 20 minutes later. That aircraft (reg. GYMMA) is based at London Gatwick (LGW) performing long haul…
An Air India pilot is under the scanner for reportedly having his ‘very sweet’ female friend over in the flight deck while operating a Dubai-Delhi flight on February 27. A crew member reported this alleged serious violation of rules to the airline and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, both of which are now investigating…
An airline worker has died on the tarmac at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The Austin Police Department says that at 2:02 p.m. April 20, officers responded to a crash incident at the airport. AUS communications had contacted 911 to request emergency services at the apron level of the aircraft area. An airline employee had been operating…
Quality management is an essential element of any successful aerospace organization. This industry must adhere to the strictest standards due to the nature of its operations, requiring total reliability and accuracy in every aspect. To ensure that these stringent requirements are met across all departments, quality management is necessary as it ensures compliance with national…
A Jet2 flight from Glasgow bound for Tenerife was forced to divert to Paro, Portugal after a passenger reportedly urinated in the cabin. The Boeing 737-800 with registration G-JZHT was operating flight LS155 from Glasgow to Tenerife South Airport on 13th April. According to the airline, the man was identified as Eric Forrest. The 55-year-old…
Clogged toilets on an Austrian Airlines plane forced the flight to turn back two hours into its journey. The Monday flight from Vienna to New York, typically an eight-hour trip, turned back after the crew found that five of the eight toilets on board couldn’t flush properly. Around 300 people were on board the Boeing…
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary says he is ready to quickly resume operations in Ukraine after the fighting ends. Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said the discount carrier is prepared to quickly resume operations in Ukraine once it becomes safe again to fly in the country. The carrier has hired about 60 Ukrainian pilots and about 80…
Southwest Airlines passengers are reporting the carrier’s flights have all been grounded due to an IT issue – seemingly affecting airports all across the country. Southwest Airlines flights have all been grounded over a technical issue currently affecting the carrier’s systems – which has already caused 795 delays. UPDATE Southwest Airlines resuming flights after brief…
In a new set of sanctions, the Canadian government plans to send a seized Russian Antonov An-124 aircraft, called the Ruslan, to Ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has announced that Canada has agreed to hand over an Antonov An-124 seized from the Russian cargo company Volga-Dnepr. Shmyhal stated that the agreement to transfer the…