Lufthansa A380 (reg. D-AIMD) arrived at Teruel, Spain for long term storage
Lufthansa A380 (reg. D-AIMD) left Frankfurt Airport this morning to Teruel, SPain for long term storage.
ALERT Organisers have confirmed that no international spectators will be permitted at Tokyo Olympic Games
Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have confirmed that no international spectators will be permitted at the event. The organising committee said it had been prepared to welcome guests until recently, but an upsurge of Covid-19 cases around the world had now made this impossible. The event itself has been delayed by…
NASA 44 years old Boeing 747SP has left Europe after a serie of science observations from Germany (video)
NASA Boeing 747SP took off from Cologne Bonn airport back to Palmdale, CA. NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, conducted a serie of science observations from Cologne, Germany in February and March, 2021. Many of the observations seek to answer fundamental questions in astronomy, including how stars can transform galaxies and what is the…
BREAKING President Joe Biden has fallen multiple times while boarding Air Force One
President Joe Biden stumbled twice then fell as he ascended the steps of Air Force One on Friday. Biden, 78, recovered quickly after falling to his knees and carried on up the steps before giving a salute at the top. He then disappeared into the aircraft. The President quickly got back on his feet and…
Last ever built Airbus A380 left Toulouse to Hamburg (video)
Airbus A380 MSN272 performed its first flight today at Toulouse. The last ever built A380 performed a rejected take-off test RTO early in the morning then its first flight over south of France then the aircraft weznt to north and landed in Hamburg. This MSN272 will return to Toulouse for delivery.
Falcon 6X Completes Maiden Flight from Bordeaux-Merignac, France
Dassault Aviation today announced that the company’s widebody Falcon 6X has successfully completed its first flight as planned in the first quarter of 2021, demonstrating the maturity of the program and opening the test campaign for certification. “Today’s flight is another milestone in Dassault history, made all the more satisfying by the remarkable efforts of…
A JetBlue passenger who refused to wear a mask or stop drinking alcohol could be slapped with a $14,500 FAA fine
A man faces a steep penalty from the FAA for not wearing a mask and other disruptive behaviour during a JetBlue flight from New York last year. A JetBlue Airways passenger could face fines up to $14,500 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for refusing to wear a mask, drinking his own alcoholhol, and causing…
A maskless passenger urinated on his seat during Alaska Airlines’s flight
A maskless man accused of urinating in his seat aboard an Alaska Airlines flight to Denver is facing up to 20 years behind bars and a maximum fine of $250,000. The FBI arrested Landon Grier from Canon City after the flight landed March 9, according to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver.…
London Heathrow Airport records lowest passenger numbers since 1966
Heathrow Airport Holdings said its monthly passenger numbers for February fell below 500,000, the lowest since 1966, as a result of strict travel restrictions amid the pandemic. It said in a statement the collapse in numbers was “due to the ban on all but essential travel, blanket quarantine, pre-departure and post-arrival testing.” Limits on passenger…
Pilot rescued after surviving 36 days in the Amazon jungle following a plane crash (video)
Brazilian pilot Antonio Sena was rescued on 6th March, 36 days after his plane crashed in the Amazon forest on 28th January. The search and rescue team rescued him in the municipality of Almeirim. The 36-year old Brazilian pilot had taken off from Alenquer in the state of Para, on the northern bank of the…
Qantas launches Mystery flights experiences as Australia extends international travel ban
Qantas has announced that it is launching three domestic mystery flights out of airports in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. The announcement came after the Australian government officials announced the extension of its international border closure. In addition to “low-level scenic flybys of key landmarks en route,” the trips will also include an entire day of…
ALERT French politician Olivier Dassault, son of Dassault CEO, has been killed in a helicopter crash
Olivier Dassault, French MP and son of industrialist Serge Dassault, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. The 69-year-old, a lawmaker with the center-right Republicans party, was killed in Calavdos in Normandy, northern France, French media said. He was born on June 1, 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt, a plush Parisian suburb. Dassault was worth an estimated…