A video went viral showing a pigeon on an plane’s wing during takeoff. A pigeon is seen on the wing of a plane while lining up to the runway. The pigeon didnd’t resist long when the pilots of the Aeromexico plane pushed to full thrust. @azucena.mf I’m so glad my dad recorded this 😂 #pigeon…
An airplane was forced to make an emergency landing at Palanga Airport because a Lithuanian passenger was smoking on board. The 52-year-old man, travelling by plane from Copenhagen, was detained once the aircraft landed, according to a press release by the State Border Guard Service (VSAT). The service received a notification about the plane making…
Dutch border police on Saturday arrested hundreds of climate activists who clambered over fences and gates at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and occupied an apron for private jets, which they said should be banned. The protesters ran onto the tarmac at around 1200 GMT before sitting in front of private planes parked on the apron, including…
A woman collapsed in a queue after all passport e-gates stopped working during chaotic scenes at Heathrow Airport. The scanners, operated by Border Force officials, briefly went down in Terminal 3 at the UK’s largest airport yesterday morning, leaving hundreds of passengers waiting in lengthy queues as they came off overnight flights. The scanners –…
An airline passenger gained viral attention after brightening a flight attendant’s day with a thoughtful impromptu gift. The artist began his clip by drawing a sketch of the flight attendant as she comes to serve him food. After finishing the sketch, the artist went towards the flight attendant’s workstation and presented the sketch. The flight…
The man, 42, reportedly tried to transport the alligator from Germany to Singapore. A live albino alligator was allegedly recovered from an American man’s suitcase in Germany last month and the reptile is reportedly on the road to recovery. The three-foot-long alligator was detected at the Munich Airport in late September with one of the…
Boris Johnson is currently on a British Airways flight to London Gatwick Boris Johnson is flying back to UK in economy class alongside his wife and children. He is set to land at London gatwick on board British Airways #BA2156. The former prime minister has been on holiday in the Dominican Republic but is set…
An American Airlines passenger is asking the company for “reparations” after tweeting that she was “wedged” between two “obese people” on a three-hour flight. Sydney Watson, who describes herself as an Australian/American political commentator, posted to Twitter on Monday stating that she was “literally – WEDGED between two OBESE people on my flight.” “This is…
Norwegian police arrested a Russian man after he was caught flying a drone above an airport in northern Norway, the police said Saturday, the second such incident in the past week. The 51-year-old man was arrested Friday morning after he was found to have flown a drone at the Tromso Airport, police said. They seized…
A 23 year-old flight instructor has been killed in a small plane crash. Viktoria Theresie Izabelle Ljungman was just 23 when a student pilot she was teaching pulled the plane too steeply at an angle and stalled the engine, causing the aircraft to fall from a height of about 100 feet on Thursday (October 6).…
All US-bound airline passengers who have been in Uganda in the 21 days before their arrival will be routed to one of five US airports for enhanced Ebola screening, the US Embassy in Uganda said Thursday. Starting at 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday, passengers will be routed to New York’s JFK airport; Liberty International Airport in…
More than a dozen US airport websites appeared inaccessible on Monday morning, with Russian-speaking hackers claiming responsibility. Russian-speaking hackers claim to have taken down informational websites for some of America’s busiest airports. New York LaGuardia is affected as well as Atlanta, Chicago ORD, Los Angeles LAX and more. Atlanta Airport was forced to switch to…