United became the first U.S. airline to add Braille to aircraft interiors, helping millions of travelers with visual disabilities more easily navigate the cabin independently. The airline currently has equipped about a dozen aircraft with Braille markings for individual rows and seat numbers as well as inside and outside the lavatories. United expects to outfit…
A drone attack on Moscow briefly shut the airport. Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure for traffic of one of four airports around the Russian capital. Russian forces have intercepted three Ukrainian drones over the city of Moscow, the…
Pilots spotted a balloon passing very close to their aircraft. The images reveal that when the aircraft was flying at an altitude of almost 35,000 feet, pilots had visual contact with a big balloon carrying the Brazilian flag. The balloon was at the same altitude. Fortunately, the flight was carried out during the day and…
Here is the mess on board Air Algerie flight to Algiers. Passengers and flight attendants were shocked when passengers disembarked once the plane landed in Algiers. Pictures have been taken on a recent flight from Montreal to Algiers. The Airbus A330-200 didn’t encounters severe turbulence for flight #AH2701. Someone commented: “Not uncommon with pretty much…
Passengers were stranded for several hours at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. The flight KL590 was scheduled to depart ACC to Amsterdam at 22:05 but was delayed for one hour late Friday, July 28. The KLM airline made a U-turn due to a “technical issue”. The Boeing 777-300 (reg. PH-BVI) was in the air…
An Allegiant Air flight took a turn after it was forced to make a sudden 600 feet climb to avoid a collision with an oncoming private jet. At 23,000 feet an Allegiant flight was forced to take evasive action after FAA put it on a collision course with a Gulfstream jet. Twenty minutes into the…
United flight to Zurich was forced to return to Chicago ORD. The flight #UA3 took off from Chicago ORD one hour late at 4:50 pm to Zurich o July 26th. But 30 minutes into the flight, the crew declared an emergency, requesting for an immediate return to Chicago. The aircraft landed back at ORD about…
A court in Paris has sentenced a pilot for US airline United, who tested positive for alcohol when he was scheduled to fly a plane from Paris CDG airport. The 63-year-old pilot was breathalysed by police at Paris CDG airport shortly before he was due to fly a United Airlines plane to Dallas, Texas. He…
A British Airways flight from Nassau in the Bahamas to London-Heathrow had a problem with the original catering load. Passengers on board British Airways flight BA 252 from Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) on July 23, 2023 were served Kentucky Fried Chicken as inflight meal. The plane’s catering carts…
Yuan Meng, the first panda born in Beauval in 2017, flew from Roissy on Tuesday to reach China. Applauded by the public when he left the Beauval zoo, then welcomed by a whole delegation, with in particular the presence of his godmother Brigitte Macron, on the tarmac of Paris Roissy. Head of the Chengdu Giant…
United Airlines #UA871 bound for Taipei returned to SFO due to a disruptive passenger. A United Airlines flight bound for Taipei, Taiwan, was forced to turn back to San Francisco International Airport after a disruptive passenger refused to remain seated in his economy class seat. The incident occurred two hours into the flight on July…
A plane was allegedly stolen from the facilities of the Mexico City International Airport. Journalist Carlos Jiménez reported on his Twitter account that a British Aerospace BAe 125-800A stolen from the facilities of the Mexico City International Airport (AICM). The aircraft (reg. N591CF) was stolen from the AICM hangars. According to the first reports, the plane…