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…
Student of a training flight apparently jumped from a small private plane in mid-flight over the ocean, near coast in France. The pilot instructor made an emergency landing on a beach in France on Tuesday August 24, after a student pilot jumped from the aircraft in flight. The 32-year-old man apparently jumped from the plane…
A fire has apparently broken out at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, amid ongoing evacuation efforts. Video footage shows a cloud of smoke rising from the airport. Now – Kabul airport pic.twitter.com/nC0kSFBqBb — Muslim Shirzad (@MuslimShirzad) August 23, 2021 News of the blaze broke on Monday evening local time. Little is known about…
Germany says firefight involving Western forces erupts at Kabul Airport. A firefight broke out between unidentified gunmen, Western security forces and Afghan guards at Kabul airport on Monday, Germany’s armed forces said, as thousands of Afghans and foreigners thronged the airport, seeking to flee Taliban rule. The German military says a firefight broke out at…
U.S. activates commercial planes to aid evacuees after Afghanistan. The United States will use 18 commercial aircraft to help transport people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan, moving them from temporary locations after they have landed from Kabul, the Pentagon said on Sunday. The move highlights the difficulty Washington is having in carrying out the…
The chaos around Kabul’s international airport saw another seven Afghan civilian killed in crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The deaths come as a new, perceived threat from the Islamic State group affiliate in Afghanistan has seen U.S. military…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has responded to a new wave of violently unruly behavior among airplane passengers. The fines are part of the FAA’s Zero Tolerance campaign against unruly behavior on U.S. carriers. The FAA doesn’t have criminal prosecutorial authority in these matters, but the agency has asked airports to coordinate…
U.S. warns of security threats at Kabul airport as Taliban leaders arrive to form new government. American citizens trying to leave Afghanistan were advised not to travel to Kabul’s airport because of “potential security threats,” on Saturday, as senior Taliban leaders arrived in the city to choose a new government. “We are advising U.S. citizens…