The Captain of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Muscat to Dhaka with 124 passengers onboard suffered a heart attack mid-flight. Despite the efforts of cabin crew to resuscitate the pilot, he never regained consciousness and was later pronounced dead in hospital. The pilot was identified by local media as Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum, a respected…
One airline has come up with a perfect solution for any passengers wanting to be seated away from children. We’ve all been there, hoping for a peaceful flight to discover, when you get onboard, that you are actually seated next to a noisy youngster. And don’t get us started on those little terrors who think…
Pilot error and failure to follow safety guidelines probably led to the crash of an Air India Express plane in August last year, investigators say. The passenger plane with 190 people on board crashed at the Calicut airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing 21 people. The Boeing 737, which had flown from Dubai,…
A decision has to be made regarding to the war equipment that fell into Taliban’s hands. Washington is still attempting to gauge the scope of United States weaponry and technology that have fallen into the hands of the Taliban following Afghanistan’s fall to the militants, though it is believed to be considerable. Materiel the Islamist…
A French Air Force A400M triggered flares as it departed Kabul Airport. Evacuations continued from the Kabul airport on Saturday after a backlog of evacuees caused an 8 hour pause in flights on Friday. A French Air Force Aircraft performed a new evacuation flight on Saturday 21, August from Kabul Airport. As the Airbus A400M…
A Turkish Airlines A330-300 mistakenly attempted to take off from a taxiway at Newark Airport. A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300 rejected takeoff at Newark KEWR when the tower controller realized flight #TK30 was on a taxiway between runways 22L & 22R. The aircraft (reg. TC-JNI) lined up taxiway parallel of runway 22R and reached over…
British Airways is facing a safety investigation after three of its jets were grounded by insect infestations before taking off at Heathrow over a three day period. Two of the planes were roaring down the runway when the pilots successfully abandoned take off after realising that vital speed sensors were malfunctioning. A third jet is…
The United Arab Emirates is creating its own rain using drones that fly into clouds and unleash electrical charges to beat the sweltering 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius) heat. The rain is formed using drone technology that gives clouds an electric shock to ‘cajole them’ into clumping together and producing precipitation. The UAE is…
A serious incident occured at Paris CDG Airport between a United Boeing 787-10 and a Easyjet A320 due to ATC error. On the day of the occurrence, landings were carried out on runway 09L and take-offs on runway 09R (configuration facing east of the north doublet). The controller did not have direct visual contact with…
On June 18th, a British Airways 787-8 (G-ZBJB) had collapsed at Heathrow when it was preparing for a cargo flight to Frankfurt. The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has issued a bulletin saying human error caused the incident. The incident took place when crews were performing a “Dispatch Deviation Guide” (DDG) procedure, a procedure…
Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden just signed an executive order to mandate masks when flying travelers but it’s clear that airlines haven’t been waiting on the government for guidance. New data from the country’s largest airlines reveal that more than 2,500 passengers have been banned since the spring for violating onboard mask policies, and the…
Finnair is still Santa’s favorite airline as it has been since 1983. Every year flying Santa across the globe brings joy to thousands of children, mainly in Europe and Asia. The heart of this relationship between Finnair and Santa Claus is Finnair’s collaboration with the Santa Claus Foundation. This organization works aiming to improve the…