The crew of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 operating as flight 861 from Hong Kong to Singapore on 31st Jan reported smells of smoke in a lavatory while the aircraft was on its descent. As a precaution, a halon extinguisher has been discharged by the crew. The aircraft landed...
A bomb explosion took place at Russia’s Moscow Domodedovo airport at about 1430Z today. As per current reports, at least 24 people have perished while at least 30 are injured. Previously it was believed that over 100 may have been victims. Initial reports state that it could be a...
New York John F. Kennedy ( JFK ) and Newark ( EWR ) airports are currently closed due to the blizzard ( a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds ) conditions applying to New York area. While JFK was in operation till around 0120UTC ( 2020L 26...
Amelia Earhart, probably the greatest female aviator ever, went missing on 2 July 1937, on her way to Howland Island ( southwest of Honolulu ) in an attempt to complete a round the world flight. Having departed from Lae, New Guinea on the same day on her Electra, the...
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, operating as AA802, from Dallas DFW to Montreal YUL overran the runway upon landing. The aircraft had about 100 passengers, and none were injured, reported a Canadian television. Flt 802 DFW-YUL, in mud, off runway in Montreal. No reported injuries. Passengers have deplaned and...
The terrorist organization Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsular, has reportedly revealed more details about its planned air cargo bomb plot, according to BNO News. The terrorit organization states that the plot was planned over a three month period, with six people, and cost them about $4,200 for the two...
A Qantas Airways Boeing 747-400 enroute to Buenos Aires has dumped fuel and returned to Sydney. This news is published before any other media – in order to reduce the spreading of false information as much as possible. The reason for return is not yet clear. The aircraft safely...
I believe that Qantas could have handled the Qantas flight 32 incident a lot better had they used social media. The key reason is, the speed of spreading the word. The other is, it was the exact medium that many people and media used to spread news about this...
A Qantas Boeing 747-400, registered VH-OJD, operating as QF6 from Singapore, SIN to Sydney had an engine malfunction and returned safely to SIN. The flight, QF6, was on its way from Frankfurt to Sydney with a scheduled stopover in Singapore with 431 passengers and crew onboard. The issue had...
Cuban state media confirms that an Aerocaribbean flight has crashed, in Cuba. From the sketchy details available at the moment, this flight seems to be. 7L 883 Santiago de Cuba, SCU to Havana, HAV operated by an ATR 72 aircraft. The flight was due to depart SCU at 1830...
