American Airlines found itself in an embarrassing position when it sent an Airbus A321 from Los Angeles to Hawaii without an ETOPS certification. According to BoardingArea, a completely different plane was supposed to fly on this route. As the newspaper notes, the error was revealed ...
Belarusian strongman Kirill Shimko managed to hold with his hands two Yak-52 planes, which were trying to fly in different directions. This act was performed by Shimko at the request of Japanese television crews who shoot stories about the peculiarities of different countries. Earlier, Shimko, independently or with his partner Pavel Soroka, moved a train, a 150-ton aircraft, ...
At the Las Vegas airport, a British Airways plane on its way to London caught fire. All 172 people on board were evacuated using inflatable emergency ramps. According to airport officials, 13 people were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Ian Gregor, Federal Representative ...
A Boeing 737 of the American airline Delta was struck by lightning at Atlanta International Airport. A passenger on another plane, waiting to board his flight, filmed this moment on video. The incident occurred while the airliner was taxiing down the runway. The recording shows that lightning struck ...
The pilot of the Swedish airline Nextjet was forced to take an ax to open the toilet door, where a drunk passenger sat down, refusing to leave the toilet. The 50-year-old passenger went to the toilet ten minutes before the plane landing from Stockholm to the city of Örnsköldsvik. Repeated demands ...
Almost three hundred flights were delayed at Moscow airports on Monday due to rain and thunderstorms, a source in the region’s emergency services reported today, July 28. “According to preliminary data, 286 flights were delayed at Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports, including 145 arrivals and 141 departures,” the agency’s interlocutor said.…
Much of LaGuardia International Airport in New York was plunged into pitch darkness on Friday, July 24. The reason was a power outage. As a result, one hundred flights were canceled and others were delayed by more than three hours. Terminal "C" and two parking lots were immersed in...
In the sky over Los Angeles on July 18, lightning struck the plane. The liner, which belongs to Alaska Airlines, took off from the airport and was heading to Washington. On board there were 159 passengers and six crew members. Almost immediately after the plane took off, I hit him ...
The Stafford Police Department (New Jersey) has published footage of an emergency landing of a light aircraft on a busy highway. The incident occurred 4 a day ago, 12 July. No injuries were reported.
About half of Russian aviaturists consider the tradition of clapping their hands immediately after landing a positive phenomenon. This is the conclusion reached by the travel service Skyscanner, which conducted an online survey among travelers. According to the data received, 47 percent of compatriots approve of the tradition of applauding aircraft pilots after landing, ...