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Two pilots ejected from their F-15 Tuesday morning on the runway at MidAmerica St Louis airport in Mascoutah, Illinois.  It is not clear if their ejection seats malfunctioned or if the pilots punched out. The plane was on the ground when the incident took place and it came to rest…

Footage has emerged on social media of a brawl at London Luton Airport (LTN) in the United Kingdom. The mass scuffle in the departure lounge by some of the airport’s duty-free shops reportedly led to four injuries and seven arrests yesterday. The incident occurred at around 08:00 BST…

Avgeeks following the flight pattern of Air New Zealand flight NZ4376 on May 15th would have been in for a treat, as a Boeing 787-9 took a path that traced out a kiwi, the national bird of New Zealand. Considering the actual kiwi bird isn’t capable of flight,…

One crash landed near the reservoir while the other went to Centennial Airport. Two planes collided in midair over Cherry Creek Reservoir on Wednesday, according to South Metro Fire Rescue. The department said they were responding to the crash near Belleview Avenue and Cherry Creek Drive in a…

COMEBACK / flydubai has said that all staff on unpaid leave are coming back between June and December 2021 due to an estimated rise in flights at the end 2021 / beginning 2022. flydubai expects to return to its full schedule by Christmas 2021.

An Antonov Airlines Antonov AN-124, registration UR-82007 performing flight ADB-3829 from Paramribo (Suriname) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) with 60 tons of personal protective equipment to combat Corona for Brazil's Ministry of Health, landed on Sao Paulo's runway 09L at 04:49L (07:49Z) following an ILS approach, tower had…

Photo: The Paper Two pilots were killed after a helicopter crashed in Erhai Lake in Dali, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, during a fire fighting operation on Monday morning. 2 pilots killed in firefighting operation after their helicopter crashes in Erhai Lake, China. Viewer discretion advised. https://t.co/XFFktMgV55 pic.twitter.com/t3O6rxkZCE —…

Aircraft turns around from Matsu, makes emergency landing at Songshan Airport after tires burst Damaged wheels on right side. (PTT photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A UNI Air aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Taipei Monday morning (May 10) after two of its tires ruptured.…

British Airways pilots and cabin crew are engaged on 28-hour duty days to operate flights to and from Hong Kong without ever stepping off the plane in order to avoid strict quarantine rules. Similar flights are being operated to India where each plane carries two full sets of…

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair announced yesterday that it was increasing its capacity on flights to Portugal from the United Kingdom after the popular European destination made it on to the UK’s “Green List” of countries deemed safe to visit. The Dublin-based carrier said that it was adding 175,000…

An S7 Airlines Airbus A321 was unable to taxi off the runway after facing taking technical issues on Tuesday. The aircraft was stuck in Novy Urengoy Airport in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region. Let’s find out more about this incident. The aircraft landed safely and slowed down without issue…

Emirates is hoping to recover its capacity to 70% of pre-pandemic levels by winter, according to the airline’s chief commercial officer. The airline is currently running its entire Boeing 777 fleet, meaning that further capacity increases will almost certainly mean that more Airbus A380s are brought out of…