Reading Time: 2 minutes According to the Independent fears of a campaign of cyber attacks on leading airlines have grown after a “systems issue” delayed United Airlines flights worldwide. A spokesman for United told The Independent: “ “We are aware of an issue with our systems that is resulting in flight delays. We are working to resolve the issue […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Air New Zealand flight from Vietnam was forced to turn back to Ho Chi Minh City yesterday after four people were injured when the plane hit turbulence. The airline said three cabin crew members and one passenger received minor injuries when the turbulence hit about 40 minutes into the flight to Auckland. The four […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A scheduled flight from Dusseldorf to Tel Aviv by ST Germania Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing in Munich on Thursday morning. The flight landed safely and there were no initial reports of injuries. Flight ST 6256 left Dusseldorf at 6:15 Thursday morning, 15 minutes later than scheduled. Shortly into the flight, the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes An overheating, smoking Samsung smartphone forced the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines jet that was preparing to take off Wednesday from the Louisville airport. The incident raised fresh trouble for Samsung, which saw its new Galaxy Note 7 device recalled last month because of overheating batteries. Samsung, Southwest and federal aviation safety officials declined to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A TAAG Angola Airlines flight made an emergency diversion 40 minutes after takeoff on Saturday when it was discovered that a worker was trapped in the cargo hold. The flight left Porto, Portugal, on Saturday morning and was on its way to Luanda, Angola, when staff on the ground noticed that the worker was missing, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Russian plane en route from Beijing to Moscow was forced to make an emergency landing at a local airport Friday morning after a drunk passenger started brawling, Russian news agency TASS reported. At 8:48 a.m. local time (0148 GMT), the plane of Russian flag carrier Aeroflot landed at Yemelyanovo Airport near the Siberian city […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Delhi-bound Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus A-380 with nearly 300 passengers on board had to return to the island nation soon after take off on Thursday after its overhead oxygen masks got deployed. The flight 406, which the airline websites says is operated on the super jumbo A-380, landed safely in Singapore and passengers are […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Taiwan aviation officials are investigating Evergreen International Airlines (EVA Air) over claims of negligence during Typhoon Megi. Also, the airline may have broken flight safety regulations when one plane twice attempted to land as Megi neared Taiwan on Tuesday, Apple Daily reports. Megi snarled traffic, halted public transport across the island and caused flight delays […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi today faced short breaks in operation following two separate incidents – one involving an Etihad flight, the other a drone incursion Abu Dhabi Airports confirmed that at 12.06 pm Etihad flight EY450 bound for Sydney, returned to Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) due to a technical issue. The ADAC […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Authorities told passengers to leave Terminal B as they investigated a car that was left unattended with its doors open. Terminal B evacuated Authorities told passengers to leave Terminal B as they investigated a car that was left unattended with its doors open, several media outlets reported. Military personnel at the airport Several passengers tweeted […]