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A fire on a LATAM jet halted flight LA2302 to Piura at Lima airport on 19 October. Everyone got off, nobody was injured, and the cause is not yet explained. The post Peru LATAM Jet Fire Halts Flight on 19 Oct appeared first on The Rio Times.
A bomb threat against an Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna on Sunday forced the plane to divert to Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian authorities and the airline. The Austrian Airlines crew decided to make an emergency landing in Sofia after reportedly receiving a bomb threat as they neared Romania, Bulgaria’s transport ministry said in a statement, adding that the passengers were evacuated from the aircraft after landing. The Bulgarian air force scrambled a MiG-29 fighter jet to...
Guyana's aviation authority sent the MV Barima distress coordinates to the Coast Guard eight minutes after the first satellite alert, an inquiry heard. The post Guyana Relayed MV Barima Alert in 8 Minutes appeared first on The Rio Times.
Flights to and from Riyadh have been suspended following deadly Houthi attacks, with several international airlines extending cancellations through October 19. The disruption threatens Saudi Arabia’s ambitions to become a major global aviation hub, while Delta has postponed its first direct US flights to the Kingdom until March 2027.
She spent some of her teenage years helping her mother at a sundry shop in Malaysia after school, and throughout that period kept a dream of achieving something higher alive. Now, 36-year-old Suriati Sukardi is a pilot, flying AirAsia’s commercial A320 and A321 Airbus aircraft. Before that, she had landed a job as the airline’s flight attendant and served the company for eight years since 2017 while continuing to eye and seek an opportunity to climb further in her career. In 2019, her prayers...
Union Minister for Civil Aviation K. Rammohan Naidu visits the Sun temple with the Collector, says the Bhogapuram airport will bring devotees from other States and abroad
A flight instructor recreates the Flydubai jet’s near-vertical 17,000 foot dive in a simulator.
The aircraft lost communication with flight controllers after significantly dropping in altitude, according to flight data.
The pilots who fought in the cockpit of a FlyDubai jet during an apparent murder-suicide mission were moved to the United Arab Emirates for further questioning while investigators seek additional information from the plane’s voice and data recorders to replay the fateful final hour of the flight.
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says pilots were returned to the UAE with an Emirati security team.
Adam Polovincik tells the BBC he told his young children "everything is going to be all right" as flight plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m).
Capt Smit Machchhar was attacked by another pilot onboard the Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv.
A pilot of a FlyDubai jet carrying more than 170 passengers to Tel Aviv stabbed his colleague and tried to crash the plane. Passengers and members of the crew stormed the cockpit and managed to stabilize the jet. Bloomberg's Benedikt Kammel breaks down the situation. (Source: Bloomberg)
An amazed US President Donald Trump relayed the story of how an ‘Israeli plumber’ helped land a Flydubai flight.
Flydubai flight diverts to Saudi Arabia after cockpit emergency, as Netanyahu alleges a crash attempt.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the pilot of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had tried to crash the plane and kill its passengers, after the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Passengers gave a similar account of the incident on board, describing a fight for control after the plane suddenly plummeted, losing around 17,000 feet of altitude in the span of a minute, according to the Flightradar24 website.
A Flydubai plane travelling from Dubai to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.