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Air France and Ivory Coast's national airline signed a reciprocal codeshare on Paris to Abidjan, starting Sunday 25 October, the airlines said on Monday. The post Air France Abidjan Codeshare Starts 25 Oct appeared first on The Rio Times.

The Airbus jet landed safely in Bulgaria and all passengers and crew aboard were unharmed, officials said.

According to airport sources, the aircraft reported technical issues after it was suspected to have hit a bird and remained grounded at the airport soon after landing

An Ethiopian Airlines flight bound for Tel Aviv was forced to turn around mid-air because one of its pilots was Indonesian, Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 reported on Monday.

The flight from Italy to Australia was cancelled after passengers on the plane's previous journey complained of bug bites.

Actor Selma Blair was arrested after a flight from Los Angeles to New York for being physically abusive and injuring two flight attendants, authorities said on Monday. Police took Blair, 54, into custody late on Sunday night when the Delta Air Lines plane was parked at the gate at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement. There was no immediate response to a request for comment from the airline. Blair and one of the flight attendants...

The Indigo Delhi-to-Chennai flight, 6E 6115, was diverted to Hyderabad after a passenger’s power bank caught fire in an overhead bin; know more about the DGCA rules on portable chargers

A flight bound for Okinawa returned to Hong Kong airport on Sunday morning after its landing gear was suspected to have failed to fully retract after take-off. Hong Kong Airlines said the crew of flight HX676, which departed at 8.57am, decided to return to ensure flight safety, in line with standard procedures. “[The flight] encountered a suspected incomplete landing gear retraction issue after take-off,” the airline said. The aircraft landed safely at 10am, with no injuries reported on board....

The Indian pilot who was stabbed by his co-pilot on a Flydubai flight to Israel describes the attack.

Investigators worked Thursday to determine why an Omani pilot stabbed the captain of a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously before others on board landed it in Saudi Arabia. Passengers on the FlyDubai plane – which was carrying 174 people, mostly Israelis, from the United Arab Emirates to Tel Aviv – have described how the bloodied Indian captain managed to open the cockpit door to let them in before they grappled with the co-pilot and stabilised a descent so sharp that the...

Investigators will probe whether incident was linked to any 'terrorist activity or intent', UAE state media reports.

The pilot of the flydubai flight is suspected of having stabbed his copilot midflight in an apparent attempt to crash the plane. The incident has turned focus to similar incidents in the past, where deliberate crashes or near crashes have been instigated by on or off-duty crew.

An aeroplane flying to Israel fell 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than two minutes before it was diverted.

As flight FZ 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv approached the Jordanian border on Wednesday, passengers knew in an instant that something was wrong when the plane began plummeting from the sky in a rapid dive. It was like "we were having very big turbulence, but there was no turbulence", passenger Almog Italie told AFP, describing the sensation of losing thousands of feet of altitude in seconds as similar to riding a "rollercoaster". FRANCE 24's August Hakansson reports.

Other passengers on the Israel-bound flight described the "terrifying" moment the plane dropped.

A flight operated by FlyDubai from Dubai to Tel Aviv narrowly avoided catastrophe after one of the pilots stabbed his colleague with the intent of bringing down the plane. The plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dramatic video shows the aftermath of an attack on a pilot on a Flydubai flight to the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.

A commercial plane travelling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising concerns about a possible hijacking and prompting Israel to scramble warplanes. Israeli media, citing security officials, said the incident stemmed from a feud between the plane’s two pilots, and everyone on board was safe. The plane landed in Tabuk, a civilian and military base in the kingdom. The FlyDubai plane transmitted an...

Despite a brief emergency alert signalling a hijacking, the Israeli prime minister's office confirmed this had been ruled out.