On Saturday April 11th, an Air France Airbus A330-200 was shot at twice after landing in Point-Noire in the Republic of the Congo. The plane, operating the flight AF4145 from Paris Charles De Gaulle to Pointe-Noire, was on a rescue mission to repatriate some 100 french nationals from the central African nation. The plane was then set to continue onto Bangui in the Central African Republic to pick up 120 more passengers.
British Airways’ first Airbus A350 has collided with an Emirates Boeing 777 in Dubai. It appears as though the A350 was being pushed back in Dubai when it struck the Emirates aircraft.
Yesterday, a British Airways Airbus A380 damaged the taxiway in Chateauroux, France. Three-quarters of the British flag carrier’s A380 fleet is now in long term storage at the French airport amid a global decline in the aviation industry.
On Apr. 17, 2020 a rocket accidentally fired by a Chadian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot parked at Base Aérienne Kossei NDjamena, Chad, struck an empty tanker truck, missed a French Air Force C-130H from the Escadron de transport (Transport Squadron) 2/61 Franche Comté, and landed in the house of Deputy Commander of the Presidential Guard, General Mahamata Salaha Brahima, killing two children and two adults, and wounding two others.
Extreme weather at Doha has pushed a parked Qatar Airways 787 into an Qatar A350
Yokes wrote:Oops...Extreme weather at Doha has pushed a parked Qatar Airways 787 into an Qatar A350
https://travelradar.aero/breaking-qatar ... oha/16507/
Alaska’s largest airport shut down briefly on May 2nd after a bomb threat was reported on an Asia-bound flight. The aircraft returned to Anchorage International Airport, where it was searched in a remote section of the airport. In the meantime, flights, including the world’s largest aircraft, the An-225, diverted to Fairbanks– another major airport in Alaska.
airtrainer wrote:Alaska’s largest airport shut down briefly on May 2nd after a bomb threat was reported on an Asia-bound flight. The aircraft returned to Anchorage International Airport, where it was searched in a remote section of the airport. In the meantime, flights, including the world’s largest aircraft, the An-225, diverted to Fairbanks– another major airport in Alaska.
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Two Libyan Airlines’ Airbus aircraft, one A330 and one A320, were damaged when a mortar attack took out the fuel depot at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport on Saturday. Neither plane had any passengers aboard at the time. However, for the unlucky A330, this was the second time it was hit by rocket shrapnel within a year.
As airports and airlines around the world are now instituting mandatory face mask policies, travelers have had to comply by obtaining their own supplies. The overwhelming majority of airlines note that any type of ‘face-covering’ is sufficient, often mentioning scarves as suitable substitutes for a proper mask. However, one man has tested the limits of Spirit Airlines’ face-covering policy by donning women’s underwear…
A fight erupted on a Ural Airlines flight after it landed in Moscow. The altercation occurred between two men on the plane, one of whom allegedly bumped into the other while trying to exit the aircraft.
An investigation has been launched after a collision between two planes on the tarmac at Aberdeen International Airport.
The nose of one of the aircraft ended up wedged under the engine of the other on Tuesday evening, lifting it off the ground.
CentrelinePhoto wrote:Report that Air India Express 737-800 (VT-AXH apparently) has "broken in two" as a result of a runway excursion at Kozhikode.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-53699857
ShanwickOceanic wrote:An investigation has been launched after a collision between two planes on the tarmac at Aberdeen International Airport.
The nose of one of the aircraft ended up wedged under the engine of the other on Tuesday evening, lifting it off the ground.
More: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-no ... d-53076806
airtrainer wrote:CentrelinePhoto wrote:Report that Air India Express 737-800 (VT-AXH apparently) has "broken in two" as a result of a runway excursion at Kozhikode.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-53699857
Oh damn, does not look good at all
Lucas wrote:The plane was in bad shape,” he said.
JLAmber wrote:Lucas wrote:The plane was in bad shape,” he said.
He was right! Your plane aint flying again when your landing gear is a souvenir!