… Netanyahu described a dramatic mid-flight struggle to control the flydubai plane after it plummeted 17,000 feet in the span of a minute, according to the Flightradar24 website. …
… The Flydubai plane – which took off from Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates early on Wednesday morning – signalled an emergency code two hours into the journey, flight tracking website Flightradar24 said. …
… The Boeing 777 operated by FedEx was the top-tracked aircraft on aviation information platform FlightRadar24 as it neared Alaska, roughly halfway into its journey. …
… The Boeing 777 operated by FedEx was the top-tracked aircraft on aviation information platform FlightRadar24 as it neared Alaska, roughly halfway into its journey. …
… Even after the new sanctions took effect on Wednesday, a flight from Tehran operated by Mahan Air, one of Iran's biggest carriers, landed in Guangzhou in China, according to tracking data from FlightRadar24. …
… Even after the new sanctions took effect on Wednesday, a flight from Tehran operated by Mahan Air, one of Iran's biggest carriers, landed in Guangzhou in China, according to tracking data from FlightRadar24.China on Tuesday said it opposes the US sanctions and called them illegal …
… Flight data from tracking site FlightRadar24 shows that the Amazon cargo flight was travelling at 112 knots (129mph, 207km/h) as it exited the “useable runway”. …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu credited an Israeli plumber with helping avert disaster after a fight broke out in the cockpit of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 passengers, which plummeted 17,000 feet in one minute and made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu credited an Israeli plumber with helping avert disaster after a fight broke out in the cockpit of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 passengers, which plummeted 17,000 feet in one minute and made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
A flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after one pilot allegedly attempted to crash the plane. The aircraft dropped from nearly 34,000 feet to less than 17,000 feet within one minute and transmitted distress and hijacking signals before landing.
A Flydubai plane carrying around 150 people, mostly Israeli passengers, was diverted to Tabuk Airport in northeastern Saudi Arabia after an incident between pilots two hours into its journey from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Israeli officials told local media that one pilot stabbed the other before being restrained; the flight signalled emergency codes including a hijacking alert before landing safely.
Two giant pandas named Ping Ping and Fu Shuang departed from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and arrived in Atlanta, Georgia after a 16-hour flight on Sunday, Beijing's state media said. The transfer was announced during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington as part of China's "panda diplomacy" programme to foster foreign ties.
China sent two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, to the United States on Sunday as part of its "panda diplomacy" programme to foster foreign ties. The animals departed from Chengdu and are headed to a zoo in Atlanta, Georgia, where they will spend the next 10 years.
Iranian airlines cancelled some international flights after the US tightened sanctions on Iran's aviation sector. Georgia and Azerbaijan suspended flights, and routes to Baghdad, Muscat and Qatar were halted, though some carriers continued operating to other destinations including China.
US Treasury tightened sanctions on Iran's aviation industry on Wednesday, prompting Iranian airlines to cancel flights to Baghdad, Muscat, Qatar, Georgia and Azerbaijan, though routes to China, Istanbul and other destinations remained available. The US Treasury Secretary announced the measures as part of efforts to pressure Iran following their nearly seven-month war.
A Boeing 767-300 Amazon Air cargo plane overshot the runway while landing at Miami International Airport, killing five people and injuring five others, and hitting vehicles on the ground. The FAA grounded all flights as rescue crews responded to the crash, which occurred after the aircraft departed from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
A passenger window dislodged on a Ryanair Boeing 737 shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki, Greece on Friday, partially sucking a Serbian national through the opening. The aircraft made an emergency landing and the passenger was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Residents of Nanyuki are angry and fearful over the United States building an Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base to isolate Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The 50-bed facility, nearing completion and currently without patients, has drawn criticism over neo-colonial concerns and fears of contagion in a region that has never recorded an Ebola case.