Andre Borschberg, pilot of the Solar Impulse 2, in his unheated unpressurised 134 cubic feet cock pit, solar-powered plane has broken the world record for the longest and furthest non-stop solo flight in history. He landed in Kalaeloa Hawaii at 5.55am local time after flying non-stop for 5 days. This marks the final and longest…
A major rescue operation is under way after military transport C-130 Hercules plane, which took off from Polonia airport with 12 crew members and 101 passengers on board crashed in a residential area of Medan in Indonesia. 141 people were killed instantly. The crash site is still engulfed in flames and thick black plumes of smoke…
The Air India Boeing 300-777, flight AI 922 from Riyadh to Mumbai experienced turbulence before it was about to land at 1:10pm on Sunday 28th June 2015 and dropped 100 feet , which led to 6 crews suffering bruises and minor injuries as they were not seated with seat belt fastened. Luckily all passengers escaped…
Two pilots from Austral airlines let a passenger model Victoria Xipolitakis 29, during flight 2708 from Buenos Aires to Rosario in central Argentina, into cockpit for the entire journey and was allegedly even allowed to fly the plane. The model posted selfies in Twitter, which was viewed by 397,000 followers. Austral Airlines admitted there was…
Maria Nelly Murillo and Yudier Moreno, her month old baby, survived a plane crash in Bogata Columbia, by drinking water to stay alive, was rescued by Columbian airforce after four days lost in jungle. They were in twin engine Cessna plane that crashed in the remote region of quibdo western Columbia on 20th June 2015.…
On 21st June 2015, a Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft was diverted to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday afternoon after it received a cargo fire alarm message. The warning came just 20 minutes before the flight — SQ 425 — from Mumbai, India, to Singapore was due to land at Changi airport. The Boeing 777, landed in Kuala…
China has produced the world’s first electric passenger aircraft to gain an airworthiness certificate. The ‘BX1E’ has a 14.5-metre wingspan and a maximum payload of 507lbs, 230 kg. and can fly at an altitude of 3,000 metres, according to Xinhua news agency. This aircraft runs on Electric motor replacing conventional combustion engine with electricity from…
Two stowaway clung on to British Airways Boeing 747, flight from Johannesburg in South Africa to London Heathrow and travelled 8000 miles, one died after falling onto a shop roof of NotOnTheHighStreet.com, in Kew Road, Richmond southwest London at around 9:30am and another man is in a serious condition in a west London hospital after…
A military Airbus A400M plane crash in Spain was caused by software fault as “torque calibration parameters” had been accidentally deleted during a software installation from three of its engines, according to investigators. This would have caused the affected propellers to spin too slowly. The aeroplane crashed near Seville, during a test flight on 9…
The pilot of Flybe flight BE384 from Southampton to Dublin was aborted and forced to turn around and head back to Southampton Airport as the navigational systems was savaged by Bees. The insect flew into one of the instruments on the outside of the jet. Safety of passengers was primary concern for the crew as…