“Nobody wants to be a pilot anymore. As the airlines tell it, a so-called pilot shortage has made it impossible to staff their fleets, forcing them to cancel flights and park hundreds of airwort…
Hurricane Irma live coverage from 10 Camera Views
Winds at MIA are currently 51 mph with gusts reported at 64 mph. The rain water flowing like a river down the streets of Miami Sustained winds at MIA are currently 51 mph with gusts reported at…
IndiGo Airlines- Two bird strike incidents in a week
IndiGo airlines Airbus A320-200, flight #6E-827 departed from Raipur to Hyderabad (India), returned to Raipur due bird strike. According to Avherald website, “A320 aircraft with 170 passengers o…
Hurricane Irma – “You Don’t Scare us”
Photo Credit: Reuters Strong winds and rains of Hurricane Irma lashed the Florida key and moving towards the state. Ahead of storm, major airlines added flights to help fly out as many passengers as …
Etihad Airways axed complementary sleep suits for business travellers
Etihad Airlines is no longer handing out free sleep suits to business class passengers. “After hearing a series of anecdotal reports from readers Australian Business Traveller contacted Etihad A…
Royal Bhutan aircraft – passengers evacuated via emergency chutes
Royal Bhutan Airlines Aircraft bound for Bangkok aborted takeoff run at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at Kolkata, India on Saturday around 12.30pm Smoke was detected in the aircraft…
Shahid Abbasi becomes the first Pakistani Prime Minister to fly F-16 fighter jet
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday visited the newly established Airpower Center of Excellence (ACE) at an operational air base of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). After insp…
Air crash -“classified and not releasable,” says 99 Air Base Wing at Nellis, U.S.
A pilot died in another plane crash this week at the Nevada Test and Training Range, the US Airforce said. The Lieutenant Colonel Eric Schults died from injuries sustained during the crash on Tuesday …
Impressive video – “Hurricane Hunters” flying into the eye of the storm
Hurricane Hunters; Specially equipped NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) aircraft fly into the eye of the storm and collect data such as storm’s temperature, wind speeds and direct…
Live – NASA satellites tracking Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia
Photo Credit: NASA NASA satellites orbiting in space help to track the current lineup of hurricanes gathering steam and heading towards the United States. The satellites are tracking rainfall, wind sp…