Tuesday, October 20, 2015

NEWS JetBlue will have free satellite WiFi on every flight by fall 2016



JetBlue's plans to outfit its aircraft with fast satellite WiFi are most definitely on track. The airline has announced that it not only has Fly-Fi on all of its Airbus aircraft, but that it expects to have the free internet access aboard all its remaining flights by fall 2016. That's a big deal, particularly if you're a frequent flier -- it guarantees at least one carrier that will have relatively brisk (20Mbps per device) connections on every trip, whether it's a short hop or cross-country. JetBlue no doubt hopes that you'll use its expanding service to buy a few things, but it's hard to be too cynical about the company's motives when some other airlines charge you for WiFi that's virtually unusable.

NEWS An American F-16 was hit by small-arms fire over Afghanistan

An American F-16 took fire over Afghanistan last Tuesday, forcing the pilot to make an unscheduled landing. The Pentagon did not disclose the incident until media reports emerged. According to Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis, the plane was hit by small-arms fire, damaging one of the plane's stabilizers. That forced the pilot to jettison two external fuel tanks and three pieces of munitions before landing safely.

BREAKING A man died on board an Aer Lingus #EI485 this evening after being restrained

UPDATE Irish police have confirmed that a number of packages were found inside the body of a Brazilian man who died on board an Aer Lingus flight to Ireland from Portugal this week. It is believed the packages contained cocaine.
Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

UPDATE A woman who is believed to have been accompanying the man who died has been arrested and is being held in a police station in Ireland, reports the Irish Mirror.

A man died on board an Aer Lingus Airbus A320 flight EI485 from Lisbon to Dublin this evening.

The flight was diverted to Cork Airport after a 24-year-old man became agitated about an hour into the two hour journey. He bit another passenger before being restrained. He subsequently became unwell and then fell unconscious.



The captain of the flight declared a medical emergency and diverted the plane to Cork Airport, where it landed at around 5.40pm this evening.


It is not clear when the man died but he was pronounced dead on board the airplane and his body remains there.

The 170 passengers and crew members have been taken from the plane and are now being interviewed by gardaí about the incident

One man, injured during the flight, has been taken to hospital.
The passengers are expected to re-board the plane and fly to Dublin before midnight.

Source rte.ie

NEWS FAA Warning Flyers Not to Pack Lithium Batteries in Checked Bags

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a safety warning about spare lithium batteries and wants airlines to prohibit passengers from leaving them in checked luggage.

The batteries “present a risk of both igniting and fueling fires in aircraft cargo/baggage compartments,” the agency said in a statement.

The FAA also wants airlines to prohibit the batteries from checked bags and to remind passengers at the time of ticket purchase and again at check-in time not to pack them.

Passengers who need extra lithium batteries may however bring them in their carry-on bags.

VIDEO Impressive manual landing on board this Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 ‪#‎AvGeek‬

Manual landing on board this Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 #AvGeek

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EMERGENCY Plane lands safely in Canada after smoke reported in cockpit

Cape Breton Regional Police say a commercial aircraft carrying about 70 passengers has made an emergency landing in eastern Canada and no one is hurt. Police say emergency crews were called to the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport in Sydney at around 5 p.m. after an aircraft reported smoke in the cockpit. Police say the plane was carrying about 70 passengers and landed safely. Staff Sgt. Phillip Ross said he did not have any other information about the incident.

VIDEO KLM releases new flight safety film

This new innovative flight Safety film emphasizes the amount of detail that KLM puts into a subject as important as flight safety. The film was made with over one thousand hand painted Delft Blue tiles. By photographing every tile using stop-motion technique, a unique flight safety film was born.
 

NEWS Lufthansa, cabin crew fail to reach deal on pension scheme



The latest round of talks between German airline Lufthansa and its cabin crew workers has failed, with union UFO rejecting the German airline's latest offers as "missing the point". The German carrier is currently negotiating with staff from various parts of its business as it tries to cut costs to compete more effectively with low cost carriers and Gulf rivals. It has said in talks with union UFO, which represents around 19,000 flight attendants, that low interest rates meant it could no longer afford the retirement scheme it has been offering to cabin crew, which cost it 3.7 billion euros ($4.19 billion) last year and allowed workers to retire at the age of 55.

NEWS Air France increases Paris (Roissy)-Havana flights

AIRFRANCE in winter season plans to operate additional flights on Paris CDG – Havana route. From 25OCT15, AF will introduce 11th weekly service (compared to winter 2014/15 season), while adding a 12th weekly service from 22DEC15. The 12th weekly flight that operates on Tuesdays as AF4012/4013 is served as a charter flight, therefore reservation to general public is not available.

NEWS Air France keeping more cast members then planned



Air France will cut less than a third of the 2,900 job cuts it proposed in a 2016/2017 plan that triggered clashes with some staff, the chief executive of parent company Air France-KLM said on Sunday. The job cuts in 2016 would be voluntary and heavier job losses in 2017 could be avoided if talks with unions led to an agreement on alternative savings measures by the beginning of next year, Alexandre de Juniac said. “The ‘Plan B’ takes place over two years, 2016 and 2017. For 2016 it is under way,” he said in an interview on RTL radio and the LCI news channel.

BREAKING American Airlines #AA796 from Philadelphia to Tel-aviv is declaring an emergency. Live:

UPDATE 07:50 UTC American Airlines #AA796 is landing at London Heathrow due to a passenger with severe chest pain.

Monday, October 19, 2015

VIDEO Emergency landing of Aer Lingus #EI576 in Dublin due to a possible loss of nose gear steering

NEWS Passenger allegedly choked for reclining her seat, Southwest flight makes emergency landing

A Southwest Airlines flight turned around and made an emergency landing in Los Angeles late Sunday after a woman aboard the plane allegedly claimed a man tried to choke her because of a reclined seat back, according to the airline and witnesses.
 

VIDEO Drone near miss to low flying fighter during airstrike in Harasta, Syria

BREAKING Norwegian #DY3606 from Copenhagen to Dublin is declaring an emergency. Live:

UPDATE 11:21 UTC Norwegian #DY3606 is escorted to terminal.

UPDATE 11:20 UTC Norwegian #DY3606 safely landed in Dublin runway 28 with medical emergency on board.

VIDEO Timelapse of the fog rolling from the tower at Oslo airport this morning

BREAKING Monarch #ZB970 from Birmingham to Malaga is declaring an emergency. Live:

UPDATE 8:00 UTC Monarch #ZB970 diverted to London Gatwick, due to a male passenger started to have a heart attack. A Dr was luckily on the flight. Paramedics now at the plane.
UPDATE 07:45 UTC Monarch #ZB970 safely landed at London Gatwick, now taxiing to the gate. More updates when we get news.


Sunday, October 18, 2015

PHOTOS All Nippon 787 Dreamliner in Star Wars #R2D2 livery arrives at Vancouver












BREAKING TAM flight #JJ8101 from Paris CDG to Sao Paulo is declaring an emergency. Live:

UPDATE 22:14 UTC TAM flight #JJ8101 returned to Paris CDG due to medical emergency on board.

UPDATE 21:53 UTC Confirmation TAM flight #JJ8101 safely landed at Paris CDG.



ALERT British woman hangs herself in Turkish airport after missing flight

A British woman has killed herself after missing a connection flight in Turkey apparently because she couldn’t afford a replacement ticket, local media reported.

The 50-year-old woman was travelling from London to the Kurdish Iraqi capital Erbil. She arrived in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Saturday and was due to depart two hour later, but missed her flight, according to Turkey’s Dogan News Agency.

She went into a restroom and hanged herself using the laces of her shoes, the Daily Hurriyet reported. Her body was discovered by three Russian passengers, who called paramedics, but they were too late to save the woman’s life.