Singapore firm unveils plans for hydrogen-electric passenger planeAfter 12 years developing hydrogen propulsion systems for small unmanned aircraft, HES Energy Systems has unveiled its plans for Element One, the world’s first regional hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft. One century after More… |
UAE's aviation authority denies flydubai hijack rumoursThe UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) denied today rumours of an attempted hijack of a flydubai plane passing through Iranian airspace, said a report. Saif Al Suwaidi, director general of the GCAA, said that flydub More… |
Gulf Air dismisses reports of storming plane by UK policeBahrain national carrier Gulf Air has dismissed media reports that armed police stormed one of its flights at London Heathrow. However, the carrier confirmed that upon landing of the Gulf Air flight GF003 from Bahrain in Lond More… |
Passenger plane crashes near Kathmandu airport; kills 49A plane carrying 71 people, including four crew members, crashed near Kathmandu airport just as it was about to land, killing 49 people, said a report. According to a report in BBC, the plane veered off the runway while l More… |
Plane forced to land over man's excessive flatulenceThe pilot of a Dubai-Amsterdam flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a fight broke out over a passenger's flatulence problem, said a report. Transavia Airlines Flight HV6902 made an unscheduled stop in Vienna af More… |
Russian plane crashes near Moscow; 71 killedA Russian airliner carrying 71 passengers and crew crashed after vanishing from radar screens as it left the Moscow's Domodedovo airport for the Urals, media reports said. All passengers and crew we More… |
Airbus' self-flying aircraft completes first test flightVahana, the all electric, self-piloted, VTOL aircraft from A³ by Airbus, has announced the successful completion of its first full-scale flight test, reaching a height of 5 meters (16 feet) before descending safely. The test More… |
Qatari fighters intercept civilian planes: UAEThe UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has alleged that two UAE civilian planes were intercepted by Qatari fighter-planes on routine flights to Manama, Bahrain. The GCAA regarded this incid More… |
Qatari fighters intercept civilian planes: UAEThe UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has alleged that two UAE civilian planes were intercepted by Qatari fighter-planes on routine flights to Manama, Bahrain. The GCAA regarded this incid More… |
Passengers escape horrific plane crash in TurkeyPassengers on a flight from Ankara to Trabzon escaped a horrific end after the plane skidded off the runway and down the side of a cliff, said a report. The Pegasus Airline plane ended up halway down the steep slope, stopping just More… |