Qantas recently ended its nonstop route between Perth (PER) and London-Heathrow (LHR) by making it a one-stop service. These flights now stop in Singapore (SIN) as deteriorating Iran-Israel relations make it unsafe for flights to operate over Iranian airspace. This video shows the inaugural flight of this route landing in Perth on March 26, 2018.
Video: Perth Airport
#australia #australiatour #geopolitical #GeopoliticalTensions #middleeastern
An unruly passenger was removed from a SunExpress flight during an emergency landing in Belgrade (BEG) on Tuesday. Flight XQ 505 from Manchester (MAN) to Dalaman (DLM) in Turkey diverted to Serbia for the police to intervene. This video shows a man cursing at passengers from his seat and holding what appears to be a bottle in his hand.
Video: YappApp
#unrulypassenger #flightsafety #disruptive #angryman #tantrums
Many people in North America watched the total solar eclipse on April 8. This video shows a timelapse of a flight during a previous solar eclipse on March 9, 2016. Alaska Airlines flight AS 870 from Anchorage (ANC) to Honolulu (HNL) flew over the path of totality in the Pacific Ocean.
Video: Sylvain Chapeland (@pictosydus)
#solareclipse #solareclipse2024 #EclipseSolar #eclipse2024 #alaskaairlines
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 and British Airways Airbus A350 collided at London-Heathrow (LHR) on Saturday. The Virgin Atlantic aircraft was being towed from the stand at Terminal 3 when it hit the wingtip of the British Airways plane. This video shows minor damage to both planes and emergency vehicles on the runway.
Video: X (@rampagentlhr)
#londonnews ##london #flightsafety #incidentresponse #emergencyresponse
An Alaska Airlines MD-83 aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean and killed all 88 people onboard on January 31, 2000. A critical flight control system failed during the flight, forcing the aircraft into an almost vertical nosedive. This video recreating the incident is from an episode of National Geographic's Air Crash Investigation.
Video: National Geographic
#alaskaairlines #FlightCrash #historytime #crashlanding #flightsafety
JetBlue operated the inaugural flight of its nonstop service between Boston (BOS) and Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) on April 3. This video shows a JetBlue Airbus A321neo landing at CDG shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time on April 4. Passengers based in Boston now have three ways to visit Paris: JetBlue, Air France, and Delta Air Lines.
Video: X (Maja Gedosev)
#BOSTON #parisfrance #Paris2024 #summerready #VacationMode
Another video shows that parts of the ceiling fell to the ground at Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) near Taipei shortly after the earthquake. An airport representative later told Focus Taiwan that three passengers were hit by the falling debris but continued with their journeys. The majority of flights are operating on their regular schedules.
Video: X (Dco Global News)
#taiwan #airport #aviation #taipei #earthquake #taiwanearthquake #emergency #safety
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan on April 3, killing nine people in the country's most powerful seismic event in over 25 years. This video shows the moment the earthquake struck Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) near Taipei. Passengers had to duck for cover as the entire terminal building started shaking.
Video: X (jaycub05)
#taiwan #taipei #airport #aviation #earthquake #taiwanearthquake #emergency #safety
Video surfaced online of a woman going crazy on a Spirit Airlines flight as police offers attempt to escort her off the flight. It is unclear why she was yelling and no other information is available about this incident.
Video: TikTok (@realkingjon)
#spiritairlines #unrulypassenger #aviation #flights #emergency
Asiana Airlines completed the final flight of its last passenger Boeing 747-400 on March 25. The aircraft, with registration HL7428, first flew with Asiana in 1999. This video shows HL7428 receiving a farewell ceremony after landing at Seoul-Incheon (ICN).
Video: Unknown
#southkorea #seoul #asianaairlines #boeing747 #airport #aviation #boeing #flights
A United Airlines flight from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Newark (EWR) was diverted to Stewart (SWF) in New York on March 29 due to high winds and turbulence. Several people onboard the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner were hospitalized after wind shear, a sudden change in wind direction, forced the pilots to abort the initial landing. This video shows another United 787-10 Dreamliner departing from Tel Aviv two days before the incident.
Video: @spotter.tlv
#unitedairlines #israel #windshear #telaviv #newark #newyork #newjersey #aviation #emergency #flightsafety #emergencylanding #highwinds #turbulence #boeing787dreamliner
American Airlines operated the first flight from the U.S. to Mexico's newly opened Tulum Airport (TQO) on March 28. The carrier used a Boeing 737-800 with registration N902NN for flight AA 1131 from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW). American also serves Tulum from Charlotte (CLT) and Miami (MIA).
Video: @fl360aero
#mexico #tulum #airport #americanairlines #boeing737800 #newflights #aviation #tulumairport #newroute
