Fight breaks out on plane to Ibiza after two ‘drunken and unruly English passengers’ refused to wear face masks on KLM flight from Amsterdam Footage appears to show two English passengers fighting after the flight took off Two men were arrested by Spanish police when the plane arrived in Ibiza Passengers can be heard shouting … Read more
Fight breaks out on plane to Ibiza after two ‘drunken and unruly English passengers’ refused to wear face masks on KLM flight from Amsterdam Footage appears to show two English passengers fighting after the flight took off Two men were arrested by Spanish police when the plane arrived in Ibiza Passengers can be heard shouting … Read more
On a wing and a prayer: Pigeon shows stern stuff as it clings onto a plane during 177mph take-off A determined pigeon stood his ground on the wing of a plane during takeoff The tiny bird refused to move as the plane prepared to reach speeds of 177mph A surprised passenger videoed the daring moment … Read more
Three dead as microlight crashes into hot-air balloon then plunges into house and bursts into flames in German town of Wesel Witnesses told local media that the light aircraft had collided with hot-air balloon The crash happened in the city of Wesel around 35 miles north of Dusseldorf Firefighters and police are at the scene … Read more
Three dead as microlight plane crashes into apartment building and bursts into flames in German city of Wesel Witnesses told local media that the light aircraft had collided with hot-air balloon The crash happened in the city of Wesel around 35 miles north of Dusseldorf Firefighters and police are at the scene and the area … Read more
A British firm has unveiled concept images for what it claims will be the ‘largest commercial hybrid plane in the world’. The 70-seater ‘hybrid electric regional aircraft’ (HERA) has a ‘whisper-quiet’ operation to reduce noise pollution and airborne battery regeneration. It’s a hybrid passenger plane – meaning it’s powered partly by an environmentally-friendly electric engine and … Read more
Ex-RAF pilot, 80, crashes his hand built replica WWII Focke Wulf 190 into a field after mistaking a tractor track for the grass runway Barry Conway, 80, was attempting to land his replica Focke Wulf 190 in a field The hand built aircraft flipped over after hitting a rut on caused by a tractor A … Read more
Ex-RAF pilot, 80, crashes his hand built replica WWII Focke Wulf 190 into a field after mistaking a tractor track for the grass runway Barry Conway, 80, was attempting to land his replica Focke Wulf 190 in a field The hand built aircraft flipped over after hitting a rut on caused by a tractor A … Read more
Flying with middle seats filled during the COVID-19 pandemic poses a larger threat to passengers than plane crashes, according to new statistical research from an MIT professor. Using publicly available statistics on social distancing and COVID-19 transmission, Arnold Barnett, a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, calculated that the odds of COVID-19 transmission on … Read more
Placing hamsters on an aeroplane could be one way of examining whether coronavirus can be spread through airborne transmission, an infectious disease specialist has suggested. Epidemiologist Professor David Heymann said further ‘complex studies’ were needed to see if people could catch Covid-19 through air circulating on planes or through restaurant air conditioning systems. He said … Read more