ARTICLES RELATING TO AIR TRAVEL

UK fighter jet scrambled to divert plane

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A British fighter jet has been launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board, British officials say.

BA plane makes emergency landing

2013-05-24 10:18

Both runways at Heathrow Airport have been closed after a British Airways plane made an emergency landing.

Man arrested over fake plane bomb threats

2013-05-18 10:53

A Chinese aviation industry news website says a man has been arrested for allegedly making fake bomb threats against several domestic flights bound for Shanghai.

1987 plane crash survivor breaks silence

2013-05-15 19:14

Cecelia Crocker, the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash that killed 154 people aboard and two on the ground near Detroit Metropolitan Airport, has broken her silence about how the event has affected her.

Airline to test ash cloud detector

2013-05-09 21:07

A UK airline is to test volcanic ash cloud detection technology aimed at avoiding air chaos.

Zuma's wife loses jewels in luggage theft

2013-05-07 09:00
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President Jacob Zuma's fifth wife, Thobeka Madiba-Zuma, is claiming compensation of half a million rand from SA Airlink after uninsured jewellery apparently disappeared from her luggage during a flight.

Emergency landing for Lufthansa plane

2013-05-05 08:48

A Lufthansa flight from Helsinki to Frankfurt has been forced to make an emergency landing due to a damaged motor.

Gupta guests delayed at airport

2013-05-04 10:54
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Over 200 overseas guests, who attended the Gupta wedding, have been delayed at the OR Tambo International Airport for almost six hours before they could depart.

UK Gatwick Airport bomb scare

2013-05-01 23:45

A suspicious van parked at UK's Gatwick Airport has been checked by the bomb squad.

Israel's Shin Bet read tourists' e-mail

2013-04-24 22:20

Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists' e-mail accounts and deny them entry if they refuse.

New York's LaGuardia Airport evacuated

2013-04-16 17:37

Part of New York's LaGuardia Airport has been evacuated due to a report of a suspicious package.

Fasten seatbelts for bumpier flights

2013-04-08 19:03

Flights will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners.

Bomb scare affects Qantas flight

2013-04-07 14:28

A Qantas flight from New Zealand to Australia has been forced to turn back following reports of a suspicious item on board, but the feared device turned out to be a standard fitting.

Spring snowstorm grounds US flights

2013-03-25 22:40

A huge snow storm stretching from St Louis to Washington has grounded hundreds of flights and left shivering residents wondering when winter would finally give way to spring.

Airbus gets biggest order ever

2013-03-18 18:04

Airbus and an Indonesian airline have signed a $24bn contract, the biggest ever for the aircraft maker.

787 battery fire was difficult to control

2013-03-08 13:58

Firefighters and mechanics tried repeatedly to put out a battery fire aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner through smoke so thick they couldn't see the battery, say documents.

Winter storm grounds 2 600 US flights

2013-03-06 10:02

A massive winter storm pounding the northern United States has grounded 2 600 flights, closed hundreds of schools and made roadways and highways impassable.

Airport lines longer after US budget cuts

2013-03-05 08:15

Travellers at US airports are already being greeted with longer lines and delays due to government spending cuts launched last week.

Spending cuts could see runway closures

2013-02-27 21:46

Deep spending cuts could force the world's busiest airport and others in the US to close runways, causing widespread flight delays and cancellations.

Ukraine air crash - 4 dead, 2 injured

2013-02-13 22:21

Officials say there are 4 dead, 2 injured and 2 missing as an AN24 overturned after landing in Ukraine.

Radar failure at Delhi airport

2013-02-09 14:31

An electrician has accidentally unplugged the radar system at the Indian capital's airport, forcing air traffic controllers to manually guide in aircraft.

SAA looking for more cash

2013-02-08 13:13

State-owned airline South African Airways received a R400m loan in January but now needs a further R535m to cover operating costs, according to a source.

700kg of food dumped

2013-01-27 14:31
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Employees of Air Chefs, a division of SA Airways, are facing disciplinary action following the dumping of mounds of food, it has been reported.

BA pulls Tanzania service

2013-01-23 08:50

British Airways has confirmed that it will stop its thrice-weekly service from London to Dar es Salaam.

Heathrow Airport cancels more flights

2013-01-20 15:35

London's Heathrow Airport has been hit by a third straight day of delays after airport bosses cancelled 20% of flights as snow continued to blanket the UK.

 

BA jet had a 'technical fault'

2013-05-24 11:04

A British Airways A319 plane bound to Oslo has been forced to turn back and land in London due to a technical fault, the UK airline says. Full investigation into the incident is yet to be carried out.

Plane belly lands in NY

2013-05-18 20:38

A landing gear problem has forced a plane to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport.

SA plane makes emergency landing

2013-05-16 08:06
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A passenger on a flight from PE to Durban has told how she was terrified when the cabin pressure dropped as a result of a cracked windscreen, and the plane had to make an emergency landing.

Pilots may sue Namibia for false arrest

2013-05-14 09:04

Twelve South African pilots who were detained in Namibia are considering suing the country's government for unlawful arrest, according to a report.

New charges against SA pilots in Namibia

2013-05-07 09:36

Namibian police have brought fresh charges against 12 South African pilots arrested over the weekend for violating Namibian airspace and entering the country illegally, according to a report.

SA pilots arrested in Namibia

2013-05-06 09:19

Twelve South African pilots on a light aircraft trip to raise awareness for cancer have been arrested in Namibia, apparently because their flight documents were not in order.

Pilots caught napping during flight

2013-05-04 11:28

Two Air India pilots have been caught napping in business class while flight attendants in the cockpit accidentally turned off the auto-pilot, a lapse that led to the crew being suspended.

Shots fired at Houston airport; 1 injured

2013-05-02 23:04

Houston police say shots have been fired at a Houston airport ticket counter leaving 1 man critically injured.

Ethiopia breaks Dreamliner drought

2013-04-27 11:47

An Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner jet has taken off on a commercial flight, becoming the first carrier to resume flying the Boeing 787s that were grounded worldwide three months ago due to battery problems.

Airline industry grows SA's GDP by R74bn

2013-04-18 16:12

Aviation contributes R74bn to the country's annual gross domestic product and sustains 230 000 jobs across the entire value chain, says Iata CEO Tony Tyler.

Bali jet wreckage being retrieved

2013-04-15 15:08

Indonesian investigators have begun retrieving the wreck of a Lion Air plane that crashed at Bali's airport, as accounts emerge of a freak storm that could have caused the accident.

Bodies of American exec, wife recovered

2013-04-08 09:05

New Zealand navy divers have recovered the bodies of an American wireless executive and his wife after the plane he was piloting crashed in the South Pacific.

Own pepper spray hits US airport officers

2013-03-28 08:03

Six security officers at New York's John F Kennedy Airport landed in hospital after being hit by pepper spray - fired by one of their own.

Lufthansa strike forces flight cancelations

2013-03-21 12:00

Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, are staging a several-hour strike that has prompted the company to cancel hundreds of flights.

Africa airline to negotiate for 1time

2013-03-09 10:51

Management of low-cost African airline, Fastjet, will meet with the liquidator of South Africa's 1time in a bid to re-launch the airline, the company says.

Fierce snowstorm slams US Midwest

2013-03-06 16:26

The US government has shut down ahead of a snowstorm packing heavy, wet snow that had blanketed the Midwest, leaving thousands without power and forcing hundreds of flights to be cancelled.

Plane crash in DRC’s Goma kills 7

2013-03-05 13:25

Congolese officials say a plane crash in the eastern city of Goma has killed seven people and injured three.

Libya: Errors caused 2010 plane crash

2013-03-01 13:51

A Libyan commission says human error caused a 2010 Afriqiyah Airways plane crash that killed 103 people. The plane crashed into the desert near Tripoli airport.

Toll rises in Ukraine emergency landing

2013-02-14 09:00

Five people died when an Antonov AN-24 plane with dozens of football fans on board made an emergency landing in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk on Wednesday, officials said.

5 relatives die in plane crash

2013-02-10 08:40

A small private plane has crashed south of Brussels, killing five members of a family including three small children.

Suspected drunk pilot halts flight

2013-02-08 18:04

Romanian airline Tarom has cancelled a flight to Bucharest because the pilot was suspected of being drunk before takeoff from London's Heathrow airport.

Plane lands safely after pilot faints

2013-02-01 16:01

An Alaska Airlines jetliner bound for Seattle has made an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, after the pilot lost consciousness, says an airline spokesperson.

No survivors in plane crash in Antarctica

2013-01-26 12:00

Search helicopters have found the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Antarctica carrying three Canadians.

Heathrow: 1 in 10 flights cancelled

2013-01-21 12:59

Low visibility due to bad weather has forced Heathrow to put measures in place to ease disruption.

Snow delays Paris planes

2013-01-20 08:25

France expects airlines to reduce flights in and out of Paris by as much as 40% due to forecast snowfalls over the capital and surrounding region.

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