Michael PALIN “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.”
St. AUGUSTINE “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
Flight Blamed For Lampard Injury »
Chelsea football club are reportedly suing the Football Association for £900,000 after star midfielder Frank Lampard suffered a muscle strain in training.
The player is currently in Qatar for England’s Friendly match against Brazil, but the aircraft he and his team mates travelled on was reported to be too small and cramped. The superstars usually have [...]
Fasten Your Seatbelts; We’re About To Land In POO »
Flight search specialists, Skyscanner have come up with a list of the weirdest, funniest and rudest airport names from around the world.
Airports such as Deception, Desolation Sound or Slave Lake in Canada, Danger Bay or Eek in the USA, and Mafia Airport in Tanzania, would perhaps best be avoided.
While Pickle Lake (Canada), Raspberry Strait (USA), [...]
Cockpit Error Sparks Hijack Alert »
Air traffic controllers at Miami Airport feared an incoming American Airlines flight had been hijacked due to a cock pit error.
The regular radio frequency and frequency alert for a high jacking are very close together and the transmitter on Flight 535 from San Juan, Puerto Rico was accidently put on the wrong one, sparking a [...]
Teddy Bear Banned From Plane »
A furious mum recently slammed Easyjet for banning her six year old daughter’s teddy bear from a flight.
An upset Alba Apreciado – Peris was told the teddy named Bebe was excess baggage.
Her mother Amparo Peris – Bordes on a flight from Glasgow to Stanstead was asked to pay £9 to have the teddy stowed in [...]
Boeing 747 Sucks Baggage Container Into Engine »
A Japan Airlines flight was recently grounded at LA International Airport when a large metal baggage container was sucked into one of its engines.
The incident happened as the plane was pushing back for take-off and the container was driven too close the aircraft, the vacuum created by the engine sucked up the metal container and [...]
Return Flight To Afghanistan »
The Afghan airline Ariana is hoping to reintroduce direct flights between Britain and Afghanistan.
The move comes almost a decade after a domestic Ariana flight was hijacked and diverted to Stansted by Afghans seeking asylum.
The airline is currently banned from UK airspace after failing stringent safety checks; however Ariana has recently bought two Airbus 310/300 planes [...]
BMI Introduces A330 »
From 3rd May BMI will introduce an A330 wide bodied aeroplane on its Heathrow – Tel Aviv route.
Premium economy customers in a separate cabin with a dedicated in flight team can enjoy more comfortable seats with 50 inches of legroom.
While business class passengers will have their own onboard chef who will cook their meals [...]
Take-Off Scare As Plane’s Tail Hits Runway »
An Airbus A340 carrying 225 passengers slammed its tail into the runway during take-off, after the wrong weight was programmed into a flight computer.
The Emirates plane was trying to take off from Melbourne, Australia when the incident happened.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said that the weight of the plane which is entered into the computer [...]
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