カテゴリー: Air transport
The expansion of air travel has brought huge benefits to the mountainous country – but a poor safety record puts jobs and tourism at riskFear, anxiety and resignation stalk Nepal’s domestic airports. Norwegian tourist Waldemar Wergeland is relieved to …
Nepali pilot and five Mexican passengers killed after aircraft crashes soon after takeoff near LuklaAll six people onboard a tourist helicopter in Nepal have been killed after it crashed soon after takeoff in the Everest region.The Manang Air flight wa…
Airport expresses ‘deepest condolences’ after 57-year-old gets caught and has left leg removed from above the kneeA woman’s leg has been amputated in a Thai airport after it became trapped by a movable walkway on Thursday, officials said.The 57-year-ol…
Man in his 30s was detained on Friday after opening emergency exit at about 200 metres above groundA South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for a passenger who opened an Asiana Airlines plane door minutes before it landed, it has been reported…
Although China hopes to cut its reliance on foreign technology, many of the C919’s parts are sourced from overseasChina’s first domestically produced passenger jet took off on its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in the nation’s de…
Asiana Airlines flight was about 200 metres above the ground when the passenger pulled emergency exitA man who opened an emergency exit on a flight in mid-air felt “suffocated” and wanted to get off quickly, South Korean police have said.The Asiana Air…
Asiana Airlines officials say man pulled lever to open emergency exit shortly before landingPolice in South Korea have arrested a man who allegedly opened the door on an Asiana Airlines flight shortly before the aircraft landed, triggering panic among …
After years of delays, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries admits building Japan’s first homegrown passenger jet was too difficult and probably not viableJapan has abandoned plans to build its first homegrown passenger jet after years of technical setbacks and…
Ruan Calum Crighton was onboard the Yeti Airlines flight which crashed on Sunday with at least 68 fatalitiesA British man was among dozens of people killed in Nepal’s deadliest air crash in decades.Ruan Calum Crighton was among 72 people onboard the Ye…
Harrowing footage shows passengers had no idea plane was in danger before crashIn the moments before Nepal’s deadliest air crash in decades on Sunday, four friends from India who were onboard began excitedly recording the descent on a Facebook live vid…
So-called ‘black boxes’ are in good condition, says official investigating deaths of at least 68 people when Yeti Airlines flight plummeted into a gorge The black box and cockpit voice recorder from the Yeti Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal have be…
Department of Health confirms that from 5 January anyone travelling to England will be asked to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test Rishi Sunak has performed a major U-turn by imposing Covid checks on travellers from China from 5 January, after criticis…
The Boeing 787 was more than four hours into the flight when it was denied permission to land and forced to return to MelbourneGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Jetstar flight from Melbourne to Bali was forced t…
Bodies being recovered after army locates Tara Air aircraft that took off from Pokhara, after conditions hampered earlier searchRescue workers in Nepal have recovered 14 bodies from the crash site of a small plane carrying 22 people that went down in a…
WSJ sources suggest black box recorders from Boeing 737-800 indicate intentional input from cockpitA China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March, killing 132 people, appears to have been intentionally flown into the mountainside below by someone…