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Over 27,000 flights, 4.4m seats cancelled as travelers stranded in Middle East
Frank Okon More than 27,000 flights to and from the Middle East to international destinations have been cancelled, with an estimated 4.4 million airline seats removed from schedules over the past week as Iranian regime ratchets bombardment of neighboring Arab…
Airlines resume cautious flights amidst Middle East airspace risks
Virgin Atlantic has become the latest airline to resume operations from the United Arab Emirates, operating its first flight to London Heathrow since regional airspace closures began following the escalation of the US-Israel conflict with Iran. The British carrier’s scheduled…
Chinese aircraft to fly Nigeria’s domestic routes
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports A deal might be underway for China’s state owned aircraft manufacturer, COMAC, to provide fleets of jets that would restore vibrancy to the domestic aviation industry and also make more vessels available for new destinations….
Flight captain on booze, Japan Airlines delays flights for 18 hours
Several Japan Airlines flights from Hawaii to Japan delayed up to 18 hours after a pilot was found drinking before his flight; becoming the fourth case a Japan Airlines pilot is caught drinking before a flight. The airline said in…
Passengers in horror as plane plunges 28,000ft in seconds
Terrified passengers texted worried messages to their loved ones as a Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Brisbane suddenly lost cabin pressure at high altitude and plunged 28,000ft within seconds. Flight VA993 hit crisis just 40 minutes after taking off…
Some 242 Indians, Britons, Canadians dead as Air India flight crashes
Air India flight AI-171, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, crashed shortly after takeoff near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday. The Boeing 787 aircraft belonging to Air India was carrying around 232 passengers and 10 crew members when it crashed. Indian television…
US accepts Qatar’s Boeing 747 for Air Force 1
The President Donald Trump administration of the United States government has formally accepted the goodwill gift of jumbo plane for the exclusive of the Pentagon as Air Force 1. The Pentagon said Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth accepted a Boeing 747…
How a Lufthansa flight with 200 passengers flew into Spain without pilot
Sopuruchi Onwuka The fate of 200 passengers who were approaching Spain in a Lufthansa flight from France was hung temporarily in the air when the pilot who went to use the toilet was unable to reenter the cockpit and the…
Stranded astronauts to return as NASA capsule docks at ISS
After spending over nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are preparing for their return to Earth. Director of the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Nilesh M Desai stated: “The crew mission is…
Alef Aeronautics proves flying car concept with test flight
Sopuruchi Onwuka Futuristic vehicle producer, Alef Aeronautics, has proved the electric flying car technology with its first vertical lift in a controlled traffic congestion scenario. In the video of the test seen by The Oracle Today, the meshed electric car…
