Category Air Traffic Alert

Eurasia’s highest volcano erupts in Kamchatka for second time in year; Yellow Warning Issued

Eurasia’s largest volcano, the Klyuchevskoy, located on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula, has erupted for the second time this year, said Olga Girina, chief of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.  …

‘Catastrophic’ Engine Failure Causes BA Jet Fire

A British Airways plane bound for London with 170 people on board has burst into flames on the tarmac at Las Vegas Airport.   The Boeing 777-200 was preparing to take off shortly after 4pm (local time) on Tuesday when…

Travel chaos as Typhoon Goni cancels 140 flights in Hong Kong and Shanghai

More than 140 flights were cancelled in Shanghai and Hong Kong as Typhoon Goni continued to pummel the northern Philippines while churning across the Pacific Ocean towards Japan and Korea on Monday.   As it moved northwards at 22km/h, with…

Two planes collide at an airshow killing one pilot in Northern Switzerland

Tragedy: The 50-year-old pilot was inside his plane when it crashed into a barn in Dittingen in Switzerland A pilot died and another parachuted to safety when two planes collided at an airshow in northern Switzerland.   The two aircraft…