BUDAPEST, July 12, 2024 (AFP) – An airport in eastern Hungary is temporarily closed due to runway damage caused by the scorching temperatures of a heatwave hitting the central European country, its operator said on Friday. Despite a typically temperate climate, Hungary has been experiencing daily highs exceeding 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in recent days, and temperatures could hit a record high over the weekend. Due to the “continuous thermal stress”, the […]
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Japanese airliners ‘clip wings’, no injuries
TOKYO, Feb 1, 2024 (AFP) – The wing tips of two passenger jets “scratched” each other at a Japanese airport Thursday, an airport operator said, the latest in a string of aviation mishaps in the country. Reports said no one was injured in the incident involving the two All Nippon Airways aircraft at Osaka’s Itami airport for domestic flights. “We’ve been told wing tips of two ANA planes scratched each other” shortly after 10:00 am […]
Japan Airlines plane on fire on runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport: TV images
TOKYO, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) – A Japan Airlines plane burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft, media reports said. Images on broadcaster NHK showed the plane moving along the runway before a large explosion of orange flames exploded from beneath and behind it. All 367 passengers and 12 crew onboard the Airbus plane were evacuated, NHK reported. Those onboard included eight […]
Flights delayed as Geneva airport workers go on strike
By Nina LARSON GENEVA, Dec 24, 2023 (AFP) – A number of flights from Geneva airport were delayed and some were cancelled during the holiday rush Sunday, as dozens of ground staff went on strike over a wage dispute. The workers began their strike at 4:00 am (0300 GMT) to protest conditions provided by their employer, the Dubai National Air Travel Agency (Dnata). Dnata personnel, who handle about a fifth of the traffic through Cointrin […]
Hamburg airport hostage-taker gives himself up
HAMBURG, Nov 5, 2023 (AFP) – An armed father who took his four-year-old daughter hostage, forcing the suspension of flights at Hamburg airport, gave himself up “without resistance” on Sunday after hours of negotiations, German police said. The 35-year-old man had barricaded himself and the child in his car at the foot of a Turkish Airlines plane on Saturday evening, demanding to be allowed on board after a custody dispute with the mother. He had […]
French airports evacuated after ‘threats of attack’
PARIS, Oct 18, 2023 (AFP) – Airports across France were evacuated on Wednesday after emailed “threats of attack”, a police source told AFP, the latest in a series of similar alerts. The evacuations at Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse and Beauvais airport near Paris would allow authorities to “clear up any doubts” whether the threats are real, the source said. A spokeswoman for Strasbourg airport in eastern France also said the site was being evacuated […]
Bomb threat sparks security alert at 42 Philippine airports
MANILA, Oct 6, 2023 (AFP) – Security patrols and sniffer dogs were deployed at dozens of Philippine airports Friday, after the aviation regulator received a bomb threat against commercial planes. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said it was investigating the threat received via email on Wednesday warning that aircraft at Manila airport and four others would “explode”. The regulator said in a statement Friday that 42 commercial airports “are on heightened alert” and […]
Russian airport attacked from own territory, Ukraine says
KYIV, Ukraine, Sept 1, 2023 (AFP) – Ukraine’s military intelligence said Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in northwestern Russia which damaged several transport planes was carried out from within Russian territory. The claim, falling on the first day of the school year, came as President Vladimir Putin told Russian students that their country was “invincible” and police in Kyiv scrambled to respond to bomb threats in schools. The attack this week […]
Airlines count cost of UK traffic control failure
LONDON, Aug 30, 2023 (AFP) – The worst disruption to UK air traffic control in almost a decade following a technical fault risks costing carriers around £100 million, the head of global airline body IATA estimated Wednesday. Passengers continued to be affected by cancelled flights owing to Monday’s incident, but far more planes were able to fly. “I would imagine that at an industry-level, we’ll be getting close to £100 million ($127 million) of additional […]
Drone attack on Russian airport near Estonia border: official
MOSCOW, Aug 30, 2023 (AFP) – A Russian airport near the border with Estonia came under drone attack, the local governor said on Wednesday, with reports that planes were damaged. Regional governor Mikhail Vedernikov, who said he was at the scene of the attack, posted a video on Telegram of a massive fire, with the sounds of explosions and sirens in the background. A drone attack “has been repelled in Pskov airport,” Vedernikov wrote, adding […]
Geneva airport strike to ground flights Friday
GENEVA, June 29, 2023 (AFP) – Flights at Geneva’s international airport will be grounded for four hours on Friday morning due to a workers’ strike, affecting thousands of passengers at the start of summer travel season. The strike was called after the airport’s board approved on Thursday a new wage policy contested by staff. There will be no flights between 6:00 am and 10:00 am (0400 GMT and 0800 GMT), affecting some 8,000 passengers, […]
DEVELOPING STORY: Sudan paramilitaries say they took control of Khartoum airport
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Force said it had taken control of Khartoum airport Saturday in response to army attacks on its bases. “The Rapid Support Forces defended themselves in response to the hostile forces inflicting heavy losses” on the regular army, the RSF statement said. It said its fighters “were able to take control of Merowe airport” north of Khartoum, “expelled attackers on bases in Soba” and “took […]
