Flight
Technology
Boeing Being Investigated After Whistleblower Raises Safety Concerns
Boeing is being investigated by federal authorities after a whistleblower raised safety concerns about two widebody jet models. The individual said the company threatened him with termination.
Engineer Sam Salehpour, a Boeing engineer, alleges that the company took shortcuts when...
Greek News
Drunk British Tourists Disrupt Flight to Crete, Bite Police Officer
Two drunk British tourists, a mother and her daughter, caused mayhem during a flight from Manchester to Heraklion, Crete on Thursday and, upon landing, attacked a Greek police officer.
The unruly behavior of the mother, 55, and daughter, 24, who...
Space
World’s Largest Aircraft, Stratolaunch Roc, Makes Test Flight
The Roc, the largest plane in the world, took off Friday morning from the Mojave Air and Space Port in southern California, U.S. and flew for a record-setting six hours before returning to the same airfield.
The American carrier plane...
Europe
Stripped Woman Shouting “Allahu Akbar” on Larnaca-Manchester Flight
A Jet2 flight from Larnaca to Manchester was diverted when a woman stripped to her underwear and ran to the cockpit shouting "Allahu Akbar."
Science
NASA to Launch Artemis 1 Moon Mission
NASA's Artemis 1 confirms the launching of its first moon mission after facing cancelations, Congressional hearings, COVID-19, and other technical delays.
NASA's decades-long push is to have a launch slated in late August or early September at its Kennedy Space...
Europe
Austrian Airlines Flies Huge Boeing 777 to Greece to Meet Demand
Austrian Airlines has announced that they will be deploying a larger aircraft in their fleet for flights to Greece in order to meet demand.
Europe
Transavia Airlines to Add France-Greece Flights this Summer
Transavia Airlines will increase the number of flights they fulfil between France and Greece for the summer of 2021, the CEO said on Monday.
Greek News
First Direct American Airlines Flight From New York Lands in Athens
The first direct flight to Greece by carrier American Airlines landed on Friday at Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens.
Greece
Greece Welcomes First Flight from US to Kick-Start Tourism Season
Greece welcomed on Saturday the first direct flight from the US since 2020 when the Coronavirus pandemic began.
Greece
London to Athens Flight Makes Emergency Landing after Co-Pilot Falls Unconscious
A British Airways flight from London to Athens was forced to make an emergency landing in Zurich on Saturday after the co-pilot fell unconscious at his controls.
Passengers arrived in the Greek capital nearly nine hours after they departed from...