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jan_olieslagers wrote: ↑

26 Jan 2020, 10:31

Webpage was unavailable early this morning, was back again at +/- 9:20 utc

Only the forums?

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sn26567 wrote: ↑

23 Jan 2020, 15:13

Lufthansa flight #LH460 from Munich to Miami (Airbus A380 reg. D-AIMG) turning back toward Europe squawking 7700. Reason for return currently unknown.

cargo smoke indication, heating device smoking

http://avherald.com/h?article=4d25951c&opt=2048

convair wrote: ↑

20 Jan 2020, 11:10

jan_olieslagers wrote: ↑

18 Jan 2020, 17:14

No. An injury requiring a plaster is certain to invalidate your medical, which automatically invalidates your licence.

And what about short-haul flights, btw?

A short-haul flight can always become a long-haul one

On 15 January, Hugo C., a Belgian citizen aged 54 bound for Madrid, Spain was arrested at Lima’s international airport in Peru. He got caught carrying 20 live birds – all protected species – hidden in his suitcase, which he intended to sell in Spain, the National Forest and Wildlife Service (Serfor)...

While for a long time I preferred my traditional paper copy of a newspaper, I have also changed to a digital copy, which I read on my tablet. For example: Het Laatste Nieuws can be bought and downloaded for €0,99. It's a mentality change, but I like it.

on 14th January, the 3 crew members from MP-6912 = Martinair 747-400F PH-CKA have been arrested at EZE - Buenos Aires, Argentina, after 80 kgs cocaine were found in the cargo hold from their aircraft. Scheduled routing MP-6912 was Campinas (Brazil) -> Buenos Aires (Argentina) -> Quito (Ecuador) -> ...

Alitalia given six months to repay €400mn state loan, CH-Aviation writes (behind pay wall)

Helicopter above xxx is a heavily discussed topic in a few Facebook groups. For example and from time to time: in the Mechelen Facebook group, people write about their observation of a helicopter above the city. Quite funny to read

Aviation24.be got it covered, sadly enough: https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ukra ... shot-down/

ADSB-coverage around Tehran, Iran was fairly good. The chart suddenly stops recording ...
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Lufthansa confirms that it has cancelled flight LH600/601 to Tehran (IKA) over the current events (#PS752).
The airline is evaluating the situation to decide if and when these flights could resume.

INCIDENT while being towed, an Air Canada Boeing 777-300 (C-FIUL) clipped the tail of a parked Air Canada Airbus A321 (C-GJWO) in Toronto on Friday Dec 27. Both aircraft were unoccupied at the time.

The world’s slowest game of ping-pong, Flightradar24 jokes.
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Brussels Airport Company is building a 5G-ready network at the airport in collaboration with Finnish Nokia and Belgian operator Citymesh. As one of the first sites in Belgium with 5G technology, the airport is able to speed up its operational efficiency and support further technological innovation. ...

Ajaccio Airport closed for the weekend as runway gets flooded

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/ajac ... s-flooded/

On 17 December, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 (D-ABYT) was taking off runway 9 at Miami Airport, United States destination Frankfurt, Germany. Meanwhile, an Iberia Airbus A330 (EC-LXK) from Madrid, Spain was approaching the same runway for landing.  Only a few seconds after the Boeing 747 took off, the A...

Past hour, we are facing a high load issue on the server. The website is hard to reach. Keep you posted!

Around 100 airplane fuselages bound for Boeing’s 737 Max production facility sit in storage at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc, in Wichita, Kansas, United States. https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers/boeing/737/max/around-100-boeing-737-max-fuselages-are-waiting-to-be-assemble...