All Entries in the "Aviation" Category
THREATS
4 APRIL ATHENS A Thomson flight, en route from Bristol to Sharm el Sheikh, diverted to Athens after a phone call was received claiming a bomb was on board. 22 APRIL TAIPEI TransAsia Airways’ Kaohsiung branch office received a call from a man who said that his friend was unhappy with the airline and that [...]
JUDGEMENTS & ARRESTS
4 APRIL LONDON A passenger, 59, who had threatened to kill the police officers who arrested him and blow up the Emirates flight from which he was offloaded before its departure from London Heathrow to Dubai, pleaded guilty in court. 5 APRIL MELBOURNE Raymond Lawson pleaded guilty to threatening the safety of a Singapore Airlines [...]
UNRULY PASSENGERS
6 APRIL CHICAGO An American Airlines flight, en route from Dallas Ft. Worth to Paris, diverted due to a disruptive passenger on board. 18 APRIL REYKJAVIK Disruptive behaviour on board a LOT Polish Airlines flight from Chicago to Warsaw, that involved a flight attendant being hit in the face, resulted in the Captain electing to [...]
INCIDENTS
3 APRIL ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST As the country descended towards civil war, the French army took control over Ivory Coast’s main international airport. 6 APRIL MELBOURNE The Qantas domestic terminal at Melbourne Airport was evacuated after a security breach into the restricted zone. 8 APRIL CLEVELAND The airport had to be evacuated due to a [...]
SABOTAGE & ATTACKS
12 APRIL AUCKLAND S&A A Pacific Blue flight, arriving in Auckland from Brisbane, was targeted by a laser. 24 APRIL LOS ANGELES Danny Anthony Lopez, 18, allegedly opened fire on a police helicopter forcing it to make an emergency landing at the nearby Van Nuys Airport after its fuel tank was hit. Lopez was firing [...]
HIJACKS
24 APRIL ROME Kazakhstan’s delegate to UNESCO, Valery Tolmachev, 48, attempted to hijack an Alitalia flight, which had departed Paris, to Tripoli, Libya. He was armed with a small knife with which he threatened a flight attendant. He was restrained in his seat and sedated by a doctor on board as the flight continued towards [...]
Guns On Board
A “real world” look at the issue of carrying firearms on your vessel This article is about the practicalities of carrying a firearm aboard a vessel. We respect other’s opinions and beliefs, and we fully realize that not all vessel owners and operators have a desire or need to possess a firearm. We don’t want [...]