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☆ Wagner boss Prigozhin, the warlord who railed against the Russian military and led a failed mutiny, has all but disappeared
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Yevgeny Prigozhin has retreated into the shadows since his failed rebellion against Russian military leaders. The Kremlin said Prigozhin and Putin met on June 29, and that Prigozhin pledged his loyalty to the Russian leader. June 29: Prigozhin had a face-to-face meeting with Putin, according to the Kremlin, raising questions about whether Prigozhin went to Belarus in the first place. Prigozhin is still in Russia, according to Belarusian officials and Russian media reports, but the Wagner boss has retreated into the shadows since his failed rebellion. The Russian leader — who has long been accused of ordering the imprisonment and assassinations of those he deemed disloyal — shocked former US intelligence officials by allowing Prigozhin to live, and stay in Russia.

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"Given the events, their relationship with the Syrian defence ministry is now over." Mali authorities did not respond to a request for comment on the flights and whether any Wagner fighters had been redeployed from Syria to Mali. Wagner fighters secured Syrian oilfields and Western officials say Wagner is linked to Evro Polis, a company that profits from those assets. Reuters was unable to determine the fate of those commercial interests in the wake of the Russian defence ministry's moves against Wagner in Syria and Russia. In the wake of the Wagner uprising, Syria's leadership quickly restated publicly the importance of its military alliance with Russia.

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☆ Wagner chief Prigozhin is in Belarus following armed rebellion, Lukashenko says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Katharina Krebs Paul P. Murphy Natasha Bertrand Jennifer Hansler Helen Regan | Katharina Krebs | Paul P. Murphy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“I want everyone to know about this: the maintenance of the entire Wagner group was fully provided for by the state,” Putin claimed. “In terms of nuclear weapons, most of them were already brought to Belarus, I won’t say how many. It’s surprising that they didn’t trace it,” Lukashenko said, according to Belarus state media. “Russians and Belarusians are guarding it… No Wagner fighters will guard nuclear weapons. This is our task.”If Lukashenko’s remarks are correct, it would be the first time Belarus has had nuclear weapons on its territory since the early 1990s.

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Flightradar24 showed an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet appeared in Rostov region at 0232 GMT and began a descent at 0420 GMT near Minsk. The identification codes of the aircraft match those of a jet linked by the United States to Autolex Transport which is linked to Prigozhin by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control. Under a deal mediated by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday to halt a mutiny by Prigozhin's mercenary fighters, Prigozhin is meant to move to Belarus. Prigozhin, who has bragged about meddling in U.S. elections, said last week his fighting force was 25,000 strong. Speaking from the Kremlin on Monday, Putin vowed to stand by his promise to allow Wagner fighters to leave for Belarus, though he did not mention Prigozhin by name.

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☆ A bachelor party — including a groom in fancy dress as a pilot — delayed their flight 3 hours after harassing staff and passengers, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Seven passengers on a bachelor party trip to Bulgaria harassed crew and passengers, WalesOnline reported. The seven revelers — including the groom-to-be dressed in a pilot costume — then began swearing as other passengers told them to quiet down, witnesses told the news outlet. "Another stewardess then approached them to warn them over their behavior and they cheered her loudly and wolf-whistled her," one passenger told WalesOnline. One person told WalesOnline everyone had to give their names to a TUI employee before they all had to deplane. We can confirm the flight was delayed due to disruptive passengers on board the flight," a TUI spokesperson told The Mirror.

Persons: WalesOnline, — Organizations: Morning, Boeing Locations: Bulgaria, deplane, Sunny Beach, Cardiff

☆ Flights leaving Moscow sell out as Wagner troops descend, and unconfirmed reports say Putin might have left the capital for St. Petersburg
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Flights from Moscow have sold out amid reports Wagner troops are marching on the city, per Der Spiegel. There have been unconfirmed reports that Vladimir Putin has fled from the capital to St. Petersberg. Flights from Moscow to Tbilisi, Georgia, Astana, Kazakhstan, and Istanbul, Turkey, are now no longer available, a Der Spiegel reporter confirmed. Several other private flights from Russia were also tracked on the Flightradar24 platform, Der Spiegel said. Putin has condemned the mutiny, which he has described as a "betrayal," and has vowed that Russia will defend itself.

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☆ A flight attendant accidentally activated an emergency slide just before takeoff, delaying departure by 6 hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A British Airways flight was delayed for hours after its emergency slide was accidentally inflated. The Sun reported that it was deployed by a flight attendant on her first trip on an Airbus A350. A similar incident affected another British Airways plane at Heathrow in January. A British Airways cabin crew member accidentally activated an emergency slide as the plane was heading for the runway, delaying passengers for hours. It's the second such incident affecting British Airways this year.

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☆ Bees on a plane! A swarm of bees piled onto the wing of an airplane, delaying a Delta flight for 3 hours.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Delta flight from Houston to Atlanta was delayed by three hours because bees swarmed around its wing. Photos and a video showed the large swarm of bees collecting on the tip of the plane's wing. Ground equipment was used to push back the airplane, and the bees were removed before takeoff. A Delta flight from Texas to Georgia was delayed for three hours on Wednesday after other flying objects latched onto the plane — a swarm of bees. Honey bees typically swarm when an established colony has grown too crowded and the bees fly off to establish a new one.

☆ China launches weather satellite, flights avoid no-fly zone to north of Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ann WangBEIJING/TAIPEI, April 16 (Reuters) - China launched a weather satellite on Sunday as civilian flights altered their routes to avoid a Chinese-imposed no-fly zone to the north of Taiwan which Beijing put in place because of the possibility of falling rocket debris. The no-fly announcement rattled regional nerves as it followed shortly after China staged new war games around Taiwan, which Beijing views as sovereign Chinese territory. Flights to and from Taiwan and China, Taiwan and South Korea and Taiwan and Japan were amongst those detouring around the zone on Sunday morning, according to routes tracked on Flightradar24. The zone is in an area over the East China Sea slightly northeast of Taiwan that routinely sees heavy civilian flight traffic. China has denounced what it has called hype around China's space activities and an attempt to escalate confrontation across the Taiwan Strait.

☆ A Saudi Arabian airline said an A330 plane was involved in an 'accident' at Khartoum airport in Sudan
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Saudi airline says one of its jets was involved in an accident at Khartoum airport in Sudan. Sudan's doctors' union said two were killed at the airport after violence erupted in the city. Fighting has broken out in Sudan between its army and a group of paramilitaries. Two people have reportedly died at Khartoum airport while a Saudi airline said one of its planes was involved in an accident after violence broke out on Saturday. Saudia, formerly called Saudi Arabian Airlines, issued a statement saying one of its Airbus A330 jets was "involved in an accident" at the airport before a flight to Riyadh.

☆ Russia's Aeroflot sends aircraft for repair to Iran
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, April 11 (Reuters) - Russia's largest air carrier Aeroflot (AFLT.MM), whose aircraft maintenance capabilities are crippled by Western sanctions, sent one of its Airbus (AIR.PA) planes to Iran for repair, the company said on Tuesday. According to the flight tracking system Flightradar24 the Airbus A330-300 flew to Tehran on April 5 and remains there until now. "The maintenance of the Airbus A330 aircraft (in Iran) will be implemented by a provider for a wide range of work," Aeroflot said in a statement. RBC media outlet first reported about the maintenance in Iran. Aeroflot declined to comment on details and did not name the operator that will carry out the repair.

☆ NTSB: FedEx plane was only 150 feet off ground when disaster was averted
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The NTSB’s initial findings confirmed earlier reports that it was the FedEx pilot, not air traffic controllers, who detected the problem and told the Southwest plane to abort its takeoff. NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy previously told CNN she believes the two planes came within 100 feet or less. “It’s a big concern for us.”The report said the Southwest plane was racing down the runway, picking up speed to take off, when the FedEx pilot warning came. The Southwest plane did take off, and veered sharply to the right as it became airborne. The FedEx plane veered to the left as it aborted its landing to avoid a possible collision.

“The Learjet pilot read back the instructions clearly but began a takeoff roll instead,” the FAA said in a statement. The NTSB says neither airplane was damaged and nobody on board was hurt. The FedEx plane, meanwhile, climbed as its crew aborted their landing to help avoid a collision, the FAA said. Air traffic controllers had “noticed another aircraft crossing the runway in front of the departing jetliner,” the FAA said in a statement. Audio recordings detail swift action by an air traffic controller kept the airplanes from colliding as they drew closer.

☆ Russia's St Petersburg suspends, then restarts flights due to 'unknown object'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Russia's Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg temporarily and briefly suspended all flights on Tuesday morning before restarting them amid unconfirmed Russian media reports of an unidentified object such as a drone in the area. The RIA Novosti news agency had earlier reported, citing a source in the city's emergency services, that an unidentified object had been spotted, prompting the initial closure. There was no official comment on what caused the disruption or on how the alleged unknown object was investigated. Data from the FlightRadar24 website showed a number of flights headed for St Petersburg turning back to their destinations early on Tuesday, while the airspace closure also affected flights en route to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which requires planes to fly over St. Petersburg. By 1200 local time, flights had resumed flying towards St. Petersburg, the FlightRadar24 website showed, and aircraft had recommenced landing and taking-off at the airport.

☆ A Japan Airlines flight was turned away and had to fly 550 miles back to Tokyo after missing an airport's closing time by 10 minutes, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Japan Airlines flight was turned back after missing a curfew, per a Japanese newspaper. Fukuoka Airport does not allow flights to land after 10 p.m. due to noise concerns. The flight, JL331 by Japan Airlines, was turned back just outside Fukuoka Airport on Sunday February 19 after just missing the curfew for landing, The Asahi Shimbun reported. A Japan Airlines flight was turned back. In an email to Insider, Japan Airlines said it covered cab fares and hotels for everyone on board.

☆ Passenger describes 'screaming' and 'praying' aboard United flight as it plunged within 800 feet of the Pacific Ocean
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A United Airlines flight plummeted to 800 feet above the Pacific Ocean in December. A passenger on the flight, Rod Williams, told CNN it felt like a "roller coaster." Williams told CNN in an interview on Monday that shortly after take-off, the Boeing 777-200 started climbing at "a concerning rate" for a few seconds. "It felt like you were climbing to the top of a roller coaster," Williams told CNN. "When the plane started to nosedive, multiple screams are being let out at that point," Williams told CNN.

☆ A United Airlines flight plunged within 800 feet of the Pacific Ocean on the same day severe turbulence injured 25 people, data shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A United Airlines flight plummeted to just 800 feet above the Pacific Ocean late last year, data shows. The incident occurred the same day 25 people were injured from extreme turbulence on a Hawaiian Airlines flight. United Airlines said in a statement that after the pilots landed the plane at San Francisco International Airport, they filed "the appropriate safety report." The incident came on the same day that a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix to Hawaii experienced extreme turbulence that injured dozens of people. According to the Hawaiian Airlines pilot, a cloud suddenly "shot up," causing severe turbulence.

☆ A Delta flight had to make an emergency landing just 60 miles after takeoff when flames shot out from under its wing
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Delta trans-Atlantic flight made an emergency landing near Glasgow on Friday after flames erupted from a wing. One passenger told local news that there was a "banging noise" and then the plane "nose-dived." The flight was "safely diverted to Glasgow Prestwick Airport after a mechanical issue with one of the aircraft's two engines," a Delta spokesperson told Insider. BBC Scotland News reporter Laura Pettigrew, who was on the flight, told the BBC that the plane's engine made loud noises during the flight. Fire trucks and firefighters rushed towards the plane when it landed down at Glasgow Prestwick, she said.

☆ A FedEx aircraft aborted landing to avoid a Southwest Airlines passenger jet that was mistakenly cleared for the same runway
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A FedEx aircraft aborted its landing to avoid a Southwest Airlines jet on Saturday during heavy fog. Both were mistakenly cleared for the same runway at Austin Bergstrom International Airport. "The pilot of the FedEx airplane discontinued the landing and initiated a climb out," said the FAA. "Shortly before the FedEx aircraft was due to land, the controller cleared Southwest Flight 708 to depart from the same runway," the FAA said, per Reuters. Southwest Airlines, FedEx, and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

☆ A standard high-altitude research tool became the world's most-tracked aircraft after thousands of people mistook it for the suspected Chinese spy balloon
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A standard research tool from the United States became the most-tracked aircraft on FlightRadar24. Thousands mistook it for the suspected Chinese spy balloon that has gripped global attention. FlightRadar24 updated its listing to clarify: "Sorry, this is not a Chinese balloon." The high-altitude Chinese balloon flying over the United States has gripped civilian and military attention worldwide and prompted Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to postpone a scheduled trip to Beijing. After some Twitter users asked whether FlightRadar24 would track the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, the company said: "We are not expecting a spy balloon to reveal its location by transmitting ADS-B."

☆ Fact Check-HBAL617 balloon tracked online is from U.S. company Aerostar, not China
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Despite claims on social media, the balloon that flew over Memphis in fact belongs to U.S. company Aerostar. HBAL617 was the third most-tracked flight on Flightradar24 on Feb. 3, with over 3,400 users tracking the balloon (here). However, HBAL617 in fact belongs to Aerostar, an aerospace company based in South Dakota, according to Anastasia Quanbeck, Aerostar’s Culture and Communications Manager. Flightradar24 also confirmed the HBAL617 balloon tracked on its site does not belong to China. HBAL617 belongs to U.S. company Aerostar.

☆ A Qantas jet made a midair U-turn 1 hour into a flight because its paperwork wasn't finalized before takeoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Qantas flight made a midair U-turn because paperwork wasn't finalized before takeoff. The jet was on its way to Perth from Adelaide before it turned around over the ocean. A person with knowledge of the incident told Insider the correct paperwork wasn't finalized before the flight took off, adding that there were no technical issues with the aircraft. FlightRadar24/Google MapsAfter returning to Adelaide, the paperwork was finalized following sign-off by engineers, the person said. The flight then departed for Perth and landed four hours after its scheduled arrival time, they added.

☆ At least 16 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in 30 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Rescuers and onlookers gather at the site of a plane crash in Pokhara on January 15, 2023. An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on January 15, Yeti Airlines and a local official said. At least 16 people were killed on Sunday when an aircraft crashed in western Nepal's Pokhara, an army spokesman said, in the small Himalayan country's worst crash in more than 30 years. Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 planes, according to its website. Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called an emergency cabinet meeting after the plane crash, a government statement said.

☆ At least 40 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in nearly five years
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Crowds gather at the crash site of an aircraft carrying 72 people in Pokhara in western Nepal January 15, 2023. Sagar Raj Timilsina/Handout via REUTERSKATHMANDU, Jan 15 (Reuters) - At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said, in the small Himalayan country's worst crash in nearly five years. Local television showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site as rescue workers and crowds of people gathered around the wreckage of the aircraft. The plane was 15 years old, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24. Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called an emergency cabinet meeting after the plane crash, a government statement said.

The China Southern Airlines Co Ltd (600029.SS) domestic flight from Guangzhou to Zhengzhou departed at 12:45 p.m. (0445 GMT) using a MAX plane, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24. China Southern had scheduled a return to commercial service for the 737 MAX in October 2022 but did not use it on the planned flights. Boeing and China Southern did not immediately respond to a request for comment. China Southern is the biggest Chinese customer for the model, with 50 on order, of which 34 have been delivered. In 2022, Boeing delivered eight airplanes to China while Airbus delivered more than 100.

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