Jet2 LS895 from Manchester forced to divert after an ‘out of control woman’ slapped other passengers

 

A Jet2 flight heading from Manchester to Turkey was forced to divert to Vienna after an “out of control” woman became disruptive and slapped other passengers.

A plane was forced to divert after an “out of control” woman became aggressive and allegedly slapped another passenger on board.

The Jet2 flight headed to Antalya, Turkey left Manchester at around 9.15am Monday morning – with an expected flight time of nearly four-and-a-half hours.

But as the flight #LS895 pushed over the half-way mark, an incident involving a “disruptive” passenger forced the pilot to divert to Vienna.

Passengers had to wait on-board in the Austrian capital before setting off for Antalya for a second time at 1pm -with the plane finally touching down at 3pm.

A man got up to try and calm the situation before taking her to the back of the plane.

As the plane landed, the woman was said to have slapped another passenger as she was getting off.

ALERT U.S. to deploys two Patriot anti-aircraft missile batteries in Poland

 

The Pentagon is sending two Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries to Poland.

A move U.S. European Command said would “proactively” counter “any potential threat” to U.S. and NATO forces in the alliance’s territory.

About 4,700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division were dispatched to Poland last month to bolster NATO’s deterrence posture as Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

The Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations.

Patriot uses an advanced aerial interceptor missile and high-performance radar systems.

It is manufactured by the U.S. defence contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system.

ALERT Japan Airlines forced to cancel all flights to Europe on 3RD of March 2022

 

Japan Airlines said they would cancel all flights to and from Europe on Thursday.

The airlines, which normally use Russian airspace for their Europe flights, join a growing number of carriers that have cancelled or rerouted flights between Europe and north Asia in the wake of the crisis.

The airline is citing safety concerns following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.“We are continuously monitoring the situation, but given the present situation in Ukraine and the different risks, we have decided to cancel flights,” a JAL spokesperson told Reuters.

BREAKING Russian airline Aeroflot suspends all international flights due to ‘circumstances that impede flight operations’

 

Aeroflot is suspending all international flights from March 8.

On Saturday, Aeroflot informed about the suspension of all international flights from March 8 (00:00 Moscow time) due to ‘additional circumstances that impede flight operations’.

The cancellation also applies to international destinations off Rossiya and Aurora airlines (flights in the range SU5400-5799 and SU5950-6999).

To mitigate the risks of impossibility to use return flights to Russia for its passengers, Aeroflot, starting from March 6 (00:00 Moscow time), stops admitting passengers to international flights who have round-trip air tickets with a return leg to the Russian Federation in the period after March 8, 2022 of the year.

Passengers on international flights with one-way tickets departing from the Russian Federation will be accepted for transportation until the flight is terminated.

Passengers of canceled international flights can apply for a full refund of the ticket price.

Passengers of international flights who are abroad and have two-way tickets with a used flight segment from the Russian Federation can apply to the carrier for reissuing the return segment to Russia until the flight is terminated.

For passengers who will remain abroad by the time the flights are terminated, the airline will make every effort to organize their return to Russia.

Aeroflot will continue to operate domestic flights and to Minsk, Belarus.

What fighter jets the European Union will give to Ukraine?

 

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has asked the European Union for jet fighter jets some EU countries plan to supply them, EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell said Sunday.

Any planes would be supplied directly by EU member states and not funded through an arrangement announced earlier for the EU to finance weapons deliveries to Ukraine.

Mr. Borrell said that Mr. Kuleba had requested planes that Ukrainian Air Force pilots can fly. Ukraine’s jet fighters are Soviet-built MiG and Sukhoi models.

Since training a fighter pilot to fly a type of aircraft is a time-consuming and expensive process, it seems reasonable to assume that the only rapid transfer possible might involve a fighter already serving in the Ukraine Air Force.

Some current EU members that were once part of the USSR-led Warsaw Pact still fly such planes or have old ones parked.

These countries plan to hand over their warplanes to #Ukraine.

• Bulgaria (MiG-29) 16 units
• Bulgaria (Su-25) 14 units
• Poland (MiG-29) 28 units
• Slovakia (MiG-29) 12 units

The aircraft could be deployed at the Polish airport, where Ukrainian pilots will carry out combat missions.

ALERT Russia bans airlines from 36 countries from using its airspace

 

Russia has banned airlines from 36 countries from using its airspace in a tit-for-tat response to Western sanctions.

On Sunday, Europe shut its skies to Russian owned or controlled planes. The announcement means all planes, including the private jets of oligarchs, will now be unable to land in, take off from or fly over any EU nation.

It is one of a number of sanctions imposed by Western nations on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

On Monday, the Russian aviation regulator, Rosaviatsia, said: “A restriction has been imposed on flights for airlines of 36 countries in accordance with international law as a retaliatory measure for the ban imposed by the European states on the flights of commercial airliners operated by Russian airlines and/or registered in Russia.”

The measures mean airlines will have to make long detours on some routes, potentially raising the cost of fuel and tickets.

The countries banned from Russia’s airspace are: Albania, Anguilla, Austria, Belgium, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark (including Greenland, the Faroe Islands), Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK.

Swiss International Airlines, which is owned by Germany’s Lufthansa, said that it had cancelled flights from Zurich to Moscow despite Switzerland not appearing on Russia’s list of banned countries.

A spokesperson for the Swiss airline also said it was not flying through Russian airspace.

Ukraine International Airlines forced to suspend all regular and charter flights

 

Ukraine International Airlines announces the suspension of scheduled and charter flights to and from Ukraine due to the closure of Ukrainian airspace for civilian airspace users until 23:59 on February 24, 2022, Kyiv time.

UIA maintains and will maintain liaison with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine. All UIA passengers and citizens of Ukraine who have found themselves abroad and must return to Ukraine must register on the state website of the State Registration of Ukrainian Citizens

Registered citizens will be provided with information about flights to these points and to points of arrival in Ukraine.

All current information on the further status of flights will be posted on the official UIA website. Passengers of canceled flights will be informed by e-mail or phone, which are specified in the reservation. Passengers, please, check the availability of relevant contact information at Ukraine International Airlines – e-mail, individual mobile phone number.

JAMES G. WAWERU

Senior aviation Editor,

James is a navigator/FOM2 currently blogging at airbizafrica. 

He is an aviation ethusiast and has an eye for details that 

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