The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has approved the operation of charter flights into Japanese airports by Thai-registered airlines for another two months, until the end of May, the business paper Than Sethakit Online reported. However, Thai AirAsia X (TAAX) issued a notification to its customers saying the airline has approval to operate its new […]
Divers yesterday recovered three bodies from December’s air disaster in the Java Sea. Added to four retrieved on Friday, they bring the total to 100. An additional 62 victims remain to be recovered. There were no survivors when Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed on December 28. The six-year-old Airbus A320-200 was 40 minutes from Juanda […]
An AirAsia flight turned back five minutes after takeoff from Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport on Tuesday morning after the pilots reportd hearing unusual sounds in the luggage compartment, but an inspection subsequently cleared the plane. Read more: Bangkok Post
An Indonesia AirAsia jet vanished over the Kumai region today. The flight carried 162 people. Among the 155 passengers and seven crew flying from Surabaya to Singapore are three Koreans, one Malaysian, and one person variously reported as a French or UK national. The rest are Indonesians. There are sixteen children and an infant. The […]
An Air Asia plane travelling from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, Indonesia’s Metro TV reported on Sunday. Read more: straitstimes.com Straits Times
THAILAND: An AirAsia flight abruptly returned to Don Mueang airport after a Chinese passenger splashed a flight attendant with boiling water after she and her boyfriend found they had been allocated separate seats. After the incident was reported by a Chinese blog, the airline issued a statement saying the incident happened on FD9101 to Nanjing […]
An AirAsia passenger plane hit an egret while landing at Nakhon Si Thammarat airport yesterday morning, delaying its return flight to Bangkok. The left engine of flight FD 3188 from Don Mueang airport in Bangkok sucked in the bird as the plane was descending to land at Nakhon Si Thammarat airport about 7.30am. Read more: […]
A hoax bomb threat directed at a Phuket-bound Thai AirAsia flight prompted an emergency response on the southern resort island. Airports of Thailand president Mekin Petplai said the threat was called in about five minutes before FD3003 was due to land at Phuket international airport. Read more: Bangkok Post
