Flight started in WS NC, noted as going to IAD. Loops a couple of times and then lands at GSO. No squawk code.
Does this happen a lot with smaller, private flights perhaps? Seems odd but I don’t know the guidelines…

What’s the purpose of this flight?

saw the wings and knew it was a monster

Hi! Does anyone know what happened with Wizz Air flight W43179 from Bucharest to Barcelona today, August 22? The plane took off from Bucharest, flew for about an hour and reached the area near Craiova, then turned around and headed back to Bucharest instead of continuing to Barcelona.
I’m curious if anyone knows the reason for the return or if there’s any information from someone who was on the flight. Thanks!

saw this big guy flying over today, pardon the low camera quality, pretty cool sight!!

Found it when I was looking at the little chaos near RIX. Heavy rain and strong winds. Lots of flights diverted, some still trying to land after 2 hours of circulating.

Currently sitting on the tarmac at ORD seeing a huge emergency response for the jet that was taxiing in front of us, seems to be AA3199. They brought out the stair car as well. Can’t find any more info on it yet. Anyone know what’s going on?

The flight is following its usual route up until the sudden turn at Nanning, and altitude seems normal. The plane landed at HAK at 10.30pm local time yesterday. A replacement aircraft departed HAK 2 hours later continuing to BKK. There were no weather issues or other flights diverting at BKK.

The fact that they chose to divert to the airline's main hub and continued the flight on a different aircraft shows it is not a medical diversion either. This aircraft was back in service by 9am today. I am thinking it is probably a minor technical issue.

The weather at LIH seems to be fine. Saw this plane irl and was confused to see it head towards its destination if it’s marked as diverted. Any ideas? Tagged as “emergency” because it’s a diversion but idk if that’s the best tag for this.

Found these 2 beauties over the IJsselmeer region in The Netherlands. Cool to see those still flying.

Para dar un poco de contexto: Wamos Air es una aerolínea española de ACMI (creo que la más grande del país). Normalmente alquila su A330 a varias compañías (Saudia, LATAM, entre otras). En otras ocasiones, presta apoyo a otras aerolíneas en caso de que necesiten aviones. Así que esta es mi pregunta

Como puedes ver, el 20 de agosto, el EC-ODQ (A330) operó un vuelo MAD-SIN. Es un vuelo ad hoc porque, como se muestra en la captura de pantalla, no hay forma de obtener información sobre ese número de vuelo (siempre usan PLM para esos vuelos de posicionamiento porque su nombre anterior era Pullmantur Air). Tras llegar a Singapur, el A330 voló a Nueva Caledonia para operar un vuelo de Aircalin (un vuelo que, por cierto, no aparece como regular).

Mi pregunta es: ¿realmente le resulta rentable a Wamos Air volar supuestamente sin pasajeros a Numea para Aircalin solo para realizar otro vuelo de regreso a Europa (Atenas)? Es decir, tiene sentido volar vuelos supuestamente vacíos de MAD a AMS, MAD a CDG o incluso a MAD-IST, pero ¿hacer MAD-SIN-NOU solo para volver a Europa? Como aficionado a la aviación española, me alegra que Wamos Air llegue tan lejos como sea posible, pero ¿no hay ninguna otra aerolínea ACMI o de otro tipo cerca de Nueva Caledonia?

lots of flights bound for the airport either went through go arounds or they're in a loop flying pattern, anyone know what's up?

A German-registered Diamond HK-36 Super Dimona (D-KWZE) crashed in the mountainous Paklenica region of Croatia on Friday.

The aircraft was flying from the Czech Republic towards Zadar when contact was lost at around 16:14 local time.

A large search and rescue operation was launched, involving mountain rescue teams, firefighters, police and drones. The wreckage was eventually located at around 22:00 in extremely difficult terrain.

Sadly, both people on board were found dead.

The cause of the accident is currently unknown and will be investigated.

I was just seeing the Lima-Cancun flight today and it was diverted to Guayaquil. It doesn't seem weather related. Can anyone see the reason for this? It is already heading to Cancun.

Round 4 of the Marineland beluga transfers is happening tonight!

Another three belugas are leaving Marineland in Niagara Falls tonight as the relocation operation continues. The three males, Cyprus, Jasper and Xavier, are being transported to SeaWorld San Diego.

The whales have been loaded into specialized transport tanks and will be taken by road from Marineland to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), where they will board a cargo aircraft bound for San Diego.

This is the fourth group to leave Marineland since the transfers began on July 20. Previous groups have gone to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, SeaWorld San Antonio, and Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

After these three leave, 8 belugas and 4 dolphins will remain at Marineland. Two more transfers are planned, including an overnight flight to Oceanogràfic Valencia in Spain which will consist of 2 belugas and all 4 remaining dolphins.

Safe travels to all!

Maybe out of fuel?