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Greek News
British Airways Greece to London Flight Almost Crashed with Drone
A British Airways flight from Athens, Greece to London, UK, narrowly missed a drone by five feet while flying at 250mph 9,600 feet in the air during a very close call which could have spelled disaster for those onboard.
The...
World
Miraculous Escape for Almost 400 Passengers After Planes Collide in Japan
Almost 400 passengers of a Japan Airlines plane miraculously survived after it collided with another plane on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday evening.
Flight 516, which had taken off from Hokkaido in northern Japan nearly two hours...
Greece
The First Aircraft Hijacking in Greece
The first aircraft hijacking in Greece took place during the Civil War on September 12th, 1948 when six pro-communist students who wanted passage to Yugoslavia, hijacked a plane that was traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki.
Alexandros Koufoudakis, 21, Dimitrios Koufoudakis, 23,...
Science
Paris Olympics to Include Electric Flying Taxis
As Paris prepares for the Summer Olympics in a year's time, aviation start-up Volocopter aims to make history with its VoloCity program. This commercial aircraft is revolutionising city travel through electrically-powered vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) technology.
The electric aircraft...
Greek news
Plane Lands Safely at Athens Airport After Apparently Fake Bomb Threat
Greek F-16 fighter jets were mobilized to intercept a plane purported to be carrying a bomb. The plane in question was a Boeing 737 belonging to Ryan Air which headed from Poland to Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, located...
Greece
Plane Crashes in Northern Greece
A cargo plane with eight people on board crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece at around 11:00 pm on Saturday, the Hellenic Fire Service has confirmed.
The Antonov An-12 was owned by a Ukrainian company and was...
Diplomacy
Russia Sends Plane To Washington To Pick Up Spies
A plane Russia sent to the US to pick up 13 expelled Russian diplomats, accused of being spies, is returning back to Russia on Monday according to flight tracking information.
The plane, an Ilyushin Il-96, left Moscow en route to...
Europe
Plane Spotting During Storm in Britain Becomes YouTube Sensation
A live YouTube stream of planes valiantly trying to land at London's Heathrow Airport during "Eunice," the storm that is hitting Britain on Friday, has become an unprecedented online success.
Aviation enthusiast Jerry Dyer has been streaming different aircrafts' attempts...
Diplomacy
Belarus’ “Hijacking” of Athens to Vilnius Flight Sparks International Outrage
The sudden diversion of an Athens to Vilnius flight by Belarus on Sunday has been described as "state hijacking" and sparked global outrage.
Greek News
Israeli El-Al Plane Escorted by Greek Fighter Jets Over the Aegean
Greek fighter jets escorted an El Al Israeli passenger plane over the Aegean, after the pilot raised the alarm on Friday morning.