Tag: Evacuation
NEWS Mar 18, 2026 Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777F Rescues 147 Elite Horses Amid Regional Conflict Operation Equine Lifeline reached its triumphant conclusion yesterday as the second of two Boeing 777 Freighters touched down at Liège Airport, completing the evacuation of 147 world-class showjumping horses from the intensifying conflict zone in the Persian Gulf. Read More →
NEWS Mar 08, 2026 Kansas City Airport Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation, Temporary Closure A potential security threat resulted in the partial and subsequent full evacuation of Kansas City International Airport (MCI) earlier today, March 8. The incident disrupted flight operations, diverted ground traffic, and required the coordination of local and federal law enforcement agencies. Read More →
NEWS Mar 04, 2026 United Airlines Evacuates Crew Stranded in Middle East Conflict, Some Driven Across Saudi Desert United Airlines has successfully concluded a high-stakes extraction operation to repatriate the final members of its flight crews who were caught in the crossfire of the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East. Read More →
NEWS May 21, 2024 Australia, New Zealand Evacuate Citizens From New Caledonia By Air The governments of Australia and New Zealand have announced that they will be sending “government” planes to New Caledonia to evacuate their citizens from the French territory following a week of riots. Currently, around 3,200 people are stranded in, or outside of New Caledonia due to suspended flights and air travel into the French territory. Read More →
NEWS Mar 04, 2024 Plane Takes King Harald V Back to Norway After Medical Procedure in Malaysia Europe's oldest reigning monarch, 87-year-old Norwegian King Harald V, has returned home to Norway after receiving a pacemaker while on vacation in Malaysia. On February 28, Scandinavian Airlines' dedicated Boeing 737-700 medevac (air ambulance) aircraft took off from Oslo Airport (OSL) bound for Langkawi (LGK). On March 3, the SAS medevac aircraft began its return to Oslo, carrying King Harald. Read More →
NEWS Oct 20, 2023 Multiple French Airports Receive Bomb Threats, Evacuate On Wednesday October 18, multiple major and smaller French airports received identical bomb threats from an anonymous source. This comes as tensions between Palestinians and Israelis are rising in France as a result of the rising tensions between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas in the Middle East. Read More →
NEWS Oct 08, 2023 American Eagle Jet Collides With Shuttle Bus in Chicago At least two people have been injured after an American Eagle flight collided with a shuttle bus at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). When the incident occurred, the American Eagle flight, operated by Air Wisconsin, was taxiing for departure to Dayton, Ohio. Read More →
NEWS Jun 04, 2022 President Biden Evacuated From Delaware Home After Aircraft Enters Restricted Airspace Biden evacuated after restricted airspace infiltrated. Read More →
NEWS Aug 24, 2021 Department Of Defense Activates Civil Reserve Fleet On Sunday morning, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced that it would activate Stage I of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). Using 18 civil aircraft to help with the evacuation from Afghanistan, the DOD will use the extra air capacity from civil jets to help relieve pressure from bases that are housing Afghan evacuees. Read More →
NEWS Aug 17, 2021 800 People Cram Into A US Air Force C-17 Leaving Afghanistan Amidst chaotic scenes at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport (KBL), over 800 people have been evacuated from the war-torn city on one United States Air Force (USAF) C-17A flight to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. It is likely the most people ever carrier on a C-17. Read More →