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📌 A Jet2 Boeing 737 flying from Tenerife Sur to East Midlands requested an emergency landing in Santiago de Compostela on Friday after a male passenger in his seventies required urgent medical attention. Despite not operating in Galician airports, the flight LS676 made the unscheduled landing where medical assistance was rendered, but the passenger was pronounced dead upon arrival. The incident was confirmed by a Jet2 representative in the UK.

🏨 Bellevue complex in Alcudia managed by Bluebay targeted by squatters, with about 50 occupying three floors. Eviction company initiated actions on Monday, with staff requesting peaceful apartment vacating and blocking main access. Negotiations for squatter exit underway; building damaged, some units secured with installed locks. Recently, Cala Bona's Sol y Mar apartments were similarly squatted by 30 people, resulting in significant material damages after they left.

🚀 On a recent flight from Lanzarote to Bilbao, passengers aboard an Air Europa Boeing 737 experienced a scare when the crew detected a flap failure during the approach to the airport. The incident led to the aircraft being escorted by firefighters upon landing, extending the flight duration by an average of 30 minutes.

💥 In a collision involving an American Airlines CRJ700 aircraft and a Black Hawk Sikorsky UH60 helicopter, preliminary investigations suggest a possible altimeter failure in the helicopter, resulting in it flying 100 feet above the allowed height. The NTSB has found that the helicopter's black box did not record the altitude seen by the pilots, and incorrect atmospheric pressure setting could have affected multiple systems. The helicopter was flying at 278 feet, 78 feet over the permitted altitude.

🛩 An Airbus A320, operated by SAS, departing from Fuerteventura to Stockholm, encountered a pressurization system issue minutes after takeoff. Unable to jettison fuel quickly, the crew circled over the Canary Islands for 1.5 hours to burn off fuel before safely landing at Tenerife South Airport, chosen for passenger assistance.

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🚩 Incident at Paris Orly Airport: A passenger attacked a crew member and jumped out of an Airbus A320 of Iberia during taxiing on Friday, February 9, 2025. The flight, IB578, bound for Madrid, was delayed over four hours due to police intervention. The attacker was later arrested by the Gendarmerie de Transportes Aéreos. Despite the chaos, there was no danger to passenger safety.

🚀 In Bilbao and Santander, Spotting BIO tweeted about unusual flights by Binter's Embraer E195 and Air Nostrum's Mitsubishi CRJ-1000. These positioning flights, not sold to the public, covered about 75 kilometers in approximately 15 minutes, prompted by diverted landings due to "traffic obstructing the runway.

✈ Binter's ATR 72-600 experienced engine failure on a flight from Fuerteventura to Gran Canaria, leading to an emergency declaration. Air traffic controllers prioritized the aircraft, instructing other incoming traffic to hold. The incident, managed without further issues, ended safely with the aircraft's landing and clearance from the runway, supported by emergency services.

✈ Round-trip flights from Europe to the Far East approximately take 10 hours and can be found for as low as 600 euros, thanks to competition from Chinese airlines. Crossing the North Atlantic from any European city to the USA or Canada costs about the same, even without opting for stopover flights in Ireland or Iceland. However, flights from Madrid to any South American country, with similar durations, are impossible to find under 1000 euros, typically costing around 1200 euros. The price discrepancy is attributed to fewer operators and less intense competition in Latin America.