Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Ethiopian Airlines pilots misjudge runway while napping

Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines flight took off from Sudan’s Khartoum airport. Two pilots fell asleep at 37,000 feet (11,000 metres), missing an airport runway before waking up to safely land the plane. The Boeing 737, with a capacity of 154 passengers, typically takes less than two hours to fly between the neighboring countries.   Two pilots fell … Read more

Sudan arrests Communist Party figures as thousands protest coup

Sudan

Sudanese security authorities arrested senior anti-coup figures on Thursday, according to their party, after mass protests against the military takeover last year. “Security forces raided the house of the political secretary of the Sudanese Communist Party Mohammed Mukhtar al-Khatib,” the party said in a statement. Another leading party member was also arrested at Khartoum airport, … Read more

Pilot Makes Emergency Landing After Being Attacked By Angry Cat

Pilot Makes Emergency Landing After Being Attacked By Angry Cat

SUDAN: The pilot of Boeing 737 has made an emergency landing at Khartoum airport, after suddenly being attacked by a cat. According to the report of the foreign news agency, when the Sudanese Tarco airline flew from Khartoum airport to Doha, the capital of Qatar, suddenly a cat entered the cockpit and attacked the pilot. … Read more