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At 19:55, the crew reported overflying Porto Santo island at 8,500 ft (2,600 m) and were instructed to continue their descent to 5000 ft and then to contact Funchal approach control. At 19:57, Funchal cleared the crew to descend to 3,500 ft (1,100 m) and informed them that the QNH was 1014.0 hpa. After being cleared for the approach, the crew ...
TAP Flight 425 was a regular flight from Brussels, Belgium, to Santa Catarina Airport (informally known as Funchal Airport or Madeira Airport; now the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport), Portugal, with an intermediate scheduled stop in Lisbon.
Madeira Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto da Madeira) (IATA: FNC, ICAO: LPMA), informally Funchal Airport (Aeroporto do Funchal), formerly Santa Catarina Airport (Aeroporto de Santa Catarina) and officially Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the Portuguese archipelago and autonomous region of Madeira.
A flight attendant has reportedly been injured after falling from a plane at an airport in England. On Monday, Dec. 16, at approximately 4:30 p.m. local time, the woman — who works for the ...
Authorities in the United States have reviewed airport security footage as they continue to investigate how a woman sneaked on board a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris without a ...
In Funchal there are two aerial tramways, the Funchal Cable Car and a second aerial tramway, which went in service in 2005. [ 7 ] Previously there was a steam-powered cog railway ( Monte Railway ) [ 8 ] from Funchal to Monte , which operated between 1893 and 1943, and went further up to Terreiro da Luta at 867 m above sea level.
The airport reached out to Pittsburgh for help keeping the runway open. "Five of their workers came to assist us," Martin said. "Crews have been working 12 hours on and 12 hours off to keep the ...
The city of Funchal was heavily damaged by landslides. In one instance, mud and water gushed down a city street over cars and buildings. [8] Communications were seriously disrupted across the island. [9] [10] [11] Amid the destruction, the airport was closed, bridges were washed away, and one man saw his family swept off by the waters.