A very serious medical emergency on board Aeroméxico flight #AM683 to Mexico City forced the Boeing 737-800 to divert to Houston international airport. Passengers said the man who died appeared to be elderly. #AviationGeek A passenger passed away on Aeroméxico 683. From ORD to MEX. Aircraft diverted to IAH pic.twitter.com/XAswBZcFdA — Fernando Del Río (@MexicoFER)…
10 years ago today, Armavia Flight 967 (EK-32009) was a scheduled flight from Zvartnots International Airport in Zvartnots, Armenia to Sochi International Airport in Sochi, Russia. The Airbus A320-211 was carrying 85 Armenian citizens, 26 Russian citizens, 1 Georgian citizen and 1 Ukraine citizen. The aircraft involved has been delivered in 1995 to Ansett Australia and then to All Nippon…
American Airlines flight AA57 to Miami did a U-turn over France at 10:50 LT. The emergency was declared at 11:00 LT and the Boeing 777-300ER returned to London Heathrow due to maintenance issue. UPDATE: American Airlines AA57 landed in London Heathrow at 11:37 LT, pilot asked for normal landing and requested the emergency be cancelled…
Three technicians were working on the nose gear of a SunExpress Boeing 737-800 when it collapsed this sunday. Hopefully, no reports of serious injuries. The passengers of the SunExpress flight XQ366 to Paderborn (Turkey) were still in the terminal when the incident happent. The flight was operated by an other aircraft and left Antalya 3 hours late.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the Airbus A350-900 for ETOPS (Extended-range Twin engine aircraft Operations) ‘beyond 180 minutes’ diversion time. This approval means that when the first FAA-affiliated operators start to take delivery of their A350s in 2017 they will be able to serve new direct non-limiting routings, compared with a standard…
