A Boeing 737-800 (reg. D-ASXO) of the Turkish airline Sun Express #XG3264 skidded off runway into the grass at Stuttgart airport. The aircraft was on the grass, but too close to the runway which was immediatly closed and all flights diverted. 200 passengers were on board the Boeing. The traffic resumed before 1600 local time. According to a…
Air Canada flight AC1159 from Toronto to Calgary was forced to make an emergency landing in Lethbridge Saturday after the aircraft’s windshield was cracked by hail. The A320 airbus with 144 passengers on board diverted to the closest airport, landing at Lethbridge about 210 kilometres south of Calgary.
Allow additional time if you travel to Schiphol airport. The authorities received a ‘signal’ of a terrorist threat. Police checks the traffic to the airport, this led to long queues and delays.
Lisbon airport was closed for about 30 minutes on Saturday, at about 2030LT due to an unidentified persons close to the runway. Five TAP flights were diverted to Porto and Faro. Source
