Evacuation underway at the DHL sorting center. UPDATE 2350 UTC: Area is cleared. Officials said the facility was evacuated after a suspicious package was tracked to the building. A spokesman for DHL courier company said: “There has been an evacuation after tracking a shipment that was not trusted. A bomb disposal team has arrived at the…
SpiceJet DHC-8-400 (VT-SUL) #SG2642 suffered a tail strike upon landing in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon. A SpiceJet spokesperson confirmed the incident and said none of the passengers were injured. The airline representative identified the damaged aircraft as VT-SUL, a Bombardier Q400 turboprop. The official ruled out lack of visibility as a possible reason…
The airfield at Hamburg airport is closed off due to trespassers At 8:30pm local time, Breaking Flight News first reported that Hamburg airport is closed off, it was later reported that there are unauthorized people running on the airfield. UPDATE 21:19: The situation is still going on, all flights are holding or diverting to nearby airports…
While it’s exceptionally rare for an aircraft’s slides to have to be deployed, every commercial aircraft is fitted with a number of them, to ensure that in the event of an emergency, customers can get off the aircraft quickly and safely. The huge inflatables which can be up to 14 metres (or 46 ft) long,…
Lufthansa owned low-cost carrier Eurowings wants to triple its long-haul fleet in 2018 In a press release Eurowings said, that it will have a total long-haul fleet of 21 aircraft at the end of 2018. The new airplanes will include Airbus A330-200/-300 and A340-300 types. Some of them will be operated by Belgian flag-carrier Brussels…
Airlink Avro RJ-85 airliner operating flight #SA8103 from Harare to Johannesburg was involved in an event which resulted in it making an emergency landing at O.R. Tambo International Airport shortly after 20.40 local time on Wednesday 8 November. While en route one of the four engines suffered an uncontained failure which then caused damage to…