Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash landed at Manila Airport. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 6 The Boeing 737-800 was removed – runway 06/24 reopened. UPDATE 5 The Boeing 737-800 is still not removed – runway closure extended up to 0500 Saturday local time. UPDATE 4 New daylight pictures show Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 lost its…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has launched an investigation after a Qantas owned 737 freighter, registration VH-XMO, lost cabin pressure which resulted in the First Officer becoming incapacitated. The plane was flying from Brisbane to Melbourne Wednesday night when the crew received a “wing body overheat warning” according to News Ltd. This resulted in…
An easyJet passenger who was an injured retired doctor was forced off a plane by armed police officers when flying to London over a disagreement regarding a booked seat with extra legroom. EasyJet passenger Sam Ramsay Smith, 72, was removed from the flight by armed police officers. He travelled to Amsterdam from London Gatwick to…
Tanami was travelling 700 miles from Duisburg Zoo in Dusseldorf, Germany to Scotland to join Edinburgh Zoo. The koala, a 19-month-old Queensland koala, is named Tanami. He was flying with low-cost airline Eurowings and managed to nab an entire row of seats to himself. He was even treated to a big bag of eucalyptus so he could…
The Federal Aviation Administration said two United airplanes were damaged when one plane clipped the wing of another plane on the tarmac at O’Hare International Airport Wednesday afternoon. The FAA said United flight 645 was pushing back from gate C30 when it clipped the wing of United flight 2746 which was parked at gate C28.…
Ronald Reagan National Airport, one of the primary airports serving the Washington DC area, registered a power outage beginning at approximately 9:45 pm ET, forcing the airport to put at least some flight takeoffs on hold, and divert others, with many computer systems down. The airport said via Twitter that flights were operating, albeit slowly…