ALERT Airbus A340 suffered a taxiway excursion at Istanbul Ataturk Airport today
Hi-Fly Airbus A340 (reg. CS-TQZ) suffered a taxiway excursion at Istanbul Ataturk Airport today. There were no passengers on board the Airbus 340 which landed from Sharjah, in the United…
BREAKING: American Airlines staff member ‘Removed from duty’ after allegedly hitting passenger with baby stroller
An American Airlines staff member has been “removed from duty” after video emerged showing him in a heated confrontation with a passenger. In a video posted to Facebook a woman…
ALERT An Air Marshal left her gun in lavatory of Delta flight #DL221 to JFK
On April 6, a federal air marshal left her loaded service weapon in the aircraft’s bathroom of Delta flight #DL221 from Manchester to New York JFK. A passenger found the…
ALERT Jet Airways #9W234 returned to Amsterdam after pressurization problems following a tailstrike on departure
JAI234 AMS-YYZ returned to Amsterdam after pressurization problems following a tailstrike on departure of runway 18C. The Boeing 777-300ER dumped fuel before landing and was parked on a remote stand. No…
BREAKING Runway incursion during United flight #UA211 takeoff at Toronto Pearson airport
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating after a runway incursion at Toronto Pearson International Airport today. Safety board spokesperson Chris Krepski told they have sent a team of investigators…
NEWS Airbus delivers first ever A321neo to Virgin America
Airbus has delivered the first-ever A321neo. The latest generation aircraft powered by CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines was handed over to U.S. airline Virgin America, an all-Airbus operator, at a ceremony…
EMERGENCY Aero Contractor aircraft filled by smoke during flight in Nigeria
Passengers on a flight from Aero Contractor, from Port Harcourt to Lagos in Nigeria on Tuesday, reported panic on the aircraft when the cabin was invaded by smoke. According to the…
EMERGENCY Jet Airways ATR 72-500 #9W2882 nose gear collapsed on landing at Delhi
Flight #9W2882 with 60 passengers and 5 crew members on board had a nose wheel malfunction today when it landed at the IGI Airport in Delhi. A Delhi-bound Jet Airways…
EMERGENCY Thomson flight #BY6133 to Bristol forced to divert to Porto due to cracked windscreen
A Thomson flight to Bristol was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot’s windscreen cracked at 30,000ft. The Boeing 757-200 (reg. G-OOBB) from Gran Canaria was forced to divert…
NEWS Syrian Arab Airlines begins A340-300 operations from Damascus
Amidst the Syrian Civil War, Syrian Arab Airlines began Airbus A340-300 operations on April 12th, with a flight to Dubai as RB515. According to Flightglobal, the aircraft was welcomed in…
Live coverage: delivery of Air France Boeing 787 F-HRBB from Charleston to Paris CDG
Air France takes delivery of its second Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The aircraft (registration F-HRBB) leaves Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday April, 19 to Paris CDG. The Air France-KLM Group has ordered…
NEWS: 12 Dead in Turkish Helicopter Crash
All 12 people on board a police helicopter that crashed in Turkey have died. It disappeared ten minutes after taking off from a town in the east of the country.…