An American Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at JFK Airport on Wednesday night. AA Flight 2124 from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was initially headed to LaGuardia Airport when the airline said it had a possible mechanical issue. The plane landed safely at JFK at 7 p.m. after the pilot declared an…
Heathrow Airport Holdings said its monthly passenger numbers for February fell below 500,000, the lowest since 1966, as a result of strict travel restrictions amid the pandemic. It said in a statement the collapse in numbers was “due to the ban on all but essential travel, blanket quarantine, pre-departure and post-arrival testing.” Limits on passenger…
Physical altercation between a pilot and a cabin crewmember on Donghai Airlines flight over bathroom rules from Nantong to Xiang, leaving both of them injured. China’s aviation regulator is looking into an alleged mid-air dispute between crew members on a recent Donghai Airlines domestic flight, it said late on Monday, vowing severe punishment for any…
A British Airways flight to Aberdeen has been forced to land at Manchester Airport after a medical emergency onboard. Flight BA1306 left Heathrow this morning at 10.39am and should have arrived at Aberdeen by 11.51am. The Airbus A320-232 has since landed at Manchester Airport. British Airways have since confirmed the flight was forced to perform…
An Air France flight en route from Paris to New Delhi made an emergency landing at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport on Friday at 5 p.m. after a passenger caused disruptions onboard. As reported by Reuters, a passenger started quarrelling with fellow passengers soon after the flight took off. The passenger, an Indian citizen, also assaulted a…
Olivier Dassault, French MP and son of industrialist Serge Dassault, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. The 69-year-old, a lawmaker with the center-right Republicans party, was killed in Calavdos in Normandy, northern France, French media said. He was born on June 1, 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt, a plush Parisian suburb. Dassault was worth an estimated…
American Airlines said on Friday that a Boeing 737 MAX bound for New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport declared an emergency after the captain shut down one engine over a possible mechanical issue. American’s Flight 2555 from Miami with 95 passengers and six crew landed safely at Newark without incident, the airline said. The possible…
The National Transportation Safety Board published an investigative update Friday for its ongoing investigation of the Feb. 20, 2021, United Airlines flight 328 engine failure event. UAL flight 328 experienced a failure of the right Pratt & Whitney PW4077 engine shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport, Denver. There were no injuries reported, and the…
A flight was diverted to Sacramento International Airport Thursday night after a passenger died on a plane. Delta Flight 1837 was headed to Seattle from Cabo when a passenger became unresponsive, an airport spokesperson said. Just after 7 p.m., the flight diverted to SMF, and airport fire personnel pronounced the person dead at the scene.…
Air Algérie flight AH6200, an ATR 72, suffered a nose landing gear issue on landing at Ghardaïa Airport, Algeria. During the approach to Ghardaïa after a flight from Algiers, the nose landing gear failed to deploy after the flight crew selected the undercarriage down. The flight crew failed to resolve the issue and performed a…
A JetBlue flight was forced to make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport Wednesday night, according to the FAA. Officials say an operated by JetBlue Airways reported a flap issue and made an emergency landing around 8:10 p.m. JetBlue says the flight was diverted out of an abundance of caution due to…
Several people are feared dead due to a plane crash in South Sudan, the director of Juba International Airport said in a statement late Tuesday according to Anadolu Agency. Meanwhile, South Sudan News Now, a local newspaper, reported that the plane crashed in Jonglei State’s Uror County several minutes after leaving for Juba from Pieri’s…