A female passenger has died on board KLM #KL808 flight from Manila to Amsterdam. A female passenger started coughing after departure from Manila. Over Russia, she suddenly felt unwell and fell into her seat 1K. Another passenger noticed her difficulties and understood she was unresponsive. Flights attendants were immediately alerted and provided medical assistance…
Former Air France A380 F-HPJB is on it’s final flight to be scrapped. This aircraft was on lease to Air France from the Dr. Peters group and returned to the lessor after a full repainting. The A380 flew from Paris CDG to Dresden, Germany On January 2nd and is now on its way to Knock,…
During storm Dennis, the United Kingdom was buffeted by heavy rain and winds of up to 50mph, the second-weekend storm in a row. There was significant travel disruption and hundreds of flights had to be cancelled at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) so that aircraft could be given more time and space to land. Crosswind landings…
A GoAir Airbus A320neo rejected take-off at Ahmedabad Airport, India following an engine issue. The Airbus A320neo (reg. VT- WGY) rejected take off at Ahmedabad Airport due to right engine vibration and stall after a suspected bird ingestion. The aircraft was operating flight 802 to Bangalore. After being doused, the plane was taken to isolation…
Boeing has told employees that it discovered foreign-object debris in fuel tanks of “several” 737 Max planes the manufacturer has in storage, CNBC learned Tuesday. Foreign object debris “is absolutely unacceptable,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes executive Mark Jenks, a vice president and general manager of the 737 program and Renton production facility, according to the company’s…
An Air Canada plane bound for Toronto was forced to declare a mid-air emergency after one of its wheels fell off during take-off. Air Canada flight 715 from LaGuardia Airport landed safely after 4 p.m. in Toronto. A spokesperson for Air Canada said the Airbus A319 lost one of it’s six tires while departing…
The photo of Valerie Kybad, a porn actress, in underwears on a RAM flight has created a wave of controversy in Morocco. Morocco’s state-owned carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has issued a statement to apologize to its customers after an indecent photo taken on one of the airline’s flights circulated on social media. The photo,…
Emergency slide was accidentally deployed on Virgin Atlantic 747 at Manchester Airport. As Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 (G-VAST) was about to be catered for flight #VS75 to Orlando, an emergency slide was activated, possibly after the door wasn’t properly disarmed. The flight #VS75 finally departed to Orlando with a delay of more than 6 hours.
Thousands of passengers are facing cancellations and delays on Sunday after a systems failure affecting all terminals at London Heathrow airport. Departing passengers on social media reported “pandemonium” with information screens unavailable, while arriving travellers were stuck on planes or waiting in the terminal for baggage. Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe. The failure…
A person and a jeep on the runway reportedly forced an Air India aircraft on taking off roll at Pune to do “early rotation”. This early rotation led he Airbus A321 to have a tail strike, with its undercarriage getting damaged, but the plane took off safely. The incident happened on Saturday morning when the…
Passengers were evacuated via emergency slides after landing at Dusseldorf Airport. Passengers of Pegasus flight #PC1003 from Istanbul were evacuated after the Boeing 737-800 landed at Dusseldorf. After the landing of the Boeing 737-800 (reg. TC-CPU registered), fire and smoke were noticed coming from the landing gear. As smoke was noticed by ATC controllers, emerging…
