A Mahan Air aircraft had taken off from Tehran, and was headed to Guangzhou in China when it received a bomb threat. While in Indian airspace- Mahan Air contacted Delhi airport ATC after it received the bomb threat. The pilot asked permission for an immediate landing at Delhi. Delhi ATC suggested the aircraft to go…
A Russian military aircraft crash-landed in Sevastopol, Crimea. The incident took place on 1 October at the airfield Belbek in Sevastopol, Crimea. Governor of Sevastopol said: “Extraordinary situation at the Belbek airfield. According to rescuers, the plane skidded off the runway during landing and caught fire. The fire brigade is currently on the scene. Please…
A plane from the Transavia airline suffered an incident when it landed. The Boeing 737 (reg. F-GZHA) suffered an incident when it landed at Nantes, France at 13:05. The flight #TO3943 from Djebra was landing in Nantes when the two front wheels detached from the landing gear bogies. The aircraft was immobilized on an access…
A Myanmar National Airlines MNA flight flying to Yangon was shot at on the landing of Loikko Airport on Friday morning, September 30, and a man was injured. Flight UB 149 of Myanmar National Airlines MNA departing from Yangon was shot at as it prepared to runway 19 at Loikaw, Myanmar. Three projectiles impacted the…
A Sunwing flight attendant saved a passenger’s life who went into cardiac arrest as a pilot made an emergency landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport this week. On Tuesday, Marisa Rodrigues was preparing for a standard landing of a Sunwing flight from Cancun to Toronto while on duty as the Cabin Safety Manager (CSM). Then,…
The 500th A350 – an A350-900 – was recently delivered to Iberia, a major European customer with 20 A350s on order and 14 in service. Beyond a symbol, the 500th A350 marks an important milestone for Airbus and its growing versatile family, now including the A350-900, the A350-1000 and the newest Airbus freighter A350F. “When…
Pilots inspect damage caused by tornado at North Perry Airport. A tornado, spawned by Hurricane Ian’s outer rain bands, struck North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines Tuesday night.
Schiphol maintains maximum number of passengers. In the coming months, Schiphol will maintain the maximum number of travelers that can depart from the airport. Airlines need a longer-term planning. The airport expects to do this until the end of March. “Maintaining a maximum number of travelers is necessary, says the Hanne Buis, COO at Royal…
An easyJet plane was forced to make an emergency landing after its wing was suddenly struck by lightning. The aircraft took off from Milan when it was hit by the lightning while flying over Italy. The plane diverted to Bari instead of Naples on Sunday (September 25). An image showed the extent of the damage,…
Keflavik airport received a message about a bomb threat. Just before midnight a cargo airplaine landed in Keflavík Airport after a threat about a bomb being on board the airplane was received. This was confirmed by the Chief of Police in Reykjanes peninsula, Úlfar Lúðvíksson, to mbl.is Because of the threat all air traffic to…
Emergency services are at Heathrow Airport after two commercial passenger planes “scrapped into each other”. The incident took place at some point around 8pm tonight (September 28). A Korean Air Boeing 777-300 was taxiing to runway 27R when it clipped another aicraft. The plane (reg. HL7782) was performing flight #KE908 to Seoul. It clipped an…
More than 5,000 completely empty passenger flights have flown to or from UK airports since 2019, the Guardian can reveal. A further 35,000 commercial flights have operated almost empty since 2019, with fewer than 10% of seats filled, according to analysis of data from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This makes a total of about…