On 22 August, a SmartWings flight from Samos, Greece continued to Prague flying 2:20 hours on one engine. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. K-TVO) suffered left-hand engine shut down spontaneously while flying at 36,000 feet. The incident occurred as the plane was over the Aegean Sea. The pilots decided to continue the flight to Prague for…
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew into Biarritz in southwestern France for the G7 summit. Mohammad Javad Zarif flew on board an Airbus A321-200 (reg. EP-IGD), a direct flight from Tehran. The French presidency confirmed his arrival, but emphasised no talks were planned with the American side. A French diplomat also suggested – without…
An Emirates A380-800 suffered structural damage during routine maintenance check. The incident occurred on 22 August at an Emirates maintenance hangar at Dubai International Airport. According to FATIII Aviation, an engineer retracted the aircraft’s landing gear without the required pin inserted when the aircraft was not on a support stanchion. The incident has left the…
British Airways flight to New York JFK diverted to Shannon after indication of fire at the rear of the aircraft. British Airways flight #BA179 from London Heathrow to New York JFK declared Pan Pan to ATC reporting an indication of fire at the rear of the Boeing 777-300ER. The aircraft (reg. G-STBB) turned back over…
British Airways pilots are planning to go on strike for three days in September, the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) said. BALPA said the airline “did not accept” any options the union put to it during talks this week, adding: “it is clear following discussions with members over the last few days that BA’s most…
President Evo Morales announced on Wednesday that Bolivia has ordered the 747 Supertanker to assist firefighters battling a massive outbreak of wildfires in the Amazon basin. The huge air tanker, identified as Tanker 944, that can carry up to 19,200 gallons (72,680 liters) of water or fire retardant departed from Sacramento McClellan Airport at…
Seven passengers were taken to hospitals when a Hawaiian Airlines flight landed in Honolulu on Thursday with smoke in the cabin and cargo hold, officials said. The flight #HA47 from Oakland, California, made its emergency landing around 11:30 HT. The crew deployed the plane’s emergency slides for the evacuation, which officials said took between 30…
Amid drama following Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s trips via private jet, William and Kate flew commercial with their children from Norwich, England, to Aberdeen, Scotland, on Thursday. “We were delighted to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their family on board one of our flights again, this time when they flew from Norwich to Aberdeen with…
A 26-year-old man climbed over a Mumbai airport wall and walked up to a plane on the airport runway. A video circulating on social media showed the man calmly walk over to the SpiceJet plane and inspect it. As a yellow jeep pulls up behind him, the man proceeds to casually inspect the nose of…
EasyJet suspends a pilot from flying after finding out about suicidal messages he sent to his friends. Pals passed the aviator’s messages to his bosses after he told them ‘I’m suicidal’, ‘my life is sh**’ and ‘I’m probably going to kill myself’ in a WhatsApp group. “I thought I would meet people, make friends with…
A Delta flight from Lisbon to JFK suffered a serious landing gear problem at JFK Airport Tuesday afternoon. The flight #DL273 from Lisbon operated by a Boeing 757-200 (reg. N722TW) declared an emergency after the axle of its nose gear broke, causing one of the plane’s wheels to come off. Port Authority officials report that…
Investigators probing an engine explosion on an Air France A380 in 2017 are studying a possible manufacturing flaw in a recently salvaged cracked part in a move likely to trigger urgent checks on dozens of Airbus superjumbos, people familiar with the matter said. The focus of a two-year-old investigation into the mid-air explosion over Greenland,…