Emergency crews desperately searching for four people feared dead after a military helicopter crashed off Hamilton Island. The military helicopter, known as Taipan, had been engaged in a two-helicopter mission when it crashed at about 10.30pm on Friday. There were four Australian crew aboard the MRH-90 Taipan aircraft at the time. The second chopper immediately…
An Allegiant Air flight took a turn after it was forced to make a sudden 600 feet climb to avoid a collision with an oncoming private jet. At 23,000 feet an Allegiant flight was forced to take evasive action after FAA put it on a collision course with a Gulfstream jet. Twenty minutes into the…
easyJet flight to Dubrovnik returned to London Gatwick following a technical issue. The flight #U26427 to Dubrovnik, Croatia took off at 8:10 BST but the crew detected an issue and declared an emergency.. Passengers were told there was a problem with the aircraft just 15 minutes into the flight. The A320 (reg. G-EJCV) started to…
Air Canada flight to Montreal returned to Algiers quickly after departure. Air Canada flight #AC71 to Montreal was holding after departure before returning to Algiers. The Airbus A330-343 took off at 15:30 (local time) but quickly was holding over the sea at 5,000 ft. While an Air France flight from Paris ORY and an Air…
United flight to Zurich was forced to return to Chicago ORD. The flight #UA3 took off from Chicago ORD one hour late at 4:50 pm to Zurich o July 26th. But 30 minutes into the flight, the crew declared an emergency, requesting for an immediate return to Chicago. The aircraft landed back at ORD about…
Turkish Airlines #TK619 made an emergency landing in Algiers after crew discovered a passenger committed suicide. In a tragic incident, a passenger committed suicide during a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Marrakesh, Morocco. As a result, the flight #TK619 had to make an emergency landing in Algeria on Tuesday July 25, 2023. The flight…
A court in Paris has sentenced a pilot for US airline United, who tested positive for alcohol when he was scheduled to fly a plane from Paris CDG airport. The 63-year-old pilot was breathalysed by police at Paris CDG airport shortly before he was due to fly a United Airlines plane to Dallas, Texas. He…
A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 aircraft accidentally collided with a French A400M on the ground at the American military base in Guam. A Canadian military transport plane crashed into a French A400M transporter at the American military base in Guam in the Pacific at the end of last week, without causing any casualties, the…
A British Airways flight from Nassau in the Bahamas to London-Heathrow had a problem with the original catering load. Passengers on board British Airways flight BA 252 from Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) on July 23, 2023 were served Kentucky Fried Chicken as inflight meal. The plane’s catering carts…
Yuan Meng, the first panda born in Beauval in 2017, flew from Roissy on Tuesday to reach China. Applauded by the public when he left the Beauval zoo, then welcomed by a whole delegation, with in particular the presence of his godmother Brigitte Macron, on the tarmac of Paris Roissy. Head of the Chengdu Giant…
A SpiceJet Bombardier Dash 8 caught fire at Delhi Airport. The SpiceJet Bombardier Dash 8 – Q400 caught fire at Bay 158 of IGI Airport Delhi Terminal 1 on July 25th 2023. The engine No. 1 of the aircraft (reg. VT-SUD) caught fire , while AME was carrying out engine ground run at idle power.…
United Airlines #UA871 bound for Taipei returned to SFO due to a disruptive passenger. A United Airlines flight bound for Taipei, Taiwan, was forced to turn back to San Francisco International Airport after a disruptive passenger refused to remain seated in his economy class seat. The incident occurred two hours into the flight on July…