AirAsia flight #FD178 to Bangkok has made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Velana Airport in Maldives. Flames and loud bangs were noticed from engine during takeoff of the Airbus A320 (reg. HS-BBT).
A Tap Air Portugal Air bus A320 suffered engine failure at the beginning of takeoff from runway 03 at Lisbon. The aircraft (reg. CS-TMW) was taking off to Venice but aborted takeoff after the left-hand engine vented a jet of flames. This A320-200 (reg. CS-TMW), is 18 years old powered by CFM56-5B engines.
On Wednesday, the final MD-80 passenger flight, American Flight 80, flew from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport for the last time bound for Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The airline retired the remaining 26 planes of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 fleet to Roswell, New Mexico. By 2003 American Airlines, the first to introduce the aircraft to its…
Emirates will take delivery of their last A380 in 2021, and then will reduce fleet to to around 90-100 A380 aircraft by the mid-2020s until they retire their last A380s somewhere around 2035. But two A380s have already been withdrawn from service at Dubai World Central (DWC) airport and will be used as a spares…
Flights were delayed at Yangon International Airport Thursday morning after a Y-8 military plane skidded off the runway around 10:30 a.m. The plane skidded off the runway due to an engine failure but no one was injured, said military spokesperson Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun. “As the plane was taking off for training, it skidded…
Boeing has evacuated its Charleston, South Carolina 787 Dreamliner assembly line ahead of the potential damage caused by Hurricane Dorian. The State of South Carolina has also issued a mandatory evacuation order, forcing the Boeing assembly line to suspend operations and to evacuate the site. Boeing has already evacuated four 787-10 Dreamliners to the manufacturer’s…
Two planes collided during towing at Sheremetyevo Airport outside Moscow. One of the planes, belonging to Royal Flight, was being pushed back without passengers on board when it struck another plane, belonging to Aeroflot, with its wing. The Aeroflot flight was preparing to taxi before takeoff to Beijing. Following the incident, Aeroflot stated that it…
Live map Updates Charleston International Airport will cease operations at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Orlando International Airport will cease operations at 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3. All-female flight crew is set to conduct a recon mission to collect data on Hurricane Dorian as it approaches the Florida Coast, making history for…
China Eastern flight #MU2809 to Xiamen returned to Nanjing for an emergency landing after a power bank caught fire. The power bank of a passenger caught fire causing smoke and heat resulting in cabin damage of the Airbus A320neo (reg. B-306F).
A director for LOT Polish Airlines is out of a job after recently “fat shaming” the cabin crew staff of a British Airways flight on social media with a series of illicitly taken photos, reportedly mocking their uniforms as “too tight” and overall appearance as “messy.” Earlier this week, Katarzyna Richter, an operations director for…
It’s not unusual to see dogs and cats onboard planes as emotional support animals in the US. But on one flight, a passenger brought a miniature horse onboard. The service animal, called Flirty, was spotted onboard an American Airlines flight from Chicago, Illinois, to Omaha, Nebraska. The docile pony was captured on video by several…
A trainee pilot has successfully made an emergency landing after his instructor fell ill mid-flight. Max Sylvester was training in a Cessna aircraft in the skies of Perth on Saturday afternoon when his instructor fell unconscious. “I’m trying to keep him up but he keeps falling down,” Mr Sylvester told the controller. “Do you know…