A disruptive passenger tried to open emergency door of Air Asia Airbus A320 (reg. VT-ATF). At about 21:50 local time, a disruptive passenger traveling onboard Air Asia #I5546 from Delhi to Ranchi – Kolkata (seat no. 24A) tried to open the emergency door (R2) just before landing. He injured few other passengers and crew members when…
Sixteen people have been killed after a US military plane crashed in rural Mississippi. Emergency services were scouring a large field of debris on Monday night where the Marine Corps KC-130 refuelling tanker spiralled to the ground about 85 miles north of Jackson in Mississippi’s LeFlore County. Fred Randle, the county’s director of emergency management,…
A passenger died on Sunday after suffering from emergent health problem onboard an Iranian flight, which made emergency landing in northern Iran. The passenger, onboard Iran’s Mahan Air Flight #W585 en route from Moscow to Tehran, died despite efforts made to save his life. The Airbus A310 (reg. EP-MNF) made an emergency in the Rasht Sardar…
Traffic was stopped during few hours this afternoon at Eindhoven Airport (NL) after the control tower was evacuated. Flights to and from Eindhoven Airport were suspended for nearly two hours after an ‘unusual smell’ was detected in the air traffic control tower. The tower was evacuated as a precaution at around 12.30pm while firefighters investigated the…
An intrepid group of YouTubers have taken on their most daring adventure yet – breaking into an active spaceport to find two of the few remaining Soviet-era space shuttles. After navigating their way across barren flatland, members of the group, which publishes videos as Exploring the Unbeaten Path, dodge boobytraps and security patrols to steal…
A Thomson flight to Spain was forced to make an emergency landing before it had even left the UK – to eject three rowdy passengers. The Thomson flight from Glasgow to Alicante was forced to touch down at Bristol Airport amid concerns over the behaviour of three men. A fleet of police vehicles swarmed onto…
Three cabin crew members have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire allegedly started on board a Thomson flight this morning. Passengers were escorted from the plane at around 9am shortly after take off from Manchester. According to reports, an oven caught fire on route to Girona in Spain. The flight then made an…
The vintage fighter plane that was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Duxford Imperial War Museum was an American Mustang owned by the museum. Officials at the museum have confirmed that one of the planes was forced to make an emergency landing. One witness reported that the plane, the P51d Mustang…
A couple have been caught on camera leaving a toilet on a Virgin Atlantic plane after appearing to have sneaked off for a mid-air romp. This video has been shared on Friday by Virgin Atlantic on its Facebook page. The footage was filmed on July 4 by another passenger on a flight from London Heathrow to Miami.…
At least 40 turtles wandered out of Jamaica Bay and onto the tarmac around 4:45 p.m., briefly delaying flights. It turns out this is a common problem at JFK. During mating seasons, these turtles like to lay their eggs in the sand near the airport runway. The airport has specialists on staff who help to…
