ALERT London Heathrow terminal 3 evacuated due to fire alarm
Main waiting area of terminal C at London Heathrow was evacuated due to fire alarm.
BREAKING Several flights made emergency landings in UK today due to fumes in cabin #Ophelia
Several flights made “precautionary” emergency landings after “strange smells” were detected in their cockpits. Ophelia developed over the eastern tropical Atlantic and moved north. As a result dust from the Sahara and smoke from wildfires occurring over northern Iberia has been brought northwards to the atmosphere at our latitudes. These emergency landings may be linked to…
Qantas Boeing 737-800 #QF467 collided with a catering truck at Sydney Airport
Melbourne-bound flight #QF467 was on push back from its gate about 7.30pm yesterday when it collided at low speed with the catering truck, Qantas has confirmed. The Qantas Boeing 737’s right-wing eceived minor damage. No injuries were reported among plane passengers or truck driver. Passengers were transferred to the next available flights, and Qantas engineers…
BREAKING Malaysia Airlines A380 #MH3 from Heathrow has lost a nose gear wheel
Maylaysian Airline Airbus A380 (reg. 9M-MNB) suffered an incident earlier this morning. After landing, one of the nose gear was missing and the remaining wheel was twisted. It’s still unclear if the incident happened during the landing or if the A380 lost the wheel during approach. The flight #MH3 from London Heathrow landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport landed…
ALERT Flybe #BE4521 followed by fire vehicles at Dublin Airport after reporting fumes in cabin
Something happening .@DublinAirport .@flybe pic.twitter.com/43fAzIzixs — Jimmy Norman (@JimmyNorman) October 16, 2017 Flybe flight #BE4521 was followed by emergency vehicles after landing at Dublin Airport. The Embrer 195 from Cardiff reported fumes in the cabin. The aircraft (reg. G-FBEM) safely landed and passengers disembarked on stand.
EMERGENCY AirAsia #QZ535 had to “plunge” to 10,000ft after cabin pressure suddently lost (video)
An Indonesia AirAsia flight travelling from Perth to Denpasar with 151 passengers on board was turned back on Sunday morning after a mid-air emergency. Flight #QZ535 was 25 minutes out of Perth when an indicator alerted the pilot to a loss of cabin pressure. The plane had to drop from 32,000 feet to 10,000 feet…
ALERT El Al flight #LY333 returned to Tel Aviv while a doctor performed a successful CPR on a 88-year-old woman (video)
A doctor who was on an El Al flight to Belgium performed a successful CPR on a passenger who had a heart attack. A 88-year-old womansuffered a heart attack and lost consciousness during El Al flight #LY333 to Brussels. A doctor performed a CPR while the plane returned to Ben Gurion Airport. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. 4X-EKP)…
ALERT SkyJet flight #SJ512 was struck by a drone, first time a commercial aircraft was hit by a drone in Canada
On October 12, 2017, a Skyjet flight was struck by a drone while inbound to Jean Lesage International Airport in Québec City. This is the first time a drone has hit a commercial aircraft in Canada. The Beechcraft A100 King Air only sustained minor damage and was able to land safely. Transport Canada is monitoring…
BREAKING An Antonov An-26 crashed off Ivory coast shortly after takeoff
A plane crashed Saturday morning at sea shortly after taking off from Abidjanelix Houphout Boigny airport around 0900 UTC. UPDATE 4 have died and 4 survived the crash. First reports say it’s an Antonov An-26 (reg.ER-AVB) from the cargo charter company Valan Air carrying equipments for the French Army. The crash could have occurred during a storm…
BREAKING Cebu Pacific #5J461 skidded off runway on landing at Iloilo Airport, Philippines
Cebu Pacific Air Airbus A320 (reg. RP-3237) skidded off rain-slickened runway on landing. Operations at Iloilo International Airport in Philippines are closed during Saturday. Passengers were evacuated by emergency slides. In a notice to airmen (NOTAM) early Saturday, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said that the airport was closed after the plane’s nose gear landed…
VIDEO Allegro Boeing 727 in/out of ST MAARTEN (2000)
2000 was the 1st of 4 visits we made to film St Maarten Airport. Most of what you see at the airport then is now history such as this Allegro Boeing 727, the airline is gone and passenger 727s no longer operate at SXM. For the full airport video visit http://www.justplanes.com/ClassicAirports.html
AirNav Radarbox releases satellite based global ADS-B coverage
Traditionally, ground based ADS-B receivers along with Radar have been used to track aircraft. This method, however, has had its own set of challenges since ADS-B is based on the line of sight principle. Mountains, buildings, vast water bodies and other obstructions can significantly decrease a receivers range and ability to receive transponder emitted signals.…