Emirates Flight #EK205 made a U-turn over the Atlantic on March 13, 2023 and returned to Milan. The A380 was performing flight #EK205 from the international airport of Milan Malpensa to new York JFK Airport. As the flight was expected to last 7 hours, the co-pilot suddenly felt an illness preventing from continuing his duty. The pilot’s…
A Singapore Airlines flight was grounded in Johannesburg’s airport in South Africa on Tuesday following a bomb threat. The Airports Company South Africa confirmed it received a call from someone claiming that there was a bomb on Singapore Airlines Flight #SQ478, which was scheduled to fly from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Tuesday morning. “The…
A Russian fighter jet harassed and then collided with a U.S. drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday. The Reaper drone and two SU-27 Flanker jets were operating over international waters over the Black Sea when one of the Russian jets intentionally flew in front of and dumped fuel in front of the unmanned drone,…
A ground stop was triggered Tuesday morning at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, according to the FAA. It happened around 10 a.m. According to an FAA advisory, the emergency ground stop was issued after a plane’s air conditioning leaked fuel. The plane made an emergency landing as a result. The airport was reduced to one runway,…
Boeing and Riyadh Air announced today that the new Saudi Arabian carrier has chosen the 787 Dreamliner to power its global launch and support its goal of operating one of the most efficient and sustainable fleets in the world. Owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Riyadh Air said it will purchase 39 highly…
The skies above America’s airports have been plagued by pilots mistakenly landing on taxiways instead of runways. Accidental taxiway landings have resulted in near-misses between planes, putting countless lives in danger. ATAP uses advanced radar and sensor technology to automatically detect when a plane is lining up to land on a taxiway instead of a…
A Nigerian Passenger named Abdullah, 60, died on the Doha-bound IndiGo flight, forcing the pilot to land at the Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan. A Doha-bound IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan on March 13 morning. The IndiGo pilot decided to divert the plane at the Karachi…
A British Airways pilot tragically collapsed and died just before he was due to fly a busy plane to London Heathrow. The man was preparing for the flight back from Cairo, Egypt, when he suffered a heart attack in the crew’s hotel. He managed to make his way to the hotel lobby where CPR was…
North Korea said on Monday morning that it had fired two cruise missiles from a submarine earlier on Sunday. The missile test came a day before South Korea and the United States were due to kick off their largest joint military drills in years. North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency said the submarine was engaged…
On March 12, 2003 Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 suffered a tail strike during take off from Auckland. The effects of the “tail strike” suffered by Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 747-412 9V-SMT (CN / LN 27137/990 – scrapped) during take off from Auckland runway 23L (AKL). The aircraft was performing flight SQ286 from Auckland (AKL) to Singapore…
LOT flight #LO1097 experienced a technical issue. The flight #LO1097 from Warsaw to Seoul was supposed to be a 11-hour flight but the aircraft had to return. Shortly after departure from Warsaw, the Boeing 787-8 stopped its climb and started to circle for 40 minutes. The crew of the aircraft (reg. SP-LRB) was unable to…
A Korean Air Lines Co Ltd jet with 230 people on board was evacuated on Friday morning after two live bullets were found before takeoff at Incheon International Airport in South Korea. The Manila-bound plane, which was originally scheduled to take off at 7:45 am, departed Incheon at around 11 am, after security checks identified…