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…
The Reno Air Racing Association announced that the Stihl National Championship Air Races will no longer be held at the Reno/Stead Airport in Nevada following the 2023 event in September. For nearly 60 years the Reno Air Races and airshow have been a vibrant and well-loved part of the aviation community and general public by…
Norwegian flight #DY340 between Oslo and Bodo suffered a loss of cabin pressurisation. On 9 March, the Norwegian Boeing 737-800 (reg. SE-RXB) experienced a cabin pressurisation problem while cruising at 39,000 feet. The oxygen masks suddenly fell down, the plane quickly descended to 10,000 ft altitude. As the aircraft was close to Bodo, the ATC…
An Iberia plane on flight IB2602 from Buenos Aires to Barcelona had to make an emergency landing at Gran Canaria airport. Flight IB2602, from Buenos Aires to Barcelona, carried out an emergency landing last morning at the Gando airport, in Gran Canaria, because a child who was traveling on board was found to be at…
A possible crew member mistake created a 3-hour delay. A Qantas A380 was forced to return to gate after the deployment of an emergency slide. Flight #QF11 from Sydney to Los Angeles LAX was schedule to depart at 11:20 from Sydney. A crew member mistakenly triggered the emergency slide at the rear of the Airbus…
An Air India Express cabin crew has been arrested at the Kochi Airport on Wednesday for smuggling gold. Shafi, a native of Wayanad, was arrested by Customs Preventive Commissionerate at Kochi with 1487 grams of gold. The Customs Preventive Commissionerate had received confidential information that Shafi, a cabin crew member of a flight from a…
A Jet2 passenger, aged 44, died on a flight to Glasgow from Antalya in Turkey. A mid-air emergency was declared near to Glasgow Airport at around 6.40pm and the plane landed shortly after. A passenger, who was believed to be travelling alone, had been pulled into the aisle and they were attempting to give him…
A British Airways flight attendant was allegedly raped in her hotel room during a stopover in Barbados. The woman had spent the evening drinking with crew members on the Caribbean island when a man who she knew had joined the group. She later invited the man, who lives on the island, back to her room,…
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating an incident between two flights at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. On Feb. 16, the NTSB said an Air Canada Rouge A-321 was cleared for takeoff on Runway 14 as an American Airlines B-737 was cleared to land on the same runway. The American Airlines crew self-initiated…
A Virgin Atlantic flight declared an emergency and diverted to Barcelona. During the night, flight #VS450 from from Johannesburg to London Heathrow declared an emergency and diverted to Barcelona. The Boeing 787-9 (reg. G-VAHH) was almost 10 hours into flight when crew declared a “pan pan” to ATC and requested a diversion. The aircraft made…
A woman who is in a relationship with an aeroplane has revealed that she travelled abroad 30 times in the last year just to spend quality time with her lover. According to the DailyMail, Sarah Rodo, from Dortmund, Germany, found love on her first flight with a Boeing 737 – after an unfulfilling attempt to…