An Iraqi plane carrying 216 passengers made an emergency landing late Sunday at Kuwait International Airport. The plane, which took off from Baghdad airport towards New Delhi, made the emergency landing at Kuwait airport after discovering a technical failure in one of the engines. The Boeing 767 landed safely.
#BREAKING Air China passengers evacuated at Beijing international airport, details to follow pic.twitter.com/SA4S2kzI8R — CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) July 31, 2016 Air China flight #CA1661 from Beijing to Changchun interrupted take off from after possible engine fire. The Boeing 737-800 was evacued.
A Boeing 737-800 (reg. D-ASXO) of the Turkish airline Sun Express #XG3264 skidded off runway into the grass at Stuttgart airport. The aircraft was on the grass, but too close to the runway which was immediatly closed and all flights diverted. 200 passengers were on board the Boeing. The traffic resumed before 1600 local time. According to a…
Air Canada flight AC1159 from Toronto to Calgary was forced to make an emergency landing in Lethbridge Saturday after the aircraft’s windshield was cracked by hail. The A320 airbus with 144 passengers on board diverted to the closest airport, landing at Lethbridge about 210 kilometres south of Calgary.
Allow additional time if you travel to Schiphol airport. The authorities received a ‘signal’ of a terrorist threat. Police checks the traffic to the airport, this led to long queues and delays.
Lisbon airport was closed for about 30 minutes on Saturday, at about 2030LT due to an unidentified persons close to the runway. Five TAP flights were diverted to Porto and Faro. Source
At least 16 people were feared dead after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in a pasture near the central Texas city of Lockhart on Saturday morning in one of the deadliest balloon accidents on record. The Federal Aviation Administration said the crash occurred near Lockhart, about 30 miles (50 km) south…
JetBlue’s first regularly scheduled flights to Cuba will begin next month, with fares beginning at $99 one-way. JetBlue’s first non-charter Cuba route will launch Aug. 31, when it begins nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale and the central Cuban city of Santa Clara. JetBlue initially will operate three flights a week before going to daily service on…
