A water bombing plane has crashed while fighting two raging bushfires in a southern region of Western Australia. The Boeing 737-3 with two people on board went down over the Fitzgerald River National Park on Monday at around 4.40pm (WST) and crashed in the forest between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. Both pilots survived the crash and…
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Turkiye has damaged the airport in Turkish Hatay province. A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria today, killing more than 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region. The earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on Monday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.…
Russians flying from Phuket to Moscow were stuck at the airport for more than four hours. An Azur Air Boeing 767-300 operating flight #ZF3604 from to Moscow to Phuket, Thailand rejected its take-off run at high speed on runway 09 due to engine issue. At first there was the usual soft movement with acceleration, then…
Two planes came close to colliding when a FedEx plane was forced to overfly the Southwest plane to avoid a crash. The Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an aborted landing in Austin, Texas, on Saturday morning by a FedEx cargo plane that had been set to land on…
The FAA is investigating after two planes clipped wings at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday morning. United Airlines said the flight from Newark to Orlando, Florida, was parked at the gate when another much larger United aircraft clipped its wing while being relocated. The passengers on Flight 2135 to Orlando were able to deplane…
Air India said a full emergency was declared on the flight, following which it made a safe emergency landing. After flames were detected in one of its engines, a Calicut-bound Air India Express B737-800 aircraft from Abu Dhabi had to make an emergency landing back at Abu Dhabi airport, the country’s aviation regulatory body said…
British Airways flight #BA216 from Washington to London Heathrow was forced to make an emergency landing in Halifax, Canada. The British Airways Boeing 787-9 performing flight #BA216 from Washington to London Heathrow made an emergency in Halifax due to smoke in the cabin. The aircraft (reg. G-ZBKL) declared a Pan Pan and landed at 9.30pm…
Flight #DL265 from Paris CDG to New York JFK suffered a damage. The Boeing 767-400ER took off on Monday January 30, 2023 from Paris to New York JFK and reached cruise altitude when pilots decided to turn around 30 minutes into flight. The aircraft (reg. N836MH) suffered damage on its right wing flap area. The…
United Airlines flight #UA931 was met by emergency services at London Heathrow upon the landing. The Boeing 767-300 performing flight #UA931 from Chicago to London Heathrow suffered a technical incident. Emergency services were called and met the aircraft upon landing at Heathrow after it landed a bit after 8am local time. The 767 (reg. N685UA)…
Emirates A380 #EK448 is flying all the way back to Dubai. The Airbus A380 (reg. A6-EVL) operating flight #EK448 from Dubai to Auckland has to turn over. The flight departed Dubai at 10:57 local time but was forced to return to Dubai. Auckland Airport asked passengers to not travel to the international terminal at this…
Runway 27R has been closed at Chicago ORD Airport after a plane crash landed. A plane flying from Manistee to Chicago ORD Airport has crash landed on runway 27R in snowy conditions. The Cessna 402C was operating flight Cape Air flight#9K1 (only 15-minute long) when it landed in hard weather conditions on North runway 27R…
A plane landing at Auckland International Airport has hit and damaged several runway lights causing major delays. A statement from the airport said the damage to the runway lights was “impacting” international departures and large domestic flights. There were a number of flights delayed and diverted on Friday afternoon and evening. Auckland Airport has reduced…