Air New Zealand flight to Tokyo Narita returned to Auckland due to an incident. On June 19, 2023, an Air New Zealand flight with to Tokyo Narita was forced to return due to windscreen damage. About 3.5 hours into the flight, #NZ99 made a U-turn and proceeded back to Auckland Airport. The Dreamliner turned around…
A Scoot Boeing 787-9 landed at Taipei with a missing Nose landing gear left wheel. The aircraft (reg. 9V-OJF) was operating flight from Seoul (ICN) to Taipei (TPE). According to sources, the tyre pressure level had been detected as abnormal before the flight’s descent. After landing, the left nose wheel was missing, and the axle…
An American Airlines flight was recently forced to abort its landing because a Delta plane was still on the runway of a Minnesota airport. It’s the latest in a recent string of close calls at major airports that has prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to remind airlines to be vigilant. In the latest incident on…
A KLM Boeing 777 from Lagos to Amsterdam declared an emergency and immediately diverted to Barcelona. A KLM B777-200 operating as flight #KL588 departed from Lagos, Nigeria to Amsterdam , The Netherlands. The aircraft cruised at 38,000 ft when the crew declared an emergency near Marseille and was given priority clearance to land at Barcelona…
Flight #DE2208 from Frankfurt to Punta Cana was was forced to divert. The Boeing 767-300ER took off from Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday 18 June 2023 at the begining of the afternoon. But 4 hours into the flight, the crew was forced to take a decision regarding a medical emergency. The aircraft (reg. D-ABUD) diverted to…
Several British Airways cabin crew members were seriously injured during severe turbulence on flight from Singapore to London. The crew, on board the BA12 flight from Singapore to Heathrow, London, were hurt after the plane was struck by ‘severe’ and ‘sustained’ turbulence over the Bay of Bengal. The Boeing 777-300ER was flying over the Bay…
A passenger died on LOT Polish flight despite the emergency landing. A passenger on a LOT Polish Airlines plane from the Greek island of Rhodes to Katowice, southern Poland, died during the flight on Friday, causing the airliner to make an emergency landing in Bucharest, Romania, a LOT spokesperson said on Friday. The spokesperson said…
The FAA says United Airlines Flight 369 was taxiing when its left wingtip clipped the tail of Delta Air Lines Flight 1657. The United Boeing 737 MAX 9 (reg. N37545) performing flight #UA369 bumped into a stationary Delta A321 which performed flight #DL1657 at Boston-Logan Airport. The left wingtip of the 737 hit the tail…
Virgin Atlantic flight #VS21 from London to Washington is declaring an emergency. Virgin Atlantic #VS21 has declared an emergency and is returning to London Heathrow. The Airbus A330-300 (reg. G-VKSS) turned around over Ireland before crossing Atlantic. The crew decided to declare an emergency due to an engine issue about one hour into the flight.…
Today, another IndiGo A321neo suffered a tail strike. The aircraft (reg. VT-IMW) was performing flight #6E6595 from Bengaluru to Ahmedabad when the 7 month-old A321neo experienced a tail strike. Only 4 days ago, another A321neo (reg. VT-IMG) suffered the same incident. The plane is still grounded at Delhi for repairs. On April 2023, it was…
Southwest flight #WN329 has been given priority to land at new York Laguardia Airport. The incident occurred on Friday May, 20th. On approach to LaGuardia Airport, a 3 years old boy started having a seizure. People on board rushed to provide first aid. The flight was given priority to direct approach to runway 22 in…
Delta flight bound for LAX from JFK makes emergency landing moments before plane’s slide deploys, injuring crew member. A Delta flight from JFK to Los Angeles on Saturday made an unscheduled landing in Utah due to technical difficulties — only to have an air slide accidentally deploy inside the plane once it was on the…