Flights at Stansted Airport have been grounded due to an incident on the runway. Passengers have described seeing emergency services after a “loud bang” was reportedly heard on a flight heading to Vienna. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 6 London Stansted Airport is now open – operations are resuming – flight…
From 23.00 to 06.00, no planes can land or take off on Belgian territory. Skeyes said there are not sufficient personnel because a number of air traffic controllers have reported sick. However five Brussels Airlines flights will operate. Flights from Africa are delayed to land after 6.00 in Belgium. Around 10 to 15 cargo flights…
A Seattle-bound Alaska Airlines flight from Chicago was diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday night after a strange odor was detected and a dozen people on board reported breathing issues, officials said. The source of the odor on the Boeing 737-900, which had 144 on board, has not been determined. Four crew members…
Searchers recovered human remains from the scene of the Atlas Air flight 3591 crash. However flight-data recorders still had not been found three days after the Boeing 767-300 dived steeply into a marsh in Trinity Bay, Texas. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading the crash investigation
Flybe flight #BE4321 from Exeter to Alicante was preparing for take-off on the runway at around 8am when the pilot detected a problem and the cabin began to fill with smoke. More than 100 passengers were evacuated from a Flybe flight at Exeter Airport today after the engine made a loud banging noise and the…
Debris looks to consist mostly of small pieces of the Boeing 767-300ER Freighter, though some larger pieces, including sections of the aircraft’s fuselage, are visible in the video.
“The aircraft is in the video at a steep descent” NTSB chair Robert Sumwalt said during a press conference on 24 February. “I saw no evidence of the aircraft trying to turn or pull up at the last moments.” The security video was taken from a county jail at a distance of slightly more than…
The plane that crashed in the Channel carrying the Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala fell thousands of feet in the space of 20 seconds after making a 180-degree turn, minutes after the pilot requested a descent, air accident investigators have found. The wreckage of the Piper Malibu light aircraft was found on the seabed 30 metres from where final…
Videos of British Airways flight #BA492 emerged showing the Airbus A320 performing a go around due to supposed strong tailwind. The Airbus A320 (reg. G-EUUY) looks to be uncontrollable and rocking its wings while performing a go around at Gibraltar. The Airbus A320 attempted to land at 10:58 UTC then performed a go around and diverted…
Reports of hijack attempt of flight Biman #BG147 The flight from Dhaka to Dubai made an emergency landing at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram. UPDATE The hijacker was shot and killed by Bangladesh commandos. He was carrying a fake gun and told negotiators he wanted to commandeer a Dubai-bound flight because he had troubles with…
A Boeing 767 has crashed into Trinity Bay shortly before 12:45 p.m. The Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert on Atlas Air Fight #5Y3591 after losing radar and radio contact with the plane approximately 30 miles southeast of Bush Intercontinental Airport. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 8 Two bodies have been recovered from the…
Southwest Airlines suffered a computer outage early Friday that temporarily grounded flights across the country. Southwest had some issues with a computer system that automatically uploads flight plans to the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said. The situation was resolved around 6:25 a.m. ET. Southwest said in a statement that it suspended operations…