The US-Bangla aircraft crash that occurred in March last year, took place as the pilot, who was in charge of the flight had smoked inside the cockpit despite restrictions. The PIC (pilot in command) was a smoker as per information received by the commission. The commission concluded from CVR (cockpit voice recorder) record that PIC…
Flight #BA191 to Austin declared an emergency and diverted to Glasgow. British Airways #BA191 declared an emergency on Saturday January 26th about 2h after takeoff from London Heathrow. The flight was due to land in Austin at 16.00 UTC but the crew had to divert to Glasgow due to a medical emergency. Sadly, a man…
A flight from Hawaii to New York was forced to make an emergency landing at SFO late Thursday night after a flight attendant suffered a medical emergency mid-flight and died. Hawaiian Airlines officials said Flight 50 left Honolulu bound for JFK airport in New York around 4:20 p.m. Hawaii time (6:20 p.m. Pacific.) About three…
The second tornado in three days struck Turkey’s southern Antalya province Saturday, flipping buses and causing damage to planes and the city’s international airport. The tornado pushed around several parked aircraft. At least 11 people were injured. At least 2 aircraft suffered damage: Airbus A321-231 belonging to Onur Air Boeing 737-MAX8 (reg. TC-MKS) belonging to…
Spokesmanof the group Orano (ex-Areva) said two drones flew over over nuclear plant of La Hague, France. The action has been claimed by Greenpeace France: “Greenpeace has demonstrated, once again, that French nuclear facilities are not sufficiently protected against the risks of external aggression,” said Alix Mazounie. The agency has published photos of the orange smoke…
Transavia flight #TO411f rom Paris to Tunis was forced to divert to Nice (South of France) in the afternoon of Thursday, January 24, to disembark a violent passenger. A passenger (around 30 years old) has been violent towards the flights attendant and tried to enter the cockpit. The Tunisian man also tried to make a prayer and shouted “allahu…
A Southwest Airlines jet became disabled at an intersection on a runway at Boston’s Logan Airport Wednesday morning. The problem was due to a nose wheel issue on the plane, a MassPort spokesperson said. A crane is working to remove the Boeing 737.
Air Algérie flight suffered an engine issue while landing on runway 24L at Montreal Airport, Canada. The aircraft (reg. 7T-VJG) experienced compressor stall in its left engine as it was landing on runway 24L at Montreal Airport (CYUL), Canada. The Boeing 767-300 was on ferry flight from Shannon.
A ground stop has been issued for flights to Newark Airport after two drones were spotted over Teterboro Airport Tuesday evening, FAA officials said. The drones are no longer in the airspace and flights have resumed at Newark Airport, but there is a ground stop for planes headed to Newark from other airports until they…
Two people died Monday morning in a DC-3 crash near Kidron, located in Wayne County, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities said the crash happened at 11145 Hackett Road in Kidron just after 9am. Investigators say the plane had just taken off from Stoltzfus Airfield headed to Akron-Canton Airport. Investigators said the two people…
All Nippon Airways is investigating an incident at Osaka after both engines of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner shutdown simultaneously. On January 17th, flight #NH985 from Tokyo Haneda to Osaka Itami with 118 members onboard was rolling down the runway after landing when the pilots deployed the thrust reversers to slow down the aircraft. The pilots then noticed both Rolls-Royce Trent…
Aeroflot #SU1515 from Surgut to Moscow diverted to Khanty Mansiysk with reports of hijack attempt. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. VP-BRR) diverted to Khanty Mansiysk after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit. A passenger was demanding to be flown to Afghanistan. The flight crew managed to persuade the passenger demanding the change to land in Khanty-Mansiysk for refuelling. The passenger (named Pavel, 41…