A plane operated by Silverstone Air has skidded off the runway at Wilson Airport in the capital Nairobi. Witnesses say the aircraft lost its way during take-off to Mombasa on Friday morning. Images from the scene showed that the aircraft plunged into a thicket, hitting some trees and breaking part of its wing, before being…
A climate change protester has climbed on to a British Airways plane preparing for take-off, as Extinction Rebellion activists seek to “shut down” London City airport. Sources from the group have identified the activist as James Brown, a paralympian in his early fifties who is registered as visually impaired and won bronze in the London…
An Extinction Rebellion protester got on board a plane a London City Airport today as flight passengers braced for chaos with the climate activists. Police had arrested 12 people with the demonstration just 30 minutes old this morning as video footage showed people involved in the ‘Fly Today, No Tomorrow’ protest being dragged away by…
Japan Airlines Dreamliner took damage to its left engine casing when it came into contact with an airbridge on taxiing to its gate at Taipei-Taoyuan Airport. The Boeing 787-8 (reg. JA824J) was being towed to the gate for boarding as #JL802 to Tokyo Narita.
Seven Britons were reportedly escorted off a budget flight after it was forced to make an emergency landing when a row broke out. Onlookers claim the easyJet flight from Manchester to Tenerife was forced to divert to Portugal after an argument between two groups of men that saw one allegedly spit at a woman. The…
A British Airways aircraft that took off from Larnaca on Wednesday afternoon made an emergency landing in Athens after smoke was detected in the cabin. According to Greek media, the aircraft, bound for London, landed at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens at around 7.35pm after smoke was detected in the cabin while the aircraft…
An-12 transport aircraft made an emergency landing near the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday, when the plane ran out of fuel, the country’s Minister of Infrastructure announced. According to preliminary data, 5 people died when an An-12 aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing near the Lviv airport in Ukraine, stated Infrastructure Minister…
A vintage World War II plane crashed and erupted into flames on Wednesday morning after it slid off a runway at Bradley International Airport. “We can confirm that there was an accident involving a Collings Foundation World War II aircraft this morning at Bradley Airport,” according to an airport statement. UPDATE “There were fatalities,” State…
Federal officials are investigating the death of an Atlanta airport worker who was crushed by a baggage-loading vehicle. The worker was loading a United Airlines jetliner at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport last week when the baggage-loading vehicle backed up and pushed him up against the plane — crushing him before co-workers could stop the machine, the…
The French airline XL Airways suspends its flight operations from 3:00pm today. “In connection with the French civil aviation authorities, in great economic difficulty, XL Airways is unfortunately obliged to suspend all flights” , justifies the company on its website. The company made this choice pending Wednesday, a decision of the Commercial Court of Bobigny…
A United Airlines flight departing Denver Sunday returned to DIA following a mechanical issue with an engine. United Airlines flight #UA292 departed Denver International Airport around 7:50 a.m. for Orlando when the engine issue forced the crew to return and land about an hour later. Video shared by passenger Bobby Lewis showed the left engine…
Azur Air Boeing flight #ZF2244 experienced a gear fire on landing. Azur Air Boeing 767-300 (reg. VP-BUV) experienced a fire on right main gear after landing at Barnaul Airport in Russia. The flight #ZF2244 from Nha Trang (Vietnam) was evacuated on the taxiway via emergency slides. 341 people were on board, including 10 crew…