A WestJet pilot flying from Newfoundland to Orlando International Airport had his eyes burned by a green laser light, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration officials said Wednesday. Spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said that the WestJet Airlines aircraft was about 40 kilometres from the airport when the laser light hit the pilot. The flight landed safely a short…
London Stansted Airport is confirming flight operations are suspended due to runway works in progress. UPDATE 19:28 (local time) Traffic is now resuming. Several flights are diverting to London Luton Airport. The same incident happened on Wednesday morning.
A Vueling flight from Paris to Ibiza had to land in Barcelona following a bomb threat The Airbus A320 (reg. EC-LVS) had to divert to Barcelona after the French police informed the Spanish Guardia Civil of a possible bomb on board. After landing, passengers and crew were immediately evacuated. All luggage was scanned. According to…
U.S. aviation officials believe a bird strike may have led to the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max in March, according to a person familiar with the matter. Crash investigators have indicated that bad sensor data triggered an anti-stall system aboard the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max that went down shortly after…
Turkish Airlines #TK2108 to Ankara sustained damage while taxiing at Istanbul Intl Airport. The Boeing 777-300 (reg. TC-LJE) has sustained damage to its right-hand wing after hitting a lighting pole. The incident occurred at 08.05 after the plane began to push back from the G2 bridge. The 274 passengers had to board another aircraft (reg.…
An Oman Air Boeing 737 has been damaged during hail storm at Muscat international Airport. A Boeing 737MAX has been blown away during violent storm on Sunday at Muscat international Airport. A Boeing 737-800 (reg. A4O-BW) suffered damage to its left wing.
NewGen Airways flight #E3865 to Wuxi returned to land at Bangkok DMK Airport, Thailand. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. HS-NGE) returned to Bangkok after smoke filled the cabin shortly after departure.
The FBI and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport after a reported security concern. Officials have confirmed the investigation involved Jet Blue flight #B6218 departing from Charlotte, North Carolina, heading to New York on Sunday morning. JetBlue statement “JetBlue Flight 218, scheduled to depart from Charlotte to New York this morning,…
Two Smartwing Boeing 737-800 collided during taxi for departure at Prague today. The aircraft (reg. OK-TVW & N277EA) clipped each other at around 12:30 local time. They were towed later back to the gates.
A German airport worker accidentally crashed a van into Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plane, forcing her to delay her return to Berlin. The woman was driving at Dortmund Airport when she stopped to take a picture of Ms Merkel’s aircraft. But she had not put the handbrake on and the van rolled into the aircraft’s fuselage,…
A Delta flight, going from Raleigh to New York, was forced to make an emergency landing after a woman tried to open the plane’s door. “5935, like to declare an emergency, forward entry door’s open. We’ll need crash, fire, rescue,” the pilot said over dispatch. Passengers said the woman was in hysterics and was…
Five people are dead and one person is unaccounted for after two floatplanes carrying passengers from a cruise excursion collided mid-air in Alaska. The two planes carried 14 passengers from the Royal Princess who were on a seven-day roundtrip cruise out of Vancouver, according to a statement Monday from Princess Cruises. The planes collided mid-air…