An ATR-42 of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) skidded off the runway while making attempt to land here at Gilgit airport on Saturday. All passengers remained safe in the incident, the airlines’ spokesperson, Mashhood Tajwar, said in a statement. He said the pilot skillfully regained control of the plane after the ATR-42 aircraft “slid off to…
The major airport’s single runway has been temporarily shut after British Airways #BA2668 to Marrakesh landed shortly after taking off. The plane circled 15 times near Gatwick at 8,000ft after suffering the issue before heading back to the airport due to hydraulic leak. UPDATE Operations are resuming. Aer Lingus #EI237 to Dublin is the first to…
Lufthansa plane bound for Frankfurt was evacuated at Belgrade airport on Thursday after police received a call saying a bomb was on board, the Serbian interior ministry said. Serbian state TV said 130 passengers and five crew members have been evacuated after boarding the 6.15 a.m. (0415 GMT) LH1411 flight, and the plane was taken…
Magnicharters flight 801 was forced to return to Puerto Vallarta after incident on takeoff this 14 July 2019. The Boeing 737-300 (reg. XA-UUI, built 1995) to Mexico City safely returned to land at Puerto Vallarta (MMPR), Mexico following a birdstrike in engine #2 after take-off.
One of the Alphajet from the French Aerobatic team Patrouille de France suffered a bird strike yesterday. The incident occurred yesterday night after the aerobatic team performed in south of France at Port-Barcarès. The left wing was fixed during the night at Salon de Provence air base.
The GippsAero GA8 Airvan, a single engine plane popular with skydivers, crashed shortly after 14:00 (12:00 GMT), having left Umea airport. The plane crashed on an island on the Ume river, a police spokesman said. All those on board were Swedish, police added. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Swedish media quoted…
British Airways #BA2201 from London to Cancun diverted to Shannon after crew reported they had detected fumes in the cockpit and passenger cabin. The flight landed safely at 3.18pm and was pursued along the runway by airport fire and rescue crews who also accompanied the jet to the terminal. Five ambulances, two advanced paramedic rapid…
A Singapore Airlines plane was delayed after it met with a rather feathery and bloody welcome when it landed in Paris on Thursday morning (July 11). Flight SQ336, an Airbus A380 (reg. 9V-SKN) carrying 311 passengers, struck a number of birds when it arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Photos of the incident show the…
An Air Canada plane on a flight from Vancouver to Sydney, Australia, after travelling from Toronto, encountered sudden and severe turbulence Thursday, leaving more than three dozen people with injuries, the airline said. Flight AC33 was diverted to Honolulu’s international airport around 6:46 a.m. local time, where medical staff were on standby to examine the…
A 22-year-old aircraft maintenance engineer of SpiceJet was killed after the landing gear door of a plane closed on him at the Kolkata airport early on Wednesday. A ground staff found the engineer’s body, hanging from the belly of a 90-seater Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft, at 1.45am. His head and left arm were stuck inside…
A Virgin Australia flight has had to make an emergency landing after an “engineering issue” was reported and white vapour was seen coming from the aircraft’s right engine. Flight #VA69 from Melbourne to Hong Kong had been flying for around half an hour when the pilot made the decision to turn back. The captain requested…
A Delta flight was forced to make an emergency landing in North Carolina due to engine failure. Nearly 150 passengers on Delta Flight #DL1425 were headed from Atlanta to Baltimore on Monday when one of the aircraft’s engines had a problem. A video recorded by a passenger shows how a metal nose cone was bouncing…