British Airways flight #BA103 from London Heathrow to Calgary diverted to to Iqaluit after reporting fumes in the flight deck. The pilots used oxygen masks and witnesses claimed the fumes filling the cockpit smelt of “electrical burning”. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (reg. G-ZBKA) set off from London Heathrow at 6.30pm on Wednesday and was due to land…
An Iberia Airways flight en route to Madrid made an emergency landing overnight at Logan Airport after suffering an engine-related issue mid-flight. The plane landed without incident and there were no injuries, according to an Iberia spokeswoman. The flight, which had 265 passengers, originated Tuesday around 9:15 p.m. at New York’s John F. Kennedy International…
EgyptAir Boeing 737-800 suffered multiple tire blow-outs on landing runway 30 at Belgrade Airport. The aircraft (reg. SU-GCO) was operating flight #MS3100 from Cairo. The aircraft was unable to leave the runway resulting in the temp. closure of the airport.
A white car is seen careening across the dirt and onto the runway before the fugitive throws himself from the vehicle and starts running. UPDATE Lyon Airport, France reopened at 15:30 local time. During closure, flights diverted to to Marseille and Geneva. The individual was driving a white car on the Highway A43 towards the…
File picture A British man has died on a flight to Ibiza after ‘needing medical attention’ in mid-air. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. G-DRTD) from Manchester declared an emergency diverted to Toulouse on Saturday evening at 17:20 UTC. Jet2 said it was forced to make the emergency landing in Toulouse and the passenger was taken to hospital by…
An airbridge has hit one of the HiFly A380 engine on Friday 7 September at Paris Charles de Gaules Airport resulting in the cancellation of Air Austral flight #UU978 from Paris to La Reunion island. Passengers were automatically re-booked on Air Austral flights on Saturday, 8 September. HiFly A380 is currently under maintenance, then Air…
Air India flight #AI263 from Thiruvananthapuram to Male landed on a non-operational runway. The Airbus A320neo (reg. VT-EXL) on a runway still under construction. However, the construction of this new runway began in March 2018 and was almost complete. The 3,400-meter-long, 60-meter-wide runway will open the airport to the Airbus A380.
Twelve passengers on American Airlines flights from Paris and Munich reported experiencing flu-like symptoms. All 250 passengers and crew on the flights were held for a medical review and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified to investigate. The CDC, Philadelphia Health Department and the Philadelphia Fire Department personnel performed medical evaluations on…
A plane has been quarantined upon landing in New York’s JFK airport after multiple people said they were feeling sick, according to reports. UPDATE 14:30 UTC Passengers will deplane soon after having temperatures taken. The Emirates A380 flight #EK203 coming from Dubai, had over 500 passengers on board. It landed at around 9:10 a.m. ET. Officials…
Capital Airlines Airbus A320 (reg. B-6858) operating flight #JD5716 received minor damage in a ground collision with a China Eastern A320 at Nanjing Airport when taxiing to its parking stand after landing.
A plume of smoke rises from flames after an Utair Boeing 737-800 passenger plane operating as flight UT579 made a rough landing and caught fire inSochi. At least 18 people were injured as a plane skidded off the runway and caught fire during landing in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi early on Saturday,…
Operations were halted between 6:30 and 7:00 (local time) at London Gatwick. Air traffic was halted after a pilot reported a debris on runway following an emergency landing of a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A332 (reg. G-VWND). Airport services launched a runway inspection. UPDATE 09:25 LT Flight delays expected until early afternoon. UPDATE 07:07 LT The runway was closed…