Spicejet #SG3722 from Bhopal to Surat Spicejet flight overshot Runway at Surat airport. The DHC-8-400 landed in heavy rain. All passengers and crew members are safe. Rescue operation is in progress.
An Air India Express Boeing 737 aircraft, with 183 people on board, flying in from Dubai overshot the Mangalore airport runway during landing on Sunday evening. With the aircraft stranded off the runway, the said runway is currently shut down. Sunday’s touch down though was carried out after a go-around. Despite that, the aircraft overshot…
Newark Liberty International Airport was shut down for about an hour Saturday morning due to an airport emergency. The Airport’s official Twitter account said shortly before 9 a.m. that “due to an airport emergency there are currently no arrivals nor departures from Newark Airport.” United Airlines’ official account subsequently informed customers that the Federal Aviation…
RAF fighter jets have been scrambled due to a bomb threat on board an Air India flight. Air India confirmed the flight #AI191 was forced to land at Stansted this morning. Two Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the Boeing 777-300 from Bombay to Newark. Air India stated: “Mumbai-Newark of 27.06.19 has made a precautionary…
At least two people have died and over half a dozen are injured in Eastern Siberia following a crash landing of an Antonov An-24 twin turboprop airplane operated by Angara airlines. The aircraft (reg. RA-47366) was 42 years old. The tragedy in Nizhneangarsk occurred after the plane skidded off the runway while attempting to make…
Passengers on Delta Airlines’ Flight 500 from Indianapolis to Paris got an unexpected visit to Detroit on Thursday after an “unruly passenger” caused the plane to divert. The disturbance happened just after 6 p.m. EDT, according to a federal criminal complaint. About 40 minutes after boarding the flight to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, authorities…
Two MiG-29 fighters took off from Sliač Air Base today in the evening due to a loss of communication with a civilian aircraft. The Italian Airbus 320, which flew on the Milan-Kharkov route has been intercepted as pilots didn’t answer ATC. The two Mig-29 broke the sound barrier and sonic booms have been heard in…
The flight P47291 departed Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV) and arrived in Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) around 1 hour late. An Air Peace Boeing 737-500 (reg. 5N-BRN) on Saturday afternoon skidded off the Port Harcourt International Airport runway upon landing. The flight #P47291 was reported to have taken off from Abuja and arrived…
An Air China Boeing 777-300 ended with front and main gears on the grass beneath taxiway “Uniform”. The Air China Boeing 777-300 (reg. B-2036) performed flight #CA965 from Beijing to Frankfurt when it needed to be repositioned on tow from north side to the south side of the airport for long term parking when the incident…
A Southwest Airlines provisioning truck made contact with an aircraft parked at gate A1 at Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday morning. The aircraft at the gate was a Boeing 737 -800 that was scheduled to operate Flight #WN157 to Denver with 174 Customers onboard and a Crew of six. The aircraft will be taken out…
Passengers on a Bulgarian airline were torn from their seats by violent in-flight turbulence and sent crashing into the cabin ceiling – and one another – leaving ten with injuries. The Boeing 737-300, headed for Basel, Switzerland from Kosovo’s Pristina, encountered severe turbulence about 30 minutes into its journey, causing a rapid drop in altitude…
A United Airlines jet skidded off the runway after landing on Saturday at Newark Liberty International Airport with 166 passengers and six crew members aboard, briefly halting flights, officials said. The plane had “multiple flat tires upon landing,” according to the airline. The left landing gear of the Boeing 757 was stuck in a grassy…