Caribbean Airlines ATR-72 (9Y-TTA) was severely damaged when it hit a wall during taxiing under maintenance guidance at Piarco Airport (POS), Trinidad & Tobago. The aircraft was empty and no one on the ground was injured, but the plane’s nose was badly damaged. CAL said in a release at about 11.15 last night a plane…
A security camera caught the final moments of Amazon Prime Air aircraft’s dive into a bay near Houston airport. The Boeing 767F appeared unable to pull up from its nosedive into Trinity Bay. The plane continued to plunge until it slammed into waters. The footage was recorded on Feb. 23 by a security camera outside the Chambers…
Passengers of Virgin Atlantic flight #VS610 from Bridgetown are being held on board the Boeing 747-400 after landing. The aircraft is parked at a remote area at London Gatwick Airport after it landed at 5.30. A passenger has reported being held on board for 2 hours after it had landed due to ‘sickness’ on board. Emergency…
The Met Police Counter Terrorism Command has launched an investigation after three suspicious packages were received at buildings in London today, Tuesday, 5 March. The packages – all A4-sized white postal bags containing yellow Jiffy bags – have been assessed by specialist officers to be small improvised explosive devices. These devices, at this early stage…
An Air China flight carrying 188 passengers from Beijing to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Siberia on Tuesday morning. All passengers and crew of CA983 were evacuated safely by inflatable slides at Anadyr airport which serves Russia’s easternmost town in the subarctic district of Chukotka. Left hand slides turned out to be unusable…
Passengers were forced to wear oxygen masks as a flight from Adelaide to Canberra was diverted to Melbourne on Tuesday morning following a mid-air incident. The QF706 flight, which departed Adelaide just after 6.10am, was given a priority landing at Melbourne Airport. A loud bang was heard from the back of the Qantas aircraft before…
United Express #UA4933 from Newark to Presque Isle skidded off runway on landing (2nd attempt) at 16.30 UTC. Nosegear of the ERJ-145 broken off and embedded in the engine. At least 4 people received minor injuries. According to Public Information Officer Kim Smith, United Airlines flight 4933 landed on the runway and then slid off…
Flights at Stansted Airport have been grounded due to an incident on the runway. Passengers have described seeing emergency services after a “loud bang” was reportedly heard on a flight heading to Vienna. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 6 London Stansted Airport is now open – operations are resuming – flight…
From 23.00 to 06.00, no planes can land or take off on Belgian territory. Skeyes said there are not sufficient personnel because a number of air traffic controllers have reported sick. However five Brussels Airlines flights will operate. Flights from Africa are delayed to land after 6.00 in Belgium. Around 10 to 15 cargo flights…
A Seattle-bound Alaska Airlines flight from Chicago was diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday night after a strange odor was detected and a dozen people on board reported breathing issues, officials said. The source of the odor on the Boeing 737-900, which had 144 on board, has not been determined. Four crew members…
Searchers recovered human remains from the scene of the Atlas Air flight 3591 crash. However flight-data recorders still had not been found three days after the Boeing 767-300 dived steeply into a marsh in Trinity Bay, Texas. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading the crash investigation
Flybe flight #BE4321 from Exeter to Alicante was preparing for take-off on the runway at around 8am when the pilot detected a problem and the cabin began to fill with smoke. More than 100 passengers were evacuated from a Flybe flight at Exeter Airport today after the engine made a loud banging noise and the…