A fuel truck crashed into a United Airlines plane Monday at Washington Dulles International Airport. The truck struck a Boeing 777, which was parked at Gate D5. No passengers were on board the plane at the time of the incident and no injuries were reported. Airport officials say “preliminary reports indicate minor damage to the…
A Ryanair flight to Edinburgh was grounded this evening after a ‘threatening letter’ was discovered on board. Passengers were evacuated from the aircraft at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands which was scheduled to take-off at 8:30pm. A threatening letter has been found in the plane, the Marechaussee reports. According to local media, the letter is…
An United Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Washington, D.C., changed when a ceiling panel fell on a passenger while the plane landed on Wednesday. The rough landing into Dulles International Airport caused the loose ceiling panel to fall. One passenger told FOX5 that the “top came off” and was “falling on people.”’ The same witness…
As we are all in the football season fever there was almost to be a sombre mood. The Airbus carrying the Saudi Arabia’s football team almost crashed on June 18th when one of its engines burst into flames. However, none of the players were injured. That day the focus was supposed to cover the game…
Passengers on a Thomas Cook flight from Zante to London were forced to wait in a delayed aircraft for three hours in such bad conditions that some people vomited and passed out from the heat and lack of air conditioning. People on board included pregnant women and mothers with young children who began to ‘melt’…
An EasyJet passenger was pinned to the ground after headbutting an air steward while being removed from a delayed flight to Mallorca. Shocking footage shows the man lying on the ground at the plane entrance as several security guards pull on him in an attempt to remove him. It is believed the flight was delayed for two…
A critically ill passenger died during a Qantas flight from London to Sydney in the early hours of Friday morning. A Qantas spokesperson confirmed that the female passenger, who received treatment from medics and cabin crew including CPR, has died. The flight made an emergency landing in Adelaide at about 3:50am due to the incident,…
Korean Air Boeing 777-300 (reg. HL7573) flight #KE703 from Seoul Incheon suffered serious damage to the right main gear axle. The Boeing 777-300 landed on runway 16L and was stopped on taxiway. The passengers disembarked on the taxiway and were bussed to the terminal.
Police have started the investigation concerning fake bomb threat at the Domodedovo airport, the transport prosecutor’s office said. A man has claimed to have an explosive device at the Domodedovo airport, but his threats turn out to be false, airport’s spokesman Aleksandr Vlasov said. Part of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport was cordoned off by security guards on Friday and a…
A Thomas Cook Boeing 757 full of holidaymakers has landed safely from Gatwick after the crew declared an emergency. Thomas Cook flight from Gatwick to Lanzarote with 284 people on board reported an indication of engine failure.
A Russian guitarist, whose overpowering body odor required a plane to make an emergency landing, died on Monday. Andrey Suchilin was removed from Transavia flight going from Spain to the Netherlands on May 29 after pilots made the decision to make an emergency landing in Portugal following passenger complaints. The smell was so bad passengers…
A small chartered plane has crashed in Mumbai, reports coming in from the metropolis say. A chartered plane crashed in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon, with reports saying at least five people are feared dead in the incident. The plane crashed in an open area in the thickly populated suburb of Ghatkopar in north-east Mumbai. UPDATE…