A passenger died on a flight from Houston to Boston overnight. United Flight #UA1888 left Bush Intercontinental Airport Tuesday night heading for Logan Airport, but about two hours into the flight – just before midnight – it was diverted to Washington-Dulles because there was a medical emergency on board. When the Boeing 737 landed, medics…
Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter (reg. 9N-AEV) was filmed from a nearby hill when it bounced and skidded off runway on landing at Jumla, Nepal.
Police said a man scaled the fence surrounding Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Tuesday afternoon before running across taxiways and runways, eventually sitting beside a plane waiting for takeoff. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Atlanta police said Jhryin Jones, 19, ran was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing, public indecency, and obstruction of law enforcement…
Inbound traffic halted at Geneva Airport after light aircraft is blocking the runway due to failure of nose wheel on landing. Several flights are holding or diverting to Lyon. UPDATE 09:30 UTC Full operations are resuming at Geneva Airport.
Citing airport officials, News18 reported that the 63-year-old pilot, Captain Silvio Diaz Acosta complained of acute chest pain to his co-pilot when he was about to land his flight from Imphal to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. The pilot also began sweating profusely. In spite of having painng in his chest, he landed the…
JetBlue Airways said late Tuesday that one of its flights originating from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport experienced a radio issue impacting the crew’s ability to communicate. A JetBlue pilot accidentally reported that his plane was being hijacked at JFK, triggering a massive response of cops and firefighters who surrounded the craft on…
A Korean Air plane was damaged by an Asiana aircraft on Tuesday morning at Seoul-Gimpo Airport (GMP). The tail Korean Air Boeing 777-200ER (reg. HL7764) was damaged by the right winglet of an Asiana Airbus A330-300 (reg. HL8286) at Seoul-Gimpo Airport (GMP). An official explained to YTN: “The Korean Airline aircraft was waiting to taxi before to…
An Ellinair aircraft on Wednesday slid off the runway at the Heraklio Airport on the island of Crete. Ellinair Airbus A320 (ER-32002) ran off tarmac when about to taxi to the departure runway at Heraklion-Intl Airport(HER, LGIR), Greece. There were no injuries. Flight #EL700 to Moscow was cancelled. “During the launch process of flight ELB 700 from Heraklion to Sheremetyevo in Moscow,…
Engine fire were reported on a Transavia plane which just landed from Ibiza. Fire services rushed to the Boeing 737 and passengers had to be evacuated. All flights were holding. Operations are now resuming.
Norwegian Boeing 737-800 (reg. EI-FHD) diverted to Birmingham Airport (BHX), UK after reporting hydraulic issue this week end. Tire of left inner main gear tire blew up during landing. On touchdown, large tire fragments came loose causing damage. All 152 on board were safe.
Right engine of plane carrying the Saudi Arabia national football team suffered technical issue on approach to Rostov. Flames were seen from the right engine of the Rossiya Airbus A319 (reg. VP-BNB) while the team was en route to Rostov where they take on Uruguay on Wednesday. The aircraft was initially purchased as new by…
A Ryanair flight was forced to divert to Paris over allegations up to 20 holidaymakers were involved in a drink-fuelled disturbance. Three passengers were removed from the Dublin to Ibiza flight by police after it landed at Paris Beauvais on Saturday morning. The captain of the return flight from the party island to Dublin on…