LATAM flight #LA8084 to London Heathrow made an overweight emergency landing on runway 16 at Belo Horizonte (SBBS), Brazil. The crew reported electrical problems and deployed the RAT of the Boeing 777-300 (reg. PT-MUG). The 12 tires of the main landing gear deflated. 339 passengers on board. No injuries reported.
Ethiopian Airlines flight #ET715 was moving on the de-icing pad at Oslo-Gardermoen Airport when it hit a lamppost. The Boeing 787-9 (reg. ET-AUP) was taxiing for departure to Addis Abeba via Stockholm. The right wing was damaged, forcing the aircraft to be grounded for repairs.
Extreme rainfall caused flooding in various districts of Istanbul. Workers at the New Istanbul Airport were evacuated due to rainfall. The construction site has been flooded. It was seen that the vehicles in the car park located just below the site were flooded.
A Georgian woman died on board a Wizz Air flight to Milan according to local media. Wizz Air flight #W66411 from Kutaisi, Georgia, to Milan, Italy, diverted to Belgrade, Serbia, due to a medical emergency. Shortly after departure, a Georgian woman showed signs of distress. In order to provide medical assistance to the woman, the A320…
A Tiger Air plane travelling from Sydney to Melbourne has turned around due to a threat on board. TigerAir flight TT271 to Melbourne has been forced to return to Sydney Airport after reports of a bomb on board the plane. Australian Federal Police officers were waiting for the plane when it touched town on tarmac…
Passengers from Manchester were held at Prague airport after a drawing of a bomb was found on a piece of paper in the toilets. Jet 2 flight from Manchester to the Czech capital landed at around 6.30pm local time last night. The 183 people on board were evacuated from the aircraft but then held at…
A Southwest Airlines flight was en route to Dallas from Seattle when crew members found a human heat onboard. On Sunday afternoon, a Southwest Airlines flight bound for Dallas made a hairpin turn over eastern Idaho and headed back for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Southwest Airlines says the organ was flown to Seattle from California, where…
An Aeromexico Boeing 737-800 aircraft allegedly collided with a drone as it approached the runway at an airport in Tijuana, Mexico, according to local media. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. XA-ADV) sustained damage to its radome and weather radar on approach to runway 09 at Tijuana International Airport, Mexico. The flight #AM770 from Guadalajara completed the…
Part of Amsterdam Schiphol was evacuated tonight after a man threatened several people with a knife and shouted that there was “something in his bag”. The man has been arrested and the airport is accessible again. The police examined the man’s bag, but could not find anything harmful. The train traffic from the airport was…
The nosegear of Aero Union Airbus A300 freighter (reg. XA-MRC) collapsed at the maintenance ramp at Mexico City Airport (MMMX). The last flight that made this Airbus A300 was last Thursday, December 6, 2018 between the International Airport of Miami and Mexico City. The left engine was removed. Due to this significant impact, the aircraft must remain…
An IndiGo flight going from Jaipur to Kolkata made an emergency landing after smoke was detected in the cabin today IndiGo flight #6E237 made a safe emergency landing in Kolkata on Monday night after the Airbus A320neo (reg. VT-ITR) was filled with smoke. After landing, the 136 passengers were evacuated using emergency slides.
Precision Air aircraft crossed a flock of large birds on approach to Mwanza Airport. The ATR-72 (reg. 5H-PWD) suffered multiple birstrikes resulting in damage to flight sensors as well as blurring the forward vision for the pilots. The aircraft landed safely at Mwanza Airport (HTMW), Tanzania.