Aer Lingus #EI125 to Chicago took off at 14:17 UTC then entered holding pattern due to undercarriage issue. Landing gear was up but the crew received a possible warning alarm. The Airbus A330 (reg. EI-DUZ) burned fuel during more than one hour before returning to Dublin Airport. The aircraft safely landed runway 28 and was…
In the morning of 11 February, a body of a stowaway was found in a Kenya Airways flight #KQ505 from Accra to Nairobi. Preliminary investigations revealed the man must have frozen to death. Police could not immediately identify the victim as there were no identification documents at the scene. His body was taken to the…
A crash between two vehicles on the airfield injured two members of staff. According to our information, a British Airways van and a airfield marshal car collided. One man, in his 40s, has been taken to a West London hospital and his condition is unknown. Another man was treated at the scene for non-life threatening injuries.…
The cowling of engine #2 from a Boeing 777-200 blew off over the Pacific Ocean. Passengers of United flight #UA1175 from SFO heard a loud bang and felt the plane shake violently. Those seated on the right side looked out their windows and saw pieces of metal flying. By the time the plane touched down…
Russian experts say the accident may have been caused by ice on speed probes which led to faulty information on the craft’s airspeed. “A factor in the development of a special situation in the flight could be the wrong data about flight speed on pilots’ indicators which was likely due to iced pitot tubes (speed…
Passengers and crew members aboard a Southwest Airlines jet at John Wayne Airport were ordered to evacuate after smoke was detected in the cabin Monday, leading to minor injuries. The airline said flight #WN2123 was pushing back from the gate when the ground crew observed a possible fire near the rear exterior of the aircraft.…
Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Ryanair flight that temporarily lost all contact with air traffic control at the weekend. Ryanair flight #FR9525 took off from Lublin Airport in Poland on Saturday night bound for London Stansted when it suffered a radio communications failure around two hours into the flight. Two F16 fighter jets…
Saratov Airlines An-148 (reg. RA-61704) crashed around the village of Argunovo shortly after takeoff from Moscow. Sixty-five passengers were on board the plane, along with six crew. Later on Sunday, the Emergencies Ministry published the full list of all 71 people killed in the crash. Among them were three children and three foreigners, reportedly citizens…
Three people were killed and four others were injured after a helicopter with seven aboard crashed in the Grand Canyon Saturday, authorities said. The aircraft suffered “substantial damage”, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Authority said. It was in the Grand Canyon West area when it came down at around 17:20 local time (00:20 GMT)…
Aer Lingus ATR 72-600 was surrounded by fire crew due to engine warning. Passengers were disembarked normally and the aircraft joined stand. Flight #EI3227 took off at 15:32 UTC from Glasgow and reported engine warning after landing in Dublin at 16:18 UTC.
An Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Seattle was diverted back to Anchorage early Wednesday due to a naked passenger on board the jet, airport police said. “There was a subject on the aircraft that had locked himself naked in the the lavatory” Airport Police said. A flight status page on Alaska’s website said the…
