Two pilots died in a collision between two planes on Saturday evening on the outskirts of Gera, Germany. According to a spokesman for the fire brigade, the casualties are two aerobatic pilots who collided in the air with their planes near the Leumnitz airfield. The planes crashed after the collision over an open area, the…
A Boeing 737-300F skidded into the edge of a lake on landing. West Atlantic Boeing 737-300F (reg. EC-NLS) overran the end of runway 12L at Montpellier Airport, France. The aircraft ended at the edge of a lake. The flight #SW5745 landed in Montpellier from Paris CDG. The runway is closed until further notice. Both pilots…
A man had to be rescued after falling unconscious while working on a FedEx fuel tank at LAX. The Los Angeles Fire Department was called out to the FedEx Express Hub, 5927 W. Imperial Highway, at about 12:40 a.m. to help a 30-year-old man who had been pulled unconscious from inside an aircraft fuel tank…
A California man who was captured on video punching an American Airlines flight attendant during a flight from Mexico to Los Angeles was arrested this week. The episode on Flight 377 began about 20 minutes after takeoff on Wednesday when Mr. Le got up from his seat as flight attendants provided food and beverage service,…
A Boeing 777-200ER made an emergency landing at Newark after sparks were observed on departure. The aircraft performing flight #UA149 from Newark to Sao Paulo was seen with sparks coming from the landing gear compartiment on takeoff from runway 22L. The Boeing 777-200ER (reg. N787UA) climbed to 24,000ft over the sea and started to dump…
Flights abroad sell out following Putin’s partial mobilization. According to journalist Amir Tsarfati, Russian airlines have stopped selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65 unless they can provide evidence of approval to travel from the Ministry of Defense. UPDATE The head of Russia’s tourism agency said no restrictions have been imposed on travelling…
Only 9 days after a first incident, an Air France aircraft almost landed at French Naval airbase instead of Brest Airport. Few days after a Volotea aircraft began approach to naval airbase in Brittany, an Air France A319 did about the same. On September 19th, an Air France Airbus A321 (reg. F-GMZA) was operating domestic…
A SUV collided with a jetBlue aircraft on the taxiway at LaGuardia Airport. A jetBlue A320 made contact with a car at at LaGuardia Airport today. The reasons are still unknown but the jetBlue A320 was performing flight #B62339 from New York LaGuardia to Jacksonville Airport. Ground operations were stopped for a while. The Airbus…
A Singapore Airlines flight from Paris to Singapore was diverted to Azerbaijan on Friday morning after it developed technical problems. In response to queries from The Straits Times about flight SQ333, an SIA spokesman said the aircraft was diverted due to a technical issue and landed uneventfully at Baku airport at around 6.35am (Azerbaijan local…
A couple were shocked to see that a part from an aircraft engine fell on their house in Liege, Belgium. A Boeing 747-400 which was climbing from Liege Airport when part of the engine fell off and caused damage to the roof of a house. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-400F cargo (reg. TF-AMC)…
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after two planes had a close call over one of the busiest airports in the country. The agency said a Cessna 172 and a Delta Air Lines flight passed “in close proximity” to one another after departing the Orlando International Airport on August 17. Preliminary information from the FAA…
A Boeing 787 divrted to Hawaii due to a passenger suffered peanut allergy. The flight #UA1 from San Francisco to Singapore was forvced to divert to Honolulu. The Boeing 787-9 (reg. N29968) was 5 hours into flight when a passenger suffered peanut allergy. The aircraft landed 8 hours after takeoff in Honolulu. An allergic…