A Dassault Falcon 7X was blown off the airport apron on Wednesday night, ploughing through a perimeter fence and into the road before crashing into a building. No injuries were reported at the incident in Malta International Airport. Officials believe the strong winds moved the plane from its wheel chocks, pushing it into the road before…
Saudi Airline flight #SV895 from Lucknow to Riyadh carrying 300 passengers developed the technical problem on take-off. The Airbus A330-300 lost a nose wheel forcing the pilot had to apply emergency brakes to avert an accident, the senior airport official said. As a result, the runway was blocked and all arrivals and departures had to…
A Hong Kong Airlines flight was forced to abort take-off to avoid a collision with a Cathay Pacific aircraft crossing its path on the tarmac on december 24. Flight HX709, bound for Bali in Indonesia, was ordered by air-traffic control to come to an immediate stop on a runway at Hong Kong International Airport despite…
A JetBlue plane skidded off the taxiway at Boston’s Logan Airport Monday night after reportedly hitting a patch of ice. JetBlue Flight B650 from Savannah, Georgia, encountered the ice shortly after landing at Logan at around 7:15 p.m., skidding off the taxiway, spinning as it slid and ending up facing the opposite direction, according to…
Authorities say several people have died in a plane crash at the Bartow Municipal Airport. The twin-engine plane crashed at the end of a runway at the airport near Ben Durrance Road. Emergency operators received a call about the crash at 7:20 a.m. The Bartow Municipal Airport is the former location of a U.S. Air…
A Malaysian was arrested late Friday at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, for trying to smuggle firearms and ammunition in his luggage, the Airport Security Force (ASF) told Arab News on Saturday. Al Muhd Alfie Kqhyriel, 20, was arrested by the ASF as he was travelling to Kuala Lumpur via Bangkok from Karachi on Thai Airways…
After landing at Bristol Airport at 11.36 this morning an Embraer 145 inbound from Frankfurt (flight number BM1822) left the runway while taxiing. Passengers were disembarked and returned to the terminal by coach. None of the 25 people on board were hurt. UPDATE 23:40 UTC The aircraft was removed and the runway is open. UPDATE…
A Boeing 737-500 ran off runway at Kiev this morning. The flight #B2843 from Minsk landed at 08:00 UTC when it ran runway 18L due to snow at Kiev Boryspil International Airport. No injuries were reported but the airport was temporarily closed.
The incident took place on an Air China flight from Beijing to Sichuan, southwest China on December 20. The woman, believed to be in her 50s, passed out briefly shortly after the Air China plane departed from Beijing. Reports suggest the passenger had a very weak pulse and was given an oxygen mask. Shortly afterwards,…
Six Jetstar crew members at Gold Coast Airport, Australia have been taken to hospital after inhaling a mysterious fume. The “unknown” fume leak happened around 1.40pm when Jetstar crew were on-board a plane. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the patients had been taken to Tweed Heads Hospital. The Jetstar crew members suffered from similar…
An Antonov An-2 crashed near Naryan-Mar, in Arctic Region of Russia. The aircraft lost height right after take off. According to sources, 13 persons who were on board the plane: 10 adults, 1 children and 2 pilots. The hospital is reporting 1 died and 2 victims are seriously wounded. The An-2 plane crashed after it…
A passenger has reportedly died aboard one of Emirates flights to Nigeria just a few hours after the airline relaunched its second daily flight to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. According to SaharaReporters, a female Nigerian passenger was found dead onboard the aircraft when it landed at the Lagos Airport on Friday. Flight EK783…