A Challenge Airlines Boeing 747 and FedEx Boeing 757 collided during towing at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport. Both aircraft sustained damage in the incident. The incident occurred in the airport’s cargo area when a tug was towing the Challenge Airlines B747. The tug driver lost control of the aircraft, which collided with a FedEx B757…
Passengers of Vueling flight #VY2212 was evacuated via emergency slides on the runway at Barcelona El Prat Airport. Vueling flight #VY2212 was scheduled to leave this Sunday morning from Barcelona El Prat airport to Seville but the aircraft had to abort the takeoff on the runway and proceed to an emergency evacuation via emergency slides.…
On 10th July, one passenger and one flight attendant were injured due to the severe clear air turbulence on Air China’s flight to Beijing. The Airbus A330-343 with registration B-5916 was operating flight CA1524 from Shanghai to Beijing with 206 passengers and 12 crew members on board. However, about 30 minutes before landing in Beijing,…
A business aircraft experienced a mechanical problem with it’s nose landing gear. The Beech 390 aircraft (reg. VT-KBN) was operating flight from Bengaluru Airport. After take off, the nose landing gear couldn’t be retracted forcing the aircraft to turn back. The fire trucks prepared the runway for the emergency landing. The nose gear of the…
Flight operations were suspended at London Gatwick for almost one hour due to stuck Airbus A380 on the runway. Emirates Airbus A380 flight #EK9 from Dubai performed a missed approach due to a landing gear issue. Flights were diverted to London Luton, London Stansted and Birmingham. After landing, the Emirates A380 (reg. A6-EUN) stopped at…
A Swiss Air flight from Zurich to New York is declaring an emergency. Flight from Zurich to New York Newark has declared an emergency over London at 17:15 UTC. The Airbus A330-300 took off at 18h06 from Zurich and was supposed to land 8 hours later in Newark. The aircraft turned around and descended to…
A Halla Airlines Embraer 120 veered off the runway after a crash-land at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu on Tuesday. Preliminary reports indicate that a female passenger suffered a broken neck, while authorities are still uncertain about the cause of the plane’s deviation from the runway. The aircraft, which departed from Garowe, the capital…
The door of an American Airlines aircraft ripped off after an air bridge collapsed at Dublin Airport. The American Airlines flight #AA723 was about to depart to Philadelphia. The seven-year-old aircraft (reg. N812AA) arrived in Dublin on flight #AA208 from Chicago at 11:30 am on Sunday. The Boeing 787-8 was due to depart about 2…
A Jet 2 flight form Manchester suffered an engine problem on take off. The aircraft was performing flight #LS1745 from Manchester to Palma de Mallorca. The Boeing 757 lined up on runway 23R but a loud bang was heard when full thrust was set. Pilots immediately aborted takeoff and went to the taxiway then the…
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 received major wing damage when it hit a light pole at Jacksonville International Airport (KJAX) in Florida on July 5, 2023. The Boeing 737-800 with registration N8671D had landed on runway 08 as flight WN5122 from Houston-Hobby Airport when it hit the light pole. Air traffic control was directing the…
Alaska Airlines Flight from Atlanta to Seattle diverted to Spokane International Airport on July 5, 2023, following a bomb threat. The flight #AS334 made an unscheduled landing in Spokane, Washington state after a man handed a flight attendant a note claiming he possessed “several pounds of homemade explosives” in the carry-on luggage and had a…
An Air Algerie Airbus A330-200 suffered multiple tire bursts following a series of trial touch-and-go and aborted takeoff tests on the newly renovated runway at Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport in Algeria. The Airbus A330-200 with registration 7T-VJY, was carrying out a series of tests on the newly renovated Algier’s runway 09/27. During one of the…