Airlink Avro RJ-85 airliner operating flight #SA8103 from Harare to Johannesburg was involved in an event which resulted in it making an emergency landing at O.R. Tambo International Airport shortly after 20.40 local time on Wednesday 8 November. While en route one of the four engines suffered an uncontained failure which then caused damage to…
Tuesday evening, Hawaiian Airlines A330-200 (N375HA) #HAL8075 left engine caught fire after landing at Seattle Sea-Tac Airport, WA. Officials with Sea-Tac Airport said the flight was ferrying in from Everett with only the crew on board. The landed safely and the fire was extinguished. No one was injured. The plane was towed to a hanger…
A single-engine AS350BA Squirrel helicopter owned by RotorLift Aviation has crashed at Hobart Airport just before 5:30pm local time. One person has died with another critically injured. RotorLift operates the Tasmanian Police helicopter, flies tours and does flight training. An eyewitness told media that the helicopter appeared to “nosedive towards the ground” from about 200…
A plane from the Latvian national airline Air Baltic was hit by an air bridge Riga International Airport. The Bombardier Dash8 Q400 (reg. LY-BBT) flight #BT360 from Turku Airport (Finland) landed at Riga International Airport on Friday at around 6:25 local time. Passengers were disembarked when the plane was hit by an air bridge while…
Sunday night, Ryanair #flight #FR1431 to Athens was taking off from Rhodes Airport shortly after 22:00 local time when when the aircraft was hit by a dog on runway. The collision was instantly perceived by the captain. But at speed of V1, the Boeing 737-800 had to takeoff and stopped climb at 4,000ft before to…
A Saudi prince and several government officials have reportedly died in an aircraft crash in Saudi Arabia near the Yemen border. A helicopter, carrying Saudi government officials has crashed in the southwest Asir Region of the country, media reported. Last footage of Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, deputy governor of the Assir region 🔴🇸🇦#ArabieSaoudite : Les dernières images du…
An Air New Zealand Airbus A320-200 (ZK-OXC) suffered a bird strike as the aircraft took off from Wellington, New Zealand, leading to an abandoned take-off on the flight bound for Auckland. The A320 was performing flight NZ402 with 148 passengers on board when a bird entered the engine at about 6:30am on November 3. Passengers…
A 27-year-old Syrian man was arrested Thursday morning at Paris Orly airport after forcing a checkpoint and going on the tarmac before attempting to board a Tunis Air plane. The man explained he wanted to join Syria, according to French Newspaper Le Figaro. At 7:56 (local time), the man was seen – dressed in black…
Aer Lingus flight #EI712 to London Heathrow returned to Cork Airport due to smoke in cockpit. The Airbus A320 (reg. EI-GAL) departed Cork at 12:45 UTC but pilots took the decision to return 15 mins later after smoke filled the cockpit. The aircraft landed at 13:25 followed by fire brigade. 149 passengers were evacuated by emergency…
Stockholm Skavsta airport was evacuated at lunchtime on Wednesday following a scare over a suspected explosive device in a bag, which turned out not to be dangerous. Staff evacuated passengers when they spotted what was suspected to be an explosive device during a security check on baggage. Police cordoned off the airport, but after analysing…
An Airbus A320neo en route from Moscow’s Domodedovo international airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen diverted to Odessa, Ukraine after a suspicious bag was found on board. The decision to land in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa was prompted by a suspicious object on the plane, Ruslan Forostyak, regional head of Ukrainian national police, said…
This morning, a Boeing 737 of Ukraine International has hit a catering truck. The aircraft was taxing out from stand at Kiev Boryspil Airport to takeoff. The flight was scheduled to depart Kiev Boryspil Airport at 09:00 am.