INCIDENT Malaysia Airlines A350 returned to Heathrow due to landing gear issue
Malaysia Airlines #MH1 returned to Heathrow due to landing gear door issue. To reduce weight, the Airbus A350 had to dump fuel over the channel at 10,000ft.
BREAKING Abuja Airport closed after a Gulfstream aircraft overshoots runway
All early flights to Nnamdi Aziiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, have been cancelled over overshooting of the runway by a chartered aircraft. A Gulfstream aircraft belonging to Skybird Airline with the registration number 5N-BOD overshot the runway on Wednesday night, thereby leading to the closure of the runway by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria…
INCIDENT British Airways #BA103 to Calgary diverted to Iqaluit after reporting fumes in the flight deck
British Airways flight #BA103 from London Heathrow to Calgary diverted to to Iqaluit after reporting fumes in the flight deck. The pilots used oxygen masks and witnesses claimed the fumes filling the cockpit smelt of “electrical burning”. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (reg. G-ZBKA) set off from London Heathrow at 6.30pm on Wednesday and was due to land…
ALERT Iberia #IB6252 Airbus A350 made an emergency landing at Boston Logan Airport due to engine issue
An Iberia Airways flight en route to Madrid made an emergency landing overnight at Logan Airport after suffering an engine-related issue mid-flight. The plane landed without incident and there were no injuries, according to an Iberia spokeswoman. The flight, which had 265 passengers, originated Tuesday around 9:15 p.m. at New York’s John F. Kennedy International…
ALERT EgyptAir #MS3100 suffered multiple tire blow-outs on landing resulting in closure of Belgrade airport
EgyptAir Boeing 737-800 suffered multiple tire blow-outs on landing runway 30 at Belgrade Airport. The aircraft (reg. SU-GCO) was operating flight #MS3100 from Cairo. The aircraft was unable to leave the runway resulting in the temp. closure of the airport.
BREAKING Security breach at Lyon Airport, a car chase on runway (video)
A white car is seen careening across the dirt and onto the runway before the fugitive throws himself from the vehicle and starts running. UPDATE Lyon Airport, France reopened at 15:30 local time. During closure, flights diverted to to Marseille and Geneva. The individual was driving a white car on the Highway A43 towards the…
BREAKING Jet2 passenger from Manchester to Ibiza died despite emergency landing in Toulouse
File picture A British man has died on a flight to Ibiza after ‘needing medical attention’ in mid-air. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. G-DRTD) from Manchester declared an emergency diverted to Toulouse on Saturday evening at 17:20 UTC. Jet2 said it was forced to make the emergency landing in Toulouse and the passenger was taken to hospital by…
ALERT HiFly A380 is under maintenance after one of its engines has been hit by an airbridge at Paris CDG
An airbridge has hit one of the HiFly A380 engine on Friday 7 September at Paris Charles de Gaules Airport resulting in the cancellation of Air Austral flight #UU978 from Paris to La Reunion island. Passengers were automatically re-booked on Air Austral flights on Saturday, 8 September. HiFly A380 is currently under maintenance, then Air…
BREAKING Air India #AI263 landed on a runway under construction at Male Velana International Airport, Maldives
Air India flight #AI263 from Thiruvananthapuram to Male landed on a non-operational runway. The Airbus A320neo (reg. VT-EXL) on a runway still under construction. However, the construction of this new runway began in March 2018 and was almost complete. The 3,400-meter-long, 60-meter-wide runway will open the airport to the Airbus A380.
BREAKING 12 passengers fall ill on board 2 separate American Airlines flights to Philadelphia from Europe
Twelve passengers on American Airlines flights from Paris and Munich reported experiencing flu-like symptoms. All 250 passengers and crew on the flights were held for a medical review and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified to investigate. The CDC, Philadelphia Health Department and the Philadelphia Fire Department personnel performed medical evaluations on…
BREAKING Emirates A380 quarantined in JFK after multiple people said they were feeling sick
A plane has been quarantined upon landing in New York’s JFK airport after multiple people said they were feeling sick, according to reports. UPDATE 14:30 UTC Passengers will deplane soon after having temperatures taken. The Emirates A380 flight #EK203 coming from Dubai, had over 500 passengers on board. It landed at around 9:10 a.m. ET. Officials…
ALERT Capital Airlines Airbus A320 received minor damage in a ground collision with at Nanjing Airport
Capital Airlines Airbus A320 (reg. B-6858) operating flight #JD5716 received minor damage in a ground collision with a China Eastern A320 at Nanjing Airport when taxiing to its parking stand after landing.