ALERT American Airlines #AA1668 suffered a compressor stall and returned to Charlotte for emergency landing (video)

An American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Chicago had to return to the airport shortly after takeoff Wednesday morning after experiencing engine problems. Charlotte’s airport confirmed that an American plane experienced an alert for a possible engine issue. It landed safely and taxied to the gate. American spokeswoman Crystal Byrd said Flight 1668 experienced a…

ALERT A vehicle crossed runway 14 while an Embraer 145 was taking off at Springfield Branson National Airport (video)

On Wednesday June 27, 2018, about 12:51 central daylight time, a runway incursion occurred at Springfield-Branson National Airport, Springfield, Missouri when an airport operations vehicle (“VAN 7”) crossed runway 14 while an Embraer 145, operated by Envoy Air as flight ENY 3660, was on its takeoff roll with 57 passengers aboard. This video reveals the…

“We were standing in the rebooking queue for more than 7 hours!”: Thousands of passengers stranded after Frankfurt Airport security breakdown

Frankfurt Airport Terminal 1 was evacuated due to a security mistake on Tuesday, which left thousands of passengers stranded. Reason for the evacuation of area A and Z in Terminal 1 was the mistake by a single airport security worker. A passenger’s bag had a positive explosives test, but instead of carefully checking the potential…