Saudi Arabian Airlines flight #SV3818 from Medina to Dhaka diverted to Jeddah after suffering issues with the nose landing gear. Saudia Airbus A330-200 leased from Onur Air (reg. TC-OCH) made an emergency landing at Jeddah Airport with the nose gear retracted. The aircraft circled Jeddah for hours and did two low passes until it landed…
A Boeing 737-200 (reg. XA-UHZ) crashed shortly after a takeoff from José Marti International Airport in Cuba. Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of an aging Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana had killed 110 of the 113 on board, making it the Caribbean island’s deadliest air disaster in nearly 30…
London City Airport has been evacuated with flights suspended and dozens of passengers stranded on the runway. Fire crews are currently investigating a fire alarm at the airport. UPDATE 18:35 UTC Operations are resuming at London City Airport. Passenger Kate Pullinger tweeted: “However now London City Airport is being evacuated due to fire alarm so they…
An Air Canada aircraft has been evacuated at Paris CDG Airport due to fire. Yesterday, passagers of Air Canada flight #AC881 to Toronto have been evacuated on the Tarmac of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. According to sources, the Boeing 777 (reg. C-FIVQ) suffered an APU fire. An auxiliary power unit (APU) is a device on a…
Some passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver suffered minor injuries when the plane appeared to suddenly lose cabin pressure as it neared Dallas. Flight WN861 had 120 people on board Saturday night when oxygen masks deployed and the pilots declared an emergency as the plane approached Dallas Love Field. A Southwest jetliner was…
Sichuan Airlines Flight #3U8633 suffered an incident from Chongqing for Lhasa. During cruising at over 32,000ft, part of the windshield blew off. The crew declared an emergency and decided to divert to the nearest airport Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU). The flight control unit in the cockpit were seriously deformed from the sudden decompression and some parts…
An Asiana Airlines Airbus A330-300 destroyed the tail of a Turkish Airlines A321 at Istanbul International Airport. The right wing of an Asiana Airlines Airbus A330-300 (reg. HL7792) destroyed the tail of a Turkish Airlines A321 (TC-JMM) on taxiway “Golf” at Istanbul Airport. No injuries reported but flight #OZ552 to Seoul-Incheon with 236 passengers on…
A cargo jet carrying consignment of horses has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport after the crew reported a possible fire on board. Martinair flight 7342 was travelling from Miami in the US to Amsterdam with six crew on board. 52 horses on board the KLM Cargo Boeing 747-400 freighter which was operating on…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating a near miss between 2 Qantas 737s at Perth airport last Saturday. The ATSB describes the incident as serious. In the incident QF582 (registration VH-VZL) had to abort take-off after QF567 (registration VH-XZM) was about to enter the active runway. During the incident ATC told QF582 to…
The NTSB issued an investigative update Thursday for its ongoing investigation of the fatal, April 17, engine failure on Southwest Airlines flight 1380. The Boeing 737, powered by CFM International engines, experienced a failure of the left CFM-56-B engine after departing New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The engine experienced a failure of a fan blade, which…
Newly released video shows just how close an Air Canada Airbus A320 came to mistakenly landing on a crowded taxiway at San Francisco International Airport last year. The Air Canada airliner can be seen descending as it travels along the top of the frame. About 67 seconds into the video, the plane rises quickly, barely…
A 25-five-year old Chinese man was arrested by police after opening the emergency door of a plane. The passenger told police he had been feeling hot and stuffy, and so decided to open the emergency door of the plane. The plane was waiting to take-off from Mianyang Nanjiao Airport, in Sichuan Province, when Super Brains…