The tyre of an IndiGo ATR-72 from Tirupati burst during landing at the Hyderabad airport on Wednesday night, forcing the airline to evacuate the 77 people on board. The IndiGo flight took off from Tirupati at 8.50 pm and landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad around 10 pm, The Hindu reported. The…
According to reports, an Airbus A319 has struck a ground crew member at Gatwick airport during pushback. Passengers were stuck onboard the Russia-bound aircraft for more than two hours as emergency services attended the scene. The Rossiya aircraft to St Petersburg was suddenly halted moments before take-off and kept on the tarmac. Twitter user Flora…
In a bid to save a passenger’s life, a China Eastern Airlines pilot decided to dump 30 tonnes of jet fuel in the air last Friday (March 23) in order to make an emergency landing. Chinese media reports said that a 60-year-old woman had felt unwell and complained of breathing difficulties while on flight #MU587…
S7 Airlines Flight #GH173 to Novosibirsk had to abort take-off late on Tuesday, when the pilots of the Boeing 737 plane noticed smoke in the cockpit. The runway was immediately closed off and passengers were ordered to leave the plane via inflatable slides. The evacuation took place in total darkness, lit only by the flashing…
A Germania flight #GMI4915 set to take off for Berlin-TXL, collided Wednesday morning at Ben-Gurion Airport with an El Al plane flight #LY385 to Rome just minutes later. The German Boeing 737-700 (reg. D-ABLB) suffered severe damage to its vertical stabilizer, which was almost completely cleaved off with the Israeli Boeing 767-300 (reg. 4X-EAK) horizontal…
Air France Hop! flight from Paris to Aurillac Sunday, March 25th suffered fuselage damage while on approach to Aurillac. Passengers on board flight #A5235 heard a loud noise during the flight. The pilot then indicated that a goose may have been struck, as there are many migratory birds at this time or the possibility of…
A large hole (1x1m) in the nose cone was discovered after an Air China Boeing 737-800 it landed in Hong Kong from on Thursday March 22. Air China said in a statement on its Weibo page that the plane had been hit by a bird while on its journey from Tianjin city in north-east China…
Video shows US-Bangla Airlines flight #BS211 during go around after attempting to land on runway 02 at Kathmandu Airport. The accident happened a few minutes later killing 51.
A crew member of a Boeing 777 due to depart Entebbe International Airport has opened the emergency exit door and fell from the plane sustaining serious injuries. The Emirates flight #EK730 had just delivered passengers to Entebbe, Uganda and was preparing to load other passengers for Dubai when the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon, said a…
Batik Air aircraft (reg. PK-LAJ) suffered incident at Rendani Airport Manokwari, Papua at 13:00 CET, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. The Airbus A320 from Lion Air Group’s airline slipped off the runway as it took off for Sorong, Papua. According to Head of Public Relations of Papua Police, AKBP Harry Supriyono, the plane slipped while it was doing…
Passengers on board a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines flight used emergency slides to evacuate the plane after smoke filled the aircraft’s cabin, prompting an emergency landing in New Mexico. Southwest flight #WN3562 departed Phoenix Sunday night and was headed for Dallas Love Field when passengers reported smoke in the Boeing 737’s cabin. The Albuquerque Fire Department…
A US-Bangla airlines plane crashed at the east side of runway at of Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport. Please upload the page for updates… UPDATE 15:30 UTC The death toll from the crash has reached 49, including 22 Nepali nationals. At least 14 Nepali students studying MBBS in Bangladesh were on board the ill-fated plane. UPDATE 12:36 UTC Police sources…