An Indigo plane was evacuated at Patna Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport (India). An aircraft of Indian Indigo Airline had to be evacuated by emergency slides this afternoon at Patna Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport (India). The Airbus A320 to Delhi rejected takeoff with 174 passengers onboard after crew noticed smoke inside the cabin. In a statement…
The pilot of a passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing following a bird strike. Easyjet flight #U2864 to London Gatwick was diverted back to Inverness Airport shortly after takeoff on Thursday afternoon after a bird hit the plane’s engine. The aircraft landed safely and passengers were disembarked to await a later flight.…
Part of a terminal at Kennedy Airport was evacuated and screening was shut down after a kitchen caught fire on Thursday afternoon, filling the area with smoke, officials said. Officials said there was a heavy smoke condition at Gate B23, and photos show smoke filling part of the terminal as firefighters douse the blaze from…
Qantas flight #QF93 bound for Los Angeles has landed safely in Sydney, after being diverted when an alert light came on about an hour after its departure from Melbourne. The A380 was forced to circle off the east coast of Australia to dump fuel, before returning to land at Sydney Airport, where engineers will assess…
A power outage is affecting flights at Edinburgh Airport. UPDATE 0853 UTC Power is returning to the terminal and runway is now open. All inbound flights were holding as traffic is stopped. Passengers at the airport have reported long delays at security, while a video posted by one traveller shows the security hall in near-total darkness.…
A female passenger threw some coins into the aircraft’s engine before boarding a China Southern Airlines flight, which delayed the flight for over four hours at the Pudong International Airport. The Airbus 320 (reg. B-6702) with Flight CZ380 from Shanghai Pudong to Guangzhou was scheduled to take off at 12:40pm and arrive in Guangzhou at…
Corendon flight #CD295 to Kos Island returned to Amsterdam due to Fire indication. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. PH-CDE) took off at 07:00 UTC from runway 36L at Amsterdam Schiphol when fire alarm triggered. Due to main wheel well fire indication, the Boeing 737-800 returned to Amsterdam with landing gear down. The plane landed safely runway…
Thomas Cook flight #MT2652 to Cuba with part of its wing missing was forced to land at Manchester airport with a broken tip wing after a low oil alert. The Thomas Cook plane left for Holguin, Cuba shortly after midday on Monday but was forced to return to Manchester Airport just after 3pm. Earlier, the…
A Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Houston was forced to make an emergency landing after a woman tried to open an emergency exit door, passengers say. Southwest flight #WN4519 landed safely in Corpus Christi Sunday afternoon. The pilot made the decision to land after flight attendants warned of a potential threat in the…
Passengers on flight D7237 en route to Kuala Lumpur have told how they heard a bang and looked out the window to see the left engine vibrating violently under the wing. The aircraft started shuddering and a strong engine smell wafted through the cabin for a couple of minutes before the pilot made a U-turn…
Smoke in the cockpit prompted a JetBlue Airways flight headed for Florida to make an emergency landing in South Carolina. The Federal Aviation Administration says in a statement that flight #B6913 was heading from White Plains, New York, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday when the crew reported the smoke. The plane landed at Charleston…
