A SilkAir passenger Boeing 737-800 (reg. 9V-SGG) was struck by a service truck at low speed at Medan Kualanamu International Airport in Indonesia while it was parked there. No passengers were injured during the incident involving flight #MI233, which was supposed to leave Medan, Indonesia, at around 9am Singapore time on Saturday (Dec 23) when…
Virgin flight #VA1507 from Melbourne is said to have hit the runway too hard at the Sunshine Coast airport on Tuesday december 26. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. VH-VUX) diverted to Brisbane where an inspection on the aircraft took place, Sunshine Coast Daily reported. The magnitude of the impact was so severe a handful of passengers…
Aer Lingus flight #EI145 diverted to Shannon after fire indication on engine #2. The Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200 departed runway 28 from Dublin and reported a fire indication. The crew decided to shut down the engine #2. The plane took off at 15:41 UTC and headed to Shannon before holding during 15 mins to burn…
An other Air France A380 suffered a new engine problem in flight to LAX. The Airbus A380 (reg. F-HPJG) landed at Los Angeles LAX airport after engine #2 shut down in flight. UPDATE Air France confirmed to AIRLIVE the engine was shut down in flight due to low oil pressure. The flight safely continued to LAX…
A Dassault Falcon 7X was blown off the airport apron on Wednesday night, ploughing through a perimeter fence and into the road before crashing into a building. No injuries were reported at the incident in Malta International Airport. Officials believe the strong winds moved the plane from its wheel chocks, pushing it into the road before…
Saudi Airline flight #SV895 from Lucknow to Riyadh carrying 300 passengers developed the technical problem on take-off. The Airbus A330-300 lost a nose wheel forcing the pilot had to apply emergency brakes to avert an accident, the senior airport official said. As a result, the runway was blocked and all arrivals and departures had to…
A Hong Kong Airlines flight was forced to abort take-off to avoid a collision with a Cathay Pacific aircraft crossing its path on the tarmac on december 24. Flight HX709, bound for Bali in Indonesia, was ordered by air-traffic control to come to an immediate stop on a runway at Hong Kong International Airport despite…
A JetBlue plane skidded off the taxiway at Boston’s Logan Airport Monday night after reportedly hitting a patch of ice. JetBlue Flight B650 from Savannah, Georgia, encountered the ice shortly after landing at Logan at around 7:15 p.m., skidding off the taxiway, spinning as it slid and ending up facing the opposite direction, according to…
Authorities say several people have died in a plane crash at the Bartow Municipal Airport. The twin-engine plane crashed at the end of a runway at the airport near Ben Durrance Road. Emergency operators received a call about the crash at 7:20 a.m. The Bartow Municipal Airport is the former location of a U.S. Air…
A Malaysian was arrested late Friday at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, for trying to smuggle firearms and ammunition in his luggage, the Airport Security Force (ASF) told Arab News on Saturday. Al Muhd Alfie Kqhyriel, 20, was arrested by the ASF as he was travelling to Kuala Lumpur via Bangkok from Karachi on Thai Airways…
After landing at Bristol Airport at 11.36 this morning an Embraer 145 inbound from Frankfurt (flight number BM1822) left the runway while taxiing. Passengers were disembarked and returned to the terminal by coach. None of the 25 people on board were hurt. UPDATE 23:40 UTC The aircraft was removed and the runway is open. UPDATE…
A Boeing 737-500 ran off runway at Kiev this morning. The flight #B2843 from Minsk landed at 08:00 UTC when it ran runway 18L due to snow at Kiev Boryspil International Airport. No injuries were reported but the airport was temporarily closed.