A Malaysia Airlines plane returned to Australia after a mentally ill passenger threatened to detonate a bomb and attempted to enter the cockpit before he was tackled and tied up by passengers, police said Thursday. The 25-year-old Sri Lankan man had been discharged from a Melbourne psychiatric hospital on Wednesday before buying a ticket on…
A plane taking off from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport was forced to return to the airport Thursday after one of the aircraft’s engines caught fire. United flight #UA1738 to Miami took off from O’Hare at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, but quickly circled back to the airport and touched back down at 8:24. According to WPLG-TV, the…
An airplane of the national airline Royal Air Maroc was grounded on Monday, May 29, at Montpellier Airport, France, due to a bomb threat. French authorities have received an alert about an explosive device on a plane from Montpellier to a Maghreb country. At that time, the only flight that met this description was Royal Air Maroc #AT795…
FlyBe #BE292 Edinburgh-Manchester (Dash 8 G-PRPH) declared an emergency and landed with only one engine running at Manchester Airport. The Flybe flight, which was travelling from Edinburgh to Manchester, was seen circling around the airport before it landed. A Manchester Airport spokesman confirmed the plane landed safely at the airport at 11.17amg. A statement from…
Captain of Goma Airlines aircraft has died when the plane crashed while landing at the Tenzing Hillary Airport in Lukla of Solukhumbu district on Saturday. An aircraft belonging to Goma Air crashed on Saturday as it tried to land in foggy weather at a tiny airport in Mt Everest region, sources at the airport said.…
China Easter Flight #MU765 from Nanjing landed at Hong Kong International Airport at 1051 LT today. The Airbus A321 (B-6366) slid off the runway as it was making its way to the gate. The accident came as thundery showers battered the territory. No injuries were reported but the incident was causing flight delays, as the…
Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey was was shut down late on Tuesday night when 131 people were evacuated from a United Airlines flight after flames were spotted coming from one of the jet’s engines. United Airlines Flight #UA1579 was on a taxiway bound for San Francisco at about 2100 ET when the flames…
EasyJet flight #UA8909 to Pula was evacuated this morning after suspect white powder was found on board. UPDATE 1335 UTC Unknown substance confirmed as baby milk powder! Passengers have been disembarked and are currently in the terminal where they have been provided with refreshments. Firefighters with specialist equipment from Kent are inside the aircraft to take…
An United Airlines flight from China to Newark was forced to make an unscheduled stop at San Francisco International Airport after the flight crew became exhausted from delays caused by an unruly passenger while the plane was boarding in Shanghai, officials said. Wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, a passenger became unruly after boarding…
Gothenburg airport has been evacuated after a bag with “traces of explosives” was discovered in the departure hall. The suspect object was believed to have been found in the departure hall of Landvetter airport, located just outside Gothenburg, by airport staff after it was found standing at a counter in the departure hall. Checkout staff made several…
Qantas flight #QF94 from Los Angeles to Melbourne has been turned around two hours after take-off when sparks were seen coming from an engine. The A380 had been due in Melbourne on Sunday morning, but the pilot was forced to turn the flight around mid-air after one of four engines on board failed. It…
An Aeromexico passenger jet collided with a utility truck on a taxiway of Los Angeles International Airport shortly after landing on Saturday, injuring eight employees who were aboard the truck, but no one on the plane was hurt, authorities said. The cause of the mishap, which damaged the right wing of the Boeing 737 and…