The probe by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the wrong air temperature data is thought to have been inputted into the plane’s flight management systems which meant it was slow to accelerate and lift off. The Boeing 737, registered in Canada but flying on behalf of a UK tour operator, hit a…
The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner produced by Convair from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement of the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3. Featuring a more modern design with cabin pressurization, the 240 series was able to make some inroads as a commercial airliner and also had a long development cycle which resulted in…
An unclaimed mobile phone found in the aircraft cabin of Jet Airways’ Delhi-Bangkok flight on Wednesday created a major scare. The crew of this flight #9W66, sent a distress message to Bangkok by “squawking” code “7700” after entering Thai airspace as this phone was suspected to be a bomb, said highly placed sources. Confirming this,…
A SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 overshot the runway on landing and got stuck in mud at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Tuesday evening. All 183 passengers on the SpiceJet flight are said to be safe. The airline and airport authorities immediately carried out an emergency evacuation following the mishap. According to the initial reports, emergency chutes were deployed…
In a major scare at Mangalore airport on Tuesday, a Dubai-bound passenger’s power bank was found to have a suspicious clay-like object in his check-in baggage. The flight is question was an Indigo Airlines aircraft plying directly from Mangaluru to Dubai. “IndiGo’s alert security screener staff at Mangalore caught a suspect carrying alleged cellphone bomb…
A Royal Wings Boeing 737-300, on behalf of Royal Jordanian, performing flight from Amman to Aqaba (Jordan) with 126 people on board, landed at Aqaba but went off the paved surface of the runway and came to a stop of soft ground. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained minor damage. The passengers disembarked onto…
The evacuation was called at around 8am at one of France’s busiest airport – Charles de Gaulle. British Airways passengers of an Airbus A320 (reg. G-EUYC) were flanked by armed officers and searched by sniffer dogs after a “direct security threat” sparked the sudden evacuation of a London-bound plane. UPDATE Following additional security checks British Airways #BA303…
An Air India aircraft hit a parked ground cooling unit (GCU) truck just after landing on the runway at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The incident took place around 9.41pm on Friday. The GCU is ground support equipment, which supplies cold air or hot air into a parked aircraft to maintain comfortable temperatures. Officials confirmed…
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (reg. EI-DLV) from Stansted Airport to Copenhagen was diverted after it lost one of the two nose wheels after take off. The flight #FR7384 safely landed runway 27 at East Midlands Airport. The traffic was stopped during a while at East Midlands Airport to allow fire brigade to meet the aircraft right after…
The Turkish airlines flight #TK1672 had already begun rolling on the tarmac when it was forced to make an emergency stop. Officials at Cologne-Bonn airport the anonymous threat appeared serious enough to force an emergency stop and conduct a comprehensive search of the aircraft. “From the telephone call, it was clear the caller was targeting…
An American Airlines flight arriving at Charlotte Douglas Airport collided with a “tug” vehicle outside of Terminal E Wednesday, sending one person to the hospital. According to American Airlines, American Eagle flight 5233, arriving into Charlotte from Charleston, West Virginia made contact with a tug while it was taxiing to the gate. Thirty-one passengers and three crew members were…
An unknown person should have sprayed an irritating substance at the check-in counters in Terminal 1. UPDATE 6 people reported injured. Multiple people have suffered breathing problems after a tear gas attack at Frankfurt airport, local media reports. Injuries were reported at the check-in counters around 11am on Monday. Emergency services have been called to the…