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…
Several passengers on board Saudia flight #SV706 suffered faintness after the AC system failed to work properly. The AC system of the Boeing 777-200 didn’t work properly causing several medical emergency on board Saudi flight #SV706 from from Madina to Karachi. During the 3 hour flight, the temperature reached about 32°C with a high level of…
An Air India Express aircraft went off the taxiway and rolled partly into a drain after it landed around 2.40 am this morning at the Kochi airport in Kerala. All 102 passengers were evacuated safely from the Abu Dhabi-Kochi flight with a ladder. Airport sources say the plane took a turn too soon –…
A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane made an emergency landing at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport shortly after takeoff on Tuesday following an apparent bird strike, an airline spokesman said. Video footage appeared to show flames shooting from one engine of the Boeing 777 soon after takeoff. A bird strike was believed to be the cause, although…
A British Airways flight departing Chicago O’Hare International Airport Sunday evening was forced to return after encountering engine problems shortly after takeoff, authorities confirmed Monday. The Boeing 747-400 (reg. G-BNLY) was flying over Arlington Heights when a loud boom was heard. Witnesses reported seeing flames coming from one of the engines and the plane dumping…
A Sharp Aviation flight has declared an emergency and diverted to Avalon this afternoon due to a suspected fire onboard. Flight SH-843 from Portland, Australia to Melbourne (Essendon) was around 15 minutes into the flight when smoke or a fire was reported onboard. The crew then elected to declare an emergency with ATC and divert…
The accident happened at about 2:20 a.m. opposite Terminal A, according to Port Authority Police. An airport worker was hospitalized after being hit with a plane propeller at Newark Liberty Airport early Saturday. The victim, a 54-year-old resident of Orange, N.J., was struck by a CommutAir plane that was not on the runway at the…