An earlier report from local officials said a Canadair plane crashed in the mountainous region of Pedrogao Grande while trying to exinguish the devastating blaze. UPDATE 1823 UTC Secretary of State Jorge Gomes confirms that no plane has crashed in Pedrógão. UPDATE 1812 UTC The National Civil Protection Authority says none of the planes contracted by…
A Scandinavian Airlines Systems plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Gdansk, Poland, shortly after takeoff on Tuesday due to smoke in the cabin. A spokesman for Polish firefighters says a plane with 94 people aboard flying from Gdansk to Copenhagen returned to the airport and made an emergency landing after smoke appeared…
At least 26 people have been injured after a China Eastern Airlines flight #MU774 from Paris CDG hit turbulence over Southwest China on descent to Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan province, Xinhua news agency reported. The state news agency reports that passengers suffered broken bones, cuts to the scalp and soft tissue injuries following the…
Hamburg airport was closed after Lufthansa Airbus A319 reported smoke in cabin. Lufthansa flight #LH16 landed at 12:02 UTC and was met by emergency crew after reporting smoke in cabin. UPDATE 1248 UTC Hamburg airport is now open. The runway was closed and all inbound flights were holding or diverting to Bremen. Emirates #EK59 had to do…
United Airlines flight #UA170 preparing to take off from New York to Venice suffered fuel leak at Newark. A passenger in a window seat on the Boeing 767 (reg. N677UA) at Newark airport saw fuel pouring from a left wing tank while the jet was taxiing to the runway United Airlines flight 170 had left the gate…
Malaysia Airlines flight #MH725 landed safely at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta despite suffering a damaged tyre yesterday. The plane landed on the tarmac amid heavy rain in Jakarta. There were no injuries to passengers or crew, according to a statement published by the airline on its Facebook page. “Flight MH725 experienced a suspected tyre…
A woman who died following an in-flight medical emergency Monday was dragged, half-naked and unresponsive, from an American Airlines flight that landed in Minnesota, a witness said. Passenger told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that flight attendants found the woman, who has not yet been identified, unresponsive in the restroom of the Boeing 737 as the crew…
A Spitfire crashed on takeoff during airshow at aerodrome of Trois-frontières, Longuyon-Vilette few meters from the public. The propeller has hit the ground during takeoff, then the WWII plane moved upside down and stopped on its back. Propeller splints spread among the crowd and obviously at least one young woman has been injured. The firemen quickly arrived…
China Eastern flight #MU736 to Shanghai returned to Sydney today after engine suffered serious damage. The Airbus A330-200 (reg. B-6099) was climbing to 5,000ft at 10:30 UTC when the engine #1 suffered cowling damage. The failure was not inclusive and the debris badly damaged the engine cowling. The Airbus A330-200 (reg. B-6099) landed safely at Sydney…
A private plane with Jennifer Lawrence on board was forced to make an emergency landing due to engine failure, E! News can confirm. During the flight, which was coming from Louisville, Kentucky, one of the engines failed at 31,000 feet. The pilots made an emergency landing, however, while in the middle of the unscheduled landing,…
Easyjet flight #U23246 from Ljubljana to London Stansted had to land on the early Saturday evening at the Cologne-Bonn airport, because of a bomb threat A passenger heard the word “bomb” inside the cabin. The three men were arrested and being interrogated at police headquarters early Sunday morning, according to a spokesman for the state police…
