Two runways at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport were closed for fifteen minutes. A woman is charged after police say she breached a security fence around Bush Airport and made it onto a runway Tuesday night. Airport officials said 22-year-old Ivori H. Howard was spotted at about 8:30 p.m. near runway 15L – causing it…
Smoke from wildfires in Canada delayed flights at New York-area airports on Wednesday as haze blanketed the region and cut visibility. The Federal Aviation Administration “slowed traffic to and from the New York City area airports due to reduced visibility from wildfire smoke,” it said in a statement. The agency earlier halted flights bound for…
An Air India plane traveling from Delhi to San Francisco made an emergency landing in Magadan, Russia. Crew of Air India flight #AI173 from Delhi to San Francisco decided to make an unplanned landing at the Magadan airfield due to a technical problem. The Boeing 777-200 (reg. VT-ALH) suffered engine problems. Technicians from Rossiya Airlines…
Jet2 flight from Newcastle to Tenerife is declaring an emergency. Jet2 flight #LS517 from Newcastle to Tenerife is declaring an emergency and diverting. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. G-JZBK) took off from Newcastle, UK at 15:40 local time. The crew declared an emergency off North Spain coast. The aircraft is diverting to Porto, Portugal. UPDATE LS517…
Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land. United Airlines and Alaska Airlines aircraft were forced to abort landing attempts at San Francisco International Airport due to a Southwest Boeing 737 crossing…
Two Danish F16 fighter jets scrambled to intercept a Norwegian plane bound for Oslo Airport. On Thursday evening, the Defense Command for Northern Jutland announced that two Danish F-16 fighter jets broke the sound barrier. Two fighter jets from the Danish QRA in Skrydstrup took the sky when the airport authorities had reason to believe…
Air France flight #AF291 to Paris CDG declared an emergency and returned to Osaka, Japan. The flight #AF291 operated by an Airbus A350-900 took off from Kansai Airport, Japan 30 minutes late at 11:00JST. About 30 minutes into the flight, cruising at 35,000ft pilots declared an emergency following a technical issue. The Airbus A350-900 (reg.…
The flight KLM #KL876 from Bangkok is declaring an emergency. The flight took off from Bangkok at 12:00 ICT to Amsterdam. The crew declared an emergency over Iran. It was scheduled to land at 19:10 in Amsterdam. The 17 years old Boeing 777-200ER turned south to divert to Dubai where it landed on runway 30L.…
While on final approach to Daegu Airport, an emergency exit of an aircraft was opened. Asiana Airlines plane door was opened mid-air shortly before reaching the airport in the South Korean city of Daegu. Some passengers have been taken to hospital suffering breathing issues due to shock. The Airbus A321-231 (reg. HL8256) performing flight #OZ8124…
JetBlue flight #B6137 from new York JFK to Santiago suffered a technical issue. The Airbus A320 (reg. N534JB) suffered a pressurization issue after take off on 22 May. While climbing to 33,000ft, the 21 years old Airbus A320-232 suffered a loss of cabin pressurization. Approximately 30 minutes after the takeoff from New York (JFK), the…
A Turkish Airlines flight was forced to divert to Birmingham Airport. A Turkish Airlines A321neo performed flight #TK1997 from Istanbul to London Gatwick on Tuesday, May 23 2023. But the aircraft (reg. TC-LSN) was forced to stop the final approach to runway 08R at London Gatwick due to another flight on takeoff. The ATC ordered…
A bomb threat forced a security operation to be deployed and the passengers to disembark. The operation was deployed at Ezeiza Airport after a telephone bomb threat to an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight that was due to leave for Miami. Flight AR1304, which with 270 passengers and 12 crew members should have taken off at 7:35.…