A Boeing 787 divrted to Hawaii due to a passenger suffered peanut allergy. The flight #UA1 from San Francisco to Singapore was forvced to divert to Honolulu. The Boeing 787-9 (reg. N29968) was 5 hours into flight when a passenger suffered peanut allergy. The aircraft landed 8 hours after takeoff in Honolulu. An allergic…
Air traffic control has lost contact with a private Jet. The Cessna 551 Citation II (reg. OE-FGR) seems to have crashed crash outside between Gotland (island in Sweden’s Baltic Sea) and Latvia. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE Body parts found in Baltic Sea Latvian officials say. UPDATE Latvian Navy has found wreckage in…
A TAP plane collided with a motorcycle during landing at the Guinea-Conakry airport, causing the death of the vehicle’s driver. In a statement released this morning, TAP states that “flight TP1492 had an accident on landing at Guinea-Conakry airport, when a motorcycle tried to cross the runway at that moment, and the occupant of the…
Police have evacuated several stores in Tupelo, Mississippi, after a pilot threatened to crash their aircraft into a Walmart. The pilot of the aircraft is understood to have taken the plane from Tupelo Airport at around 5am, and has been flying over the small town in circles for over an hour. Please reload the page…
On 30th August, a Turkish Airlines Airbus A330 was forced to return to Istanbul following a tail strike on departure. The Airbus A330-300, with registration TC-JOG, was operating flight TK726 from Istanbul Airport, Turkey to Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. However, it returned back to Istanbul after around one hour into the flight. A post-flight…
On 26th August, a United Airlines Boeing 767 reached Dublin with an underneath panel detached in flight. The Boeing 767-400, with registration N76064, was operating flight UA-23 from Newark to Dublin. As reported by the Aviation Herald, the pilots heard a loud bang at 16,000 feet during the climb out of Newark. However, the pilots…
On 25th August, a Jet2.com flight from Manchester to Rhodes was forced to divert to Munich over an unruly passenger. The Boeing 757, with registration G-LSAI was operating flight LS819 from Manchester to Rhodes. However, one of the woman passengers reportedly irate after her request for free champagne was refused. She then went on to…
Lufthansa Flight LH403 departed Newark, New Jersey, bound for Frankfurt, Germany, when a technical problem forced the plane to divert to Logan Airport Monday night, stranding travelers in Boston. Lufthansa Flight No. 403 took off from Newark, New Jersey, and was on its way to Frankfurt when a “technical irregularity” caused some smoke in the…
Right engine of Viva Aerobus aircraft to Los Angeles caught fire. An A320 was performing flight #VB518 from Guadalajara, Mexico to Los Angeles LAX. The right engine of the A320 (XA-VAJ) caught fire moments after taking off from Guadalajara, Mexico at about 22.00 local time. A loud band was heard in several neighborhoods in the…
An Alaska Airlines returned to Seattle-Tacoma Airport shortly after takeoff. An Alaska Airlines flight headed for San Diego returned to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (KSEA) shortly after takeoff because of an “unusual vibration” coming from the left side of the plane. The cowling of its left engine #1 came loose and ripped off during takeoff. A…
An airport employee was killed at Russian Airport. On 19 August 2022, a ground airport employee was killed when inadvertently walking into the running propeller of an aircraft. The man walked under an UTair Antonov An-24 until his head touched the running propeller. Video (graphic): The accident took place at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport, Russia.
A LOT Polish Airlines aircraft suffered a cracked window on descent to New York. A LOT Boeing 787 Dreamliner was performing flight #L26 from Varsaw to New York. While descending for landing in New York JFK Airport, a window on the left hand side has cracked. Passengers have been removed from the row seat. The…