Two passengers and one crew member were injured Thursday night when a person on a Delta Air Lines flight stormed the cockpit. Soon after leaving Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Beijing-bound Boeing 767-300(ER) (reg. N174DZ) was forced to turn back due to a “security incident with a passenger,” Delta said in a statement. The airline did not…
The tail of a China Airlines Boeing 777 was surrounded by smoke today at Jakarta Airport. A visually spectacular incident due to APU low oil pressure. The aircraft departed later with no other issues. The auxiliary power unit APU is a device on a vehicle that provides energy for functions other than propulsion. They are commonly found on large aircraft and naval ships…
London Heathrow evacuated after a fire alarm was sounded in Terminal 4. UPDATE T4 has now been reopened following an earlier fire alarm evacuation. Heathrow’s Terminal 4 has been evacuated after fire alarms went off in the second major alert at the airport within days. Staff began evacuating passengers shortly after 1pm. Passengers took to social media…
The newly released video captured the moments after the plane crashed and shows the chaos on the tarmac as rescue crews rushed to the scene. The video was published on YouTube on June 28 by user “What You Haven’t Seen.” The description says the video was taken from airport surveillance camera C225.SFO International Airport Director…
Passengers at Manchester Airport has been evacuated after a suspect bag was discovered at one of the terminals. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1202 UTC Manchester Airport Terminal 3 is back open. UPDATE 1136 UTC Police say suspect package ‘not viable device’ and ‘not terror-related’. UPDATE 1058 UTC Bomb disposal officers carry out ‘series of controlled…
The Air Asia flight had taken off from Australia’s Gold Coast and was heading to Malaysia before the serious incident grounded the service. The Airbus A330-300 was carrying 359 people, had to make an emergency landing in Brisbane shortly after the incident. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that passengers heard loud noises and saw sparks coming from an…
Pilot Russ Lucas and 16 passengers, including some children, were aboard the balloon, which is operated by Orlando Balloon Rides, authorities said. “The pilot had to make an emergency landing (because of an issue with the wind),” FHP spokeswoman Kim Montes said. “He attempted to land in a field off the Turnpike, but ended up…
A United plane caught fire today during landing at Denver Airport. The left engine of the Bombardier CRJ-701E (reg.N796SK) was on fire during landing at Denver. Passengers were immediately evacuated on the runway and the emergency crew quickly reacted to extinguish the fire. The United flight #UA5869 took off from Aspen at 1:45 pm local and landed at 2:20…
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) said Saturday that one of its planes was slightly damaged as it suffered a bird hit while landing at Cairo International Airport Friday. The collision damaged the Airbus A330-343 radome while landing runway 05R at Cairo International Airport, Egypt. Flight #SV311 from Riyadh to Cairo was later flown to Jeddah for…
A drone flying close to Gatwick airport has led to the closure of the runway. A spokesman for the airport said the runway was closed for two short periods of nine minutes and five minutes on Sunday evening. easyJet #U28534 to London Gatwick had to declare an emergency and divert to London Stansted due to low…
A shuttle bus hit a Nok Air Boeing 737-800 at Don Mueang airport on Friday. The Boeing 737-800(reg. HS-DBK) was parkedat the apron No.35 at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport on Friday night when a shuttle bus hit its nose and the front left part at 10.55pm. While no one was injured, the incident caused some damage to…
An American Airlines flight was canceled Thursday night after it was damaged by a vehicle on the ramp at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Flight #AA675 was scheduled to depart Honolulu at 10:50 p.m. for Phoenix. All passengers were re-accommodated on other flights. According to American Airlines, the incident occurred a few hours prior to the…