British police say officers have arrested a 39-year-old man at London’s Heathrow Airport under terrorism laws. Scotland Yard said the man was nabbed on suspicion of possessing terrorist-related material after he arrived at the airport on Saturday. He was taken to a London police station where he remained in custody Sunday. Police say counter-terrorism officers…
A cell phone battery caused an inflight disruption after catching fire on a Delta McDonnell Douglas MD-88 flight from Norfolk to Atlanta Friday morning. The fire started about 15 minutes after flight 2557’s departure. According to the passenger, retired military personnel aided the flight attendants in extinquising the fire by using a bottle of water until a…
Latvia’s airBaltic plane Bombardier DHC-8 flying from Riga to Zurich on Saturday was forced to return to the Riga airport to perform an emergency landing. There were 63 passengers on board, including two children and one infant, and four crew members. All passengers have already left the plane and initial reports suggested there were no serious…
A flight from Glasgow to Ibiza was forced to make an emergency landing after a drunken passenger allegedly vomited in the cabin. The ASL Airlines France Boeing 737 had to divert to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on Wednesday afternoon, where it landed following the incident. UPDATE EMERGENCY ASL Airlines Boeing 737 diverted to Toulouse. pic.twitter.com/HcZNxa4Tds — AIRLIVE.net…
British Airways Airbus A320 flight #BA473 from Barcelona to London Heathrow declared an emergency. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1025 UTC We have confirmation British Airways BA473 diverted to Toulouse due to a technical issue. UPDATE 1020 UTC British Airways BA473 landed runway 14R at Toulouse Airport. UPDATE 1002 UTC British Airways BA473 in holding pattern…
Qantas flight QF1474 was forced to abort its landing after a “malfunction” alert sounded in the cockpit moments after its wheels were lowered. The Dash 8-300 flight from Canberra to Sydney was descending to runway about 1.45pm and was at 1300ft when the captain suddenly pushed the thrust, raised the wheels and climbed away from…
CHICAGO (AP) — A Southwest Airline aircraft flying from Columbus, Ohio to Denver was forced to make an emergency landing at Chicago’s Midway International Airport. In a statement, a Southwest Airlines spokeswoman says the pilot declared an emergency Tuesday and the flight was diverted to “investigate potential smoke in the cockpit.” The spokeswoman says protocol…
A fan blade on a jet engine snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane last month in a violent failure that sent debris slamming into the plane, according to a preliminary investigative report released Monday. Investigators with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found evidence of a crack “consistent” with metal fatigue in the titanium-alloy…
Trigana Air Boeing 737-300F (reg. PK-YSY) flightTGN7321 skidded off the runway 33 at Wamena, Papua at 6:55 pm CDT. According to first reports, the left main gear collapsed on landing runway 15. The aircraft slipped during 2.45 km There were no fatalities in this incident. Wamena Airport closed temporarily to evacuate the Boeing B737-300 with serial number…
British Airways #BA274 to London Heathrow”]British Airways #BA274 Boeing 747-400 from las Vegas to London Heathrow declared an emergency over Scotland. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1358 UTC British Airways #BA274 landed runway 27L at London Heathrow. UPDATE 1314 UTC We have confirmation from British Airways #BA274 has a medical emergency on board. Medics will meet the aircraft…
Passengers on an easyJet flight #U25263 from Gatwick to Venice endured a terrifying trip in which a traveller repeatedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and “today we will die”. The Mail on Sunday reported the man shouting the threats was a migrant who, accompanied by Home Office officials, was being deported. An 11-minute audio recording captured the…
An American Airlines flight has been forced to make an emergency landing today following a hydraulic issue. American Airlines flight AA86 from Chicago to Heathrow made an emergency landing in Chicago on Sunday, after the crew noticed a problem with the aircraft’s hydraulics. The aircraft, a Boeing 767-300 was only an hour into its journey…