A Sacramento-bound plane had to make an unexpected landing after 22 passengers were injured by turbulence. The Jet Blue flight from Boston to Sacramento arrived safely in South Dakota at around 7:30 p.m. central, or 5:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The airline says 22 passengers and two crew members were transported to the hospital for…
Thomas Cook flight was forced to declare an emergency landing at Manchester Airport after a bird was sucked into an engine. The Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT3496 from Glasgow to Palma de Mallorca diverted to Manchester and landed safely at around 7.20am on Thursday. A spokesman for the airline confirmed there was a suspected bird…
Marseille airport runways are closed due to nearby fires in Vitrolles. Water bombers will stop operations at 2115LT because of the night. Then landings will remuse if smoke does not prevent planes from landing. UPDATE 1915UTC Marseille airport reopens to commercial flights. Number of flights delayed or cancelled.
Federal prosecutor’s office communicated that the threat at Brussels Airport is very serious, hence the deployment. Reload the page for updates. UPDATE 1839UTC Disaster plan lifted at Brussels Zaventem Airport after bomb alerts. UPDATE 1824UTC All passengers of both flights deplaned. UPDATE 1814UTC Bomb threats were against SAS flight SK4745 from Olso and SAS flight SK2591 from Stockholm inbound…
A Pakistan International (PIA) aircraft skidded off the runway at Islamabad airport as it attempted to land back following a technical fault. “Due to technical issues, a PIA aircraft landed back at Islamabad airport and veered off the runway. Aircraft & all passengers are safe,” PIA spokesperson Danyal Gilani tweeted. The A-320 aircraft, bearing flight number…
A plane was forced to make a diversion after a man allegedly claimed to have a gun on board a holiday flight. Passengers were left terrified when crew members rushed through the plane as it suddenly began its descent and touched down more than 600 miles away from its destination. The man, who was sitting…
A cargo Boeing 737-400 from Paris (CDG) suffered a runway excursion at Bergame-Orio al Serio (Italy) on landing at around 4h local time. The Boeing chartered by DHL failed to stop on runway 28 and continued to a highway. The crew (two pilots) were not injured. The crew, composed of a captain and a first officer, was unhurt.…
Two Indigo aircraft escaped colliding with one another over Guwahati, leaving some passengers and crew members shaken and needing medical aid, officials said on Wednesday. At least four passengers and two cabin crew were shaken by the near disaster, a spokesman for Indigo Airlines said. The passengers complained of giddiness while the cabin crew needed…
A Qantas flight has been forced to return to Sydney with a technical snag. The Airbus A380 registered VH-OQI was flying at 31,000ft when it made rapid descent to 9,800ft at -6,000ft per minute. From a Qantas spokesperson “The captain of yesterday’s QF1 from Sydney to Dubai decided to return to Sydney about an hour…
The airline said flight WS142 landed safely in Thunder Bay at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday after a phone caller warned there was an explosive device on board the Boeing 737-type aircraft. The flight was scheduled to arrive in Ottawa at 11:45 p.m. Thunder Bay police said in a statement “125 passengers and the crew … were…
An Emirates Boeing 777 has crash-landed at Dubai International Airport, before bursting into flames on the runway. Emirates airline has confirmed that a jet carrying 282 passengers and 18 crew has been “involved in an accident”. The flight involved was EK521 coming from Kerala, India. The Boeing 777 attempted to go around from low height but did not…
Easyjet flight U27688 Airbus A320 from Basel to Lisbon declared an emergency. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 2113UTC Easyjet flight U27688 diverted to Toulouse due to a technical issue. UPDATE 2021UTC Easyjet flight U27688 safely landed runway 32L in Toulouse. UPDATE 2015UTC Easyjet flight U27688 starting final approach to Toulouse. UPDATE 2004UTC Easyjet flight U27688 is diverting to Toulouse.