EMERGENCY Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Chicago Midway due to smoke in cockpit

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…

BREAKING Trigana Air Boeing 737-300F skidded off the runway at Wamena, Papua (video)

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…

BREAKING British Airways #BA274 from las Vegas to London Heathrow has declared an emergency over Scotland

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…

NEWS Passengers terrified on easyJet #U25263 from Gatwick as deported migrant screams ‘Allahu Akbar’ & ‘death is coming’

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…

ALERT Jet2 #LS875 returned to Manchester due to gear issue once again

[td_block_weather w_location=”Manchester” w_units=”imperial”][td_block_text_with_title] © Sean Rooney [/td_block_text_with_title][td_block_text_with_title custom_title=”Jet2 #LS875 to Faro”]Jet2 flight #LS875 from Manchester to Faro entered holding pattern few minutes after departure. This Boeing 757-200 (reg.G-LSAG) already had gear issue two days ago. @CarlaxyS5 @airlivenet pic.twitter.com/C5r1f7NicQ — Sean Rooney 0⃣ (@sean4646) September 9, 2016 Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 0836 UTC Jet2 #LS875 landed…

BREAKING Cathay Dragon aircraft collision with ground vehicle at HongKong airport

An airport service van has hit Cathay Dragon (ex Dragonair) A330’s engine this morning at HongKong airport. Cathay Dragon Airbus A330 flight #KA691 (reg. B-HLL) was taxiing to reach runway when the ground vehicle collided into the Rolls-Royce engine. The driver was injured during the incident. VIDEO Ground vehicle collided with Cathay Dragon Flight #KA691 at…