American Airlines #AA950 returned to Sao Paulo Airport following mechanical problems. American Airlines Flight #AA950 to New York JFK was forced to return to Sao Paulo (GRU) Airport 45 minutes after takeoff due to technical issues. The Boeing 777-200 (reg. N730AN) performed an overweight landing causing tire damage. Passengers oxygen masks dropped indicating a pressurization…
Passengers were temporarily evacuated from all three Lithuanian airports on Monday morning. According to a report by Lithuanian Airports, initial information about a possible explosive device was received at around 08:00 on Monday morning. Police department spokeswoman Revita Janavičiūtė told BNS that information about the explosive was received by e-mail. The e-mail demanded that the…
Passengers waiting at the gate to board BA2597 in Verona, Italy had to wait 6hrs to find out if they would be flying to Gatwick. To avoid a passenger mutiny, the Captain had to be brought to the gate after local agents provided no information, to be told that the flight developed an emergency fault…
FlyDubai flight to Dubai was forced to make an emergency landing. Flight #FZ1830 from Warsaw to Dubai was diverted to Krakow, Poland due to bomb threat. UPDATE Flights operations are resuming at Krakow Airport. UPDATE Inbound flights to Krakow are currently holding due to operations suspension. UPDATE Passengers are currently evacuated. The Boeing 737 MAX…
A serious medical emergency is forcing American Airlines crew to divert to Ireland. American Airlines #AA107 from London LHR to New York JFK is diverting to Shannon due to a medical emergency. The crew is reporting an unresponsive male passenger. Ambulance is requested at gate. The Boeing 777-300ER is expected to land at 20.26 local…
A Ryanair flight from Poland was escorted by fighter jets to Athens following a bomb threat. The flight FR6385 from Katowice in Poland just landed in El. Venizelos, Greece. UPDATE “All people are well and safe,” said Elena Dimopoulou, the airport spokesperson. UPDATE The pilot reported a bomb threat during the flight. The Boeing 737-800…
The plane made an emergency landing in Uzbekistan after a report of an alleged bomb scare. An Azur Air chartered flight from Russia’s Perm International Airport to Goa received a security threat. Following this, the flight was diverted to Uzbekistan. A total of 238 passengers, including 2 infants, and 7 crew are onboard. Russia embassy…
A jetBlue A320 suffered fuel leak at New York City LaGuardia Airport. A JetBlue Airbus A320-232 aircraft was forced to stop while taxiing at New York City LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on 18 January. The plane suffered a fuel leak from the right wing, forcing the airline to cancel the flight. The aircraft (reg. N568JB) was…
Two JetBlue planes bumped into one another Wednesday on parking at John F. Kennedy International Airport. A JetBlue flight from New York to Puerto Rico bumped into another plane in the gate area on Wednesday, the second time in a matter of days that two planes experienced an unusual incident at JFK Airport. The FAA…
A Qantas flight bound for Sydney from Auckland has landed safely after a mayday alert was issued over an engine issue. A Qantas spokesperson said the aircraft experienced an engine issue about an hour from reaching its destination. The flight departed Auckland at 2.30pm local time after it was delayed by more than 55 minutes.…
Eighteen people including two children and the Ukrainian interior minister Denis Monastyrsky have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Kyiv, police said. The helicopter came down near a kindergarten in Brovary, a suburb of the capital, early on Wednesday. UPDATE Kyiv Oblast Governor said that as of 10:30 am, 18 killed, including 3 children,…
Earlier this week on 10th January, a Delta Airlines Boeing 757 was forced to reject a takeoff after one of its engines caught fire. The Boeing 757- 200 with registration N712TW was accelerating for takeoff as flight DL447 from Santa Ana, California to Atlanta. However, shortly after starting the takeoff roll, one of its engines…