Security alert at Geneva airport after possible anonymous phone call. UPDATE 1356UTC Author of anonymous phone call admitted hoax to prevent the departure of her husband. UPDATE 1203UTC Gradual lifting of preventive controls at Geneva airport. Airport officials say: “Following received information, and in the current context of tighter controls, preventative security controls are in progress…
Emirates flight #EK652 from Dubai to Male, with 309 people on board, made an emergency landing in Mumbai. The emergency landing was necessitated after smoke was observed on-board, according to a report by news agency ANI. The aircraft is still in Mumbai. “The ATC declared full emergency at the MIAL (Mumbai International Airport Limited) at 1359…
An FBI forensic examination shows the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 conducted a flight simulation on his home computer that closely matched the suspected route of the missing Boeing 777 in the southern Indian Ocean, according to a Malaysian government document obtained by New York magazine. The confidential document summarizes Malaysia’s police investigation into…
Two bomb blasts hit near the main entrance to Mogadishu’s Aden Adde airport, close to a base for African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops.Islamist terror group Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had killed more than 12 people.The two attackers targeted the African Union’s main peacekeeping base in Somalia’s capital, which has witnessed a…
Fire services of Raleigh-Durham International Airport have responded to an aircraft with left engine in fire. Delta flight DL2135 from Tampa to New York LaGuardia with 105 passengers on board took off at 0744EDT and reported left engine fire during the flight. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1340UTC The Boeing 717 (reg. N936AT) landed safely at RDU…
TAP Airbus A319 (reg.CS-TTG) flight #TP687 from Luxemburg to Porto declared an emergency. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 13:53UTC Estimated time of departure from BOD is 16:30LT. UPDATE 13:03UTC TAP flight #TP687 diverted to BOD due to an epileptic seizure of one of the passengers. UPDATE 12:54UTC TAP flight #TP687 touch down runway 23 at…
A Cathay Pacific plane bound for Bangkok, Thailand, was delayed from taking off from Hong Kong’s international airport after drama ensued during boarding. An unidentified passenger from Hong Kong who was trying to find space to stow his luggage was displeased that configuration of the new A350 aircraft meant there weren’t any lockers above his…
Sunderland AFC were forced to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport. The squad, along with newly appointed boss David Moyes, had been on an Eastern Airways flight from Newcastle to Geneva when pilots noticed a warning light. The aircraft was showing a technical failure, and it turned round between Stafford and Derby and diverted…
Manchester United plane was forced to make an emergency landing, leaving manager Jose Mourinho and his squad marooned somewhere in China. Memphis Depay, the team’s winger, posted on his Facebook page that they were “lost” after adverse weather had forced their charter flight to land. United had left Shanghai, where they were staying on the…
Police are still trying to find the passenger who left a note about a bomb on a plane in Queenstown. The airport was evacuated, although flights still took off after 3pm, when emergency services were alerted to the note. It was discovered by a cleaner after passengers had left the plane. The note contained information…
A British Airways flight packed with holidaymakers on their way from Gatwick to Crete had to make an emergency landing after the smell of “cannabis” filled the plane. Flight BA2552 had to return to Gatwick after around an hour-and-a-half because of the pungent stench. @British_Airways flight to heraklion turned back after nasty smell. Disappointed holidaymakers,…
A North Korean Air Koryo airplane made an emergency landing in China’s city of Shenyang due to a fire, China’s official Xinhua news agency said on Friday. The plane from North Korea’s national airline, which was flying from Pyongyang to Beijing, made a forced landing in the northeastern Chinese city after it caught fire,…