A mid-air scare forced a Seattle-bound Alaska Airlines flight to return to Washington, D.C., for an emergency landing. Smoke began pouring into the cockpit of the Boeing 737 about five or 10 minutes after taking off from Reagan National Airport on Monday, forcing the pilots to put on gas masks. Recordings of radio communications captured…
A body discovered by horrified ground staff who noticed blood dripping from a plane which was carrying suitcases of cash may have been a stowaway from a previous flight, it has been claimed. The plane, owned by Florida-based Western Global Airlines, is understood to have been transporting large sums of cash from Munich in Germany…
A ‘violent’ passenger on board flight Emirates EK5 from Dubai to Heathrow was restrained by four cabin crew after allegedly launching a terrifying mid-air attack on staff. The man was forced to the floor before being tied up on the Heathrow-bound Airbus A380 when he allegedly began assaulting crew members in a fit of rage. Witnesses said three…
Blue Air Boeing 737 flight #OB133 from Bucharest declared an emergency today at around 11:am before a safe landing in Liverpool. The reason of emergency is still not clear at that time.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS25 returned to Heathrow last night with 252 passengers and 15 crew after an incident when the first officer was shone by a laser. POLICE STATEMENT Aircraft forced to return to Heathrow after being hit by a laser strike #consdieryouractions #laserstrike CAD4 — Aviation Policing (@MPSHeathrow) February 14, 2016 STATEMENT FROM VIRGIN…
Tailpipe of Boeing 737 (registration PR-GXA) of GOL Linhas Aéreas caught fire on the ground at Brasilia Airport today. A turbina de um avião pega fogo antes de decolar do aeroporto de Brasília para a cidade de São Paulo. pic.twitter.com/Kxh2jrKxZf — Rádio BandNews FM (@radiobandnewsfm) February 14, 2016 View from inside the Boeing 737,…
After holding for an hour or so the aircraft made an emergency landing at Liverpool Airport. After it was discovered that there was a problem with the aircraft’s flaps. This meant that the landing speed of the aircraft would have to be faster than normal so the pilot opted to land at LPL.
UPDATE Air France #AF1124 is back to Lisbon after earlier emergency and diversion to Bordeaux. UPDATE Air France #AF1124 A319 safely landed at Bordeaux. UPDATE #AF1124 is diverting to Bordeaux.
A military grade of the explosive TNT caused this week’s explosion on a Somali airliner, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN, citing an initial analysis of residue recovered from the aircraft. The blast took place Tuesday on board a commercial plane after it set off above East Africa. Two people were injured before…
Madrid Barajas airport issued a general alarm on Thursday morning after the captain of Saudi Airlines Boeing 777 flight SV226 reported an unspecified threat on boad. The passengers had been evacuated. The Civil Guard confirmed the threat had been found by the crew “on a note written in English pinned with a knife to a…
Harun Maruf A Daallo Airline Airbus A321 flight D3159 made an emergency landing at Mogadishu today after an explosion soon after takeoff from Mogadishu, Somalia. A loud bang was heard followed by flames, injuring 2 passengers. The body of a person fallen from a plane around Balcad town, Somalia. If it had happened in higher…
PSP police are at the scene and confirmed to The Portugal News this morning the security level has been raised to orange. Thirty-eight passengers were reportedly on-board the aircraft. The alarm was raised shortly after 6am. The airline has not yet been confirmed thought it is suspected it may involve a domestic flight. The only…