The easyJet flight from Tenerife (in the Canary Islands) to London Gatwick airport in London diverted to Porto Santo airport. According to RTP Madeira, the captain requested an emergency landing after smoke signals reported in the cabin. The airport fire service examined the aircraft but didn’t detected any anomaly. For security reasons, the company decided to disembark the 167…
The American Eagle flight AA5931 from Houston has been grounded on the tarmac of Lax after phoned-in bomb threat. BREAKING American #AA5931 parked in safe area at LAX after bomb threat, passengers on board https://t.co/JW1TKH6toU pic.twitter.com/3WCO7ZmWwF — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) May 24, 2016 The airport got a TSA notification of a phone threat made to a…
According to Khou, a Houston Police bomb squad was called to Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (USA) on Tuesday morning after a possible threat was made against a Delta flight. Several bomb squad units were called to look over the aircraft, which was preparing to depart from the airport. The call came in at about 8:30…
The near-miss is said to have happened on Saturday and was reported by the pilots to the control tower as the plane arrived from Frankfurt. It has been described as the most serious incident involving drones at the airport to date. The drones were spotted at around 2,950 feet within protected air space when the…
An air ambulance with 7 people on board crash landed in a field in Najafgarh area of South West Delhi on Tuesday. Fortunately, no one sustained any major injury. The air ambulance had taken off from Patna and was enroute to Delhi when it crash landed. The six-seater Beech King Air C-90A aircraft crash landed…
A Turkish Airlines aircraft at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport was being searched after a note threatening a bomb attack was found on board on Monday, an airline spokesman said. All 134 people, on board the Boeing 737-800 for the flight TK2014 from Istanbul to Kayseri had been evacuated. A note with a bomb threat was discovered in…
UPDATE3 We have confirmation #VS24 will continue to Heathrow. UPDATE2 Virgin Atlantic #VS24 declared an emergency due to sick passenger on board. UPDATE1 Virgin Atlantic #VS24 is still holding 35,000ft to Heathrow.
A Vancouver-bound Lufthansa flight was forced to divert from Munich to Hamburg after a passenger’s erratic behavior threatened safety, according to a fellow passenger. Lufthansa officials confirmed that a passenger was removed and flight LH476 was diverted and forced to land in Hamburg where police are investigating. “It was reported that there was a man in…
Two Greek F16 fighter jets intercepted a Boeing 767-400ER of Delta Airlines plane after it strayed into its airspace in the Mediterranean Sea without identifying itself, according to Greek media. The civil aircraft reportedly belonged to Delta Airlines and was flying from Germany to Kuwait. But mystery surrounds why the pilots did not identify themselves…
Bomb hoax doesn’t fly, Businessman who forgot passport arrested for making plane turn around. A businessman who allegedly made a bomb hoax call that led to a Singapore-bound Firefly flight returning to the Subang Airport, Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday was arrested by police yesterday (18May) here. He believed to have returned home to get his…
Due to a technical problem with one of the Airport’s passenger scanning machines, all passengers have been removed from the Departure Lounge and are currently in the process of being re-screened. There is no threat to passenger safety with this re-screening process necessary in order to ensure security compliance. Liverpool airport running smoothly today it…
UPDATE3 We have confirmation CityJet #WX112 safely returned to DUB after reporting engine 1 shut down due to oil leak. UPDATE 2 CityJet #WX112 is returning to DUB, engine #1 shut down due to oil leak. Runway to be inspected for oil after landing. UPDATE 1 CityJet #WX112 is turning back to Ireland, holding 22,000ft.…