The flag carrier of Turkey, Turkish Airlines (TK), makes an emergency landing after an engine fire. The bird strikes the left engine of the Turkish aircraft. The Turkish Airlines flight TK2015 operating Boeing 737-900 ER, had to return to its origin amid engine fire. The TK flight bound from Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR) to Istanbul…
Gippsland GA8 Airvan plane carrying a pilot and six passengers overshot the runway on Rat Island, off the coast of Western Australia, and crashed into the Indian Ocean. Luckily, there were no injuries reported from the plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean at approximately 8:40 am. Moreover, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) stated…
Delta Air Lines (DL) Airbus A321 departing from New Orleans had to abort takeoff due to another flight crossing the runway. Following the incident, passengers were required to reschedule their flights, and WVUE reported the news. A frequent flyer experienced an incident on March 31, 23 in New Orleans, which resulted in a travel delay.…
In a strange incident, the Ground handling truck was found struck under Lufthansa (LH) A340 at the Frankfurt Int’l Airport. The incident occurred on Tuesday (4 April 2023) at noon as the ground-handling truck rolled over under the Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 aircraft. The driver driving the catering truck at Frankfurt Airport struck it under the…
Air France #AF430 returned to Paris CDG after holding in unusual square patterns. Air France #AF430 to San Jose returned to Paris CDG after holding in unusual square patterns to burn/dump fuel. The Air France A350-900 (reg. F-HTYA) departed to San Jose but performed a U-turn south of Ireland before crossing the Atlantic. The aircraft…
On April 1st, an Azul Linhas Aereas Embraer E195 was forced to return to Campinas after it sustained a bird strike while climbing out of the Brazilian airport. The Embraer E195-E2 with registration PS-AEI was operating flight AD2843 from Campinas Viracopos International Airport to Rio de Janeiro. However, flight AD2843 was struck by a bird…
The German-based carrier, Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Frankfurt to Miami flight returned to base amid hydraulic problems. Lufthansa (LH) Boeing 747-8 took off from Frankfurt at 10:50 CEST and crossed Ireland. However, the pilot decided to return to Frankfurt amid mechanical problems associated with the hydraulic system. After dumping fuel over the Celtic sea to avoid…
The Jet2 flight was diverted after a passenger died onboard, the plane, which was bound for Manchester, made an emergency landing at Cornwall Airport. The Jet2 flight took off from Tenerife and was bound for Manchester. However, following the tragedy, the plane was forced to divert to Cornwall airport and make an emergency landing. The…
A Delta Air Lines passenger was detained at Los Angeles International Airport after he allegedly opened an emergency exit door and went down the emergency slide as the airplane prepared to take off for Seattle on Saturday morning, authorities said. The incident happened after 10 a.m. when flight attendants had made their safety presentation to…
A Swiss aircraft operating flight from Zurich, Switzerland was involved in a serious runway incursion while taking off on runway 28 in bad visibility. On 14 February, a Swiss Airbus A320 was operated flight #LX786 from Zurich, Switzerland to Brussels, Belgium. The Airbus A320 (reg. (HB-IJQ) was involved in a serious runway incursion while taking…
A jet was forced to make an emergency landing at Tampa International Airport in Florida Thursday evening after it lost top part of its wing in the air. Officials at Tampa International Airport said a Cessna Citation was flying at 27,000 feet near St. Petersburg when the aircraft lost its left winglet. Winglet is the…
A hot air balloon caught fire and fell near the tourist area of the Teotihuacán Pyramids. Through various profiles on social networks, a video was disseminated in which a hot air balloon on fire is observed in the sky of San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico. Tourists in the area recorded with their cell phones…