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…
Darryl Saunders A WestJet flight has aborted its take-off on the South Runway of Vancouver International Airport due to a blown tire. According to Vancouver Airport Authority, flight WS1876 was on its way to Maui. There are no reports of injuries, passengers are being offloaded and transported to the terminal by a bus shuttle. The…
Terminal One at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport had to be evacuated Thursday morning after what airport officials have described as a false alarm. According to airport officials, the alarm appears to have gone off due to a fault within the infrastructure of the system, and they do not believe anyone pulled the alarm.
American Airlines flight AA109 to Los Angeles is returning to London Heathrow due to medical emergency on board. When the call for doctors, the aircraft was close to Keflavik (Iceland) but the crew decided to go back to origin. UPDATE We have confirmation AA109 safely landed runway 27L at London Heathrow at 17:04. UPDATE American…
Courtesy Twitter @CanuckleBrett A China Airlines flight CI32 from Tapei landed just before 6:30 p.m. (local time) at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) Tuesday. The Boeing 747-400 taxied to the gate when the front landing gear ended in some muddy grass. @benwilson1130 @yvrairport looks like it was just driven off the taxiway. Someone didn’t follow the…