UPDATE The device found in an A330 “does not contain explosive material” details an internal source. This Friday at 12 am, the building C62 was evacuated with 200 people inside due to a bomb threat at Airbus site in Toulouse. The alert was given because a box containing cans interconnected been found in the A330 mounting…
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UPDATE Air France #AF84 to San Francisco returned to Paris CDG due to technical issue. No connection with the situation in Bamako. ALERT Air France #AF84 to San Francisco is doing U turn over the channel. Live: https://t.co/5kgx85YVF3 pic.twitter.com/WTlgj2uCk1 — AirLive.net (@airlivenet) November 20, 2015
A plane headed for Fort McMurray was forced to make an impromptu landing at the Calgary International Airport on Wednesday, after at least two birds collided with the aircraft’s engines, sparking fiery flashes.
UPDATE Air Berlin #AB7689 pilot also complained about front lading gear vibration. UPDATE Air Berlin #AB7689 to Stuttgart diverted to Marseille due to burning smell on board. UPDATE We have confirmation Air Berlin #AB7689 to Stuttgart safely landed at Marseille airport, now taxiing to gate. UPDATE Air Berlin #AB7689 to Stuttgart is diverting to Marseille.…
File picture Due to an incident onboard an easyJet aircraft from Manchester to Morocco this afternoon, as a precautionary measure, passengers were taken off board whilst police investigated. Manchester police said they were called at about 3.30pm following reports that a passenger claimed to have a bomb in his bag. The aircraft was immediately evacuated…
UPDATE Polish Small Planet Airlines says passenger who made bomb threat at flight to Egypt said ‘it was only a joke’ – statement Polski samolot awaryjnie wylądował w Bułgarii. “64-letni mężczyzna poinformował że ma bombę” – TVN24. Fałszywy alarm pic.twitter.com/QEOEwXPOvZ — Łukasz Woźnicki (@lukaszwoznicki) November 19, 2015 A plane flying from Warsaw to Egyptian resort…
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A spokesman for British Airways said a passenger on board a Boston-bound flight from London tried to open one of the doors of the plane. The woman was restrained after trying to open what the airline said was an exit door.
On August 1 last year, a Boeing 737-838 (VH-VZR) operated by Qantas performed a “tailstrike” while taking off from Sydney airport. Today, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has concluded that the strike was caused by the co-pilot fat-fingering the plane’s takeoff weight: instead of typing the plane’s actual weight of 76,400kg into the iPad,…
18 years ago, a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340 Crash lands at London Heathrow with partial undercarriage failure. Investigation discovered that a 4 inch metal pin belonging to the left braking system had worked loose during take-off and had become lodged in such a way as to keep the wheel-doors from opening. (function(d, s, id) {…