A plane that left O’Hare made an emergency landing Wednesday on the East Coast after a passenger lost consciousness. SkyWest Flight 5622, operating as United Express from Chicago to Hartford, Conn., was diverted to Buffalo after a passenger lost consciousness, according to airline spokeswoman Hazel Sainsbury. The flight landed safely in Buffalo, where the passenger…
A plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Israel’s largest airport after part of a wheel fell off during take-off. El Al flight 2521 left for Prague as scheduled this morning but did not reach the Czech capital. Tracking data showed the Boeing 737-800 doing a U-turn around Yalvac, in Turkey, to…
UPDATE The plane safely landed at the airport at around 8.20pm with 2 crew members on board. In 1997, this same aircraft had a landing gear problem and did an impressive landing. BREAKING Atlantic Airlines flight #NPT2873 is declaring an emergency and returning to Aberdeen. pic.twitter.com/C4653a50sc — AirLive.net (@airlivenet) April 20, 2015
Asiana Airlines announced on April 18 that it decided to pay US$5,000 (5.4 million won) to all passengers on board its flight that skidded off the runway after hitting a communications tower while landing at Japan’s Hiroshima Airport recently.
Turkish Airlines TK1923 Istanbul to Basel just returned to Istanbul due to bomb threat. Turkish Airlines TK1923 from Istanbul to Basel is returning to Istanbul. Turkish media reporting a bomb threat pic.twitter.com/8UsG7EL7tG— Seref Isler (@seref_i) April 17, 2015 TK1923 TC-JHD diverted back to IST due to bomb threat @flightradar24 pic.twitter.com/WVBdQb6MkO — Orkun Onuk (@OrkunOnuk) April…
A Batik Air flight in Indonesia made an emergency landing due to a bomb threat Friday morning, the company and officials said. Airport spokesman Rio Hendarto said no bomb was found on board the passenger jet. Transportation ministry spokesman J.A. Barata said a police squad carried out the search after the plane landed at Sultan…
UPDATE EMERGENCY Air France #AF1321 diverted to Geneva due to medical emergency on board. The descent was pretty rapid.— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) April 15, 2015 BREAKING We have confirmation Air France A320 #AF1321 from Tel Aviv to Paris CDG safely landed at Geneva, we’re still investigating…— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) April 15, 2015 UPDATE EMERGENCY Air France #AF1321…
An Air France cargo jet with three people on board has landed safely at Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport after declaring an emergency. Flight 6738 departed from Paris on Tuesday evening and was scheduled to land in Chicago. Around 9 p.m. AT, an emergency was declared on board and the flight diverted to Halifax. The Boeing…
The 74 passengers and seven crew members used emergency chutes to evacuate the Airbus 320 in the incident late on Tuesday. Local media reported that at least 20 people had minor injuries. Transport ministry officials said a plane wheel may have clipped a radio facility near the runway on landing. The structure, known as the…
A ramp agent — employed by Menzies Aviation — was still inside the cargo area. He told authorities he had fallen asleep, according to Alaska Airlines. Alaska Airlines officials said the employee started work at 5 a.m. and was scheduled to end his shift at 2:30 p.m. During a team huddle, the leader noticed the…
The plane was diverted to Cologne Bonn Airport about 30 minutes after it departed London Gatwick Airport for Paphos, Cyprus. Flight EZY5455, carrying 169 passengers and six crew, was near the Belgium-Luxembourg border when the emergency was declared and it changed course towards the airport between the German cities of Cologne and Bonn.The passenger said…