File: © Dennis Penny The Airbus A320 was en route to Crete from Gatwick Airport, but had to be diverted to Venice earlier today after the captain was taken ill. The plane had taken off from Gatwick Airport at 7:25am and had landed in Venice around midday UK time after the co-pilot took control and activated…
UPDATE Air Algerie #AH2063 diverted on the airport of Lyon after a passenger said he had a bomb. The man, born in Algeria in 1978 and resident in Belgium, was arrested. The Boeing 737 was carrying 36 people and six crew members. The passengers were disembarked to a security check in the device before it can take off…
The British Airways Boeing 777 GE90 uncontained engine failure on a Las Vegas runway Sept. 8 occurred in the high-pressure compressor (HPC), investigators reported. The US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) second update on the engine failure, released Oct. 6, pinpointed the specific location of the failure, which sparked a fire that forced the 777’s…
A United Airlines Boeing 787 co-pilot fell ill and later unconscious while flying from Houston, Texas to San Francisco, California Tuesday morning. The pilot was able to safely land the plane in Albuquerque New Mexico at 8:20am (MDT). The co-pilot remains unconscious but in stable condition.
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Starbow’s Flight S9110 was involved in a shaky landing at the Tamale Airport in the Northern region on the morning of Tuesday, October 6. According to an official statement from the airline, the flight which was en route from Accra to Tamale was involved in a minor incident, and as a result Starbow’s BAe aircraft…
Indonesian authorities on Monday said they had found the wreckage of an Aviastar airline Twin Otter turboprop aircraft that went missing over Sulawesi island last week with 10 people on board. The plane was found in the Enrekang region, around 240 km (150 miles) from the port city of Makassar in South Sulawesi, MetroTV said.…
Flight EI352 left Dublin Airport at 7.20am and was en route to Munich when it issued an emergency call. Reports of fumes in the cabin forced the captain to turn back and make an unscheduled landing. The plane landed back at Dublin Airport without incident at around 8am and there are no reports of any…
UPDATE 08:16 UTC Air France #AF1688 to Bucharest diverted to Vienna due to burning smell on board. UPDATE 07:05 UTC Air France #AF1688 to Bucharest safely landed in Vienna. BREAKING Air France #AF1688 from Paris CDG to Bucharest is delcaring an emergency. Live: http://t.co/AW9leI94R6 pic.twitter.com/0LZuCLWphV — AirLive.net (@airlivenet) October 3, 2015
UPDATE Crews searching for missing plane along its flight path from Masamba to Makassar. Indonesia, typically a 70-minute trip A plane carrying 10 passengers has gone missing over Indonesia. Aviastar airline confirmed officials lost contact with a DHC-6 Twin Otter. The plane carrying 3 crew, 7 passengers including 3 kids lost contact 11 minutes after taking off…
UPDATE 13:11 UTC Norwegian #DY3607 from Dublin to Copenhagen is diverting to Edinburgh due to medical emergency on board. BREAKING Norwegian #DY3607 from Dublin to Copenhagen is declaring an emergency. Live: http://t.co/PatPcNPVcc pic.twitter.com/x41QplidLP — AirLive.net (@airlivenet) October 2, 2015
A Vietjet aircraft had to be grounded in Hanoi to fix its nose cone Wednesday night after a bird strike during a flight from central Vietnam, reported Thanh Nien News. The nose of the Airbus320 was found dented and with blood stains when it landed at Noi Bai Airport. Its radar system was also damaged.…