Japan Airlines flight #JL521 from Tokyo to Chitose with 228 passengers on board was forced to turn around for an emergency landing in Tokyo today after the aircraft’s right engine shut down during a flight to the northern Hokkaido island. The Boeing 777, powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, landed safely at Tokyo’s Haneda airport.
A passenger flight from Dubai to Lahore on Monday experienced low cabin pressure as the pilot called ‘mayday.’ The aircraft was flying at 37,000ft when the pilot made the call, after it suffered low pressure inside the plane. The Air Traffic Controller asked the pilot to bring the aircraft down by 16,000ft to 21,000ft which…
EMERGENCY SERVICES IN Northern Ireland are responding to an incident at an airfield in Co Down. “Police and other emergency services are dealing with an incident at Newtownards Airfield. “Our set emergency protocols are in place and we will provide an update in due course,” Inspector Mark Roberts said in a statement. The airfield is located…
As part of its ongoing investigation into the March 5 accident at LaGuardia Airportwhere Delta Air Lines flight 1086 veered off the runway shortly after touching down, the National Transportation Safety Board has released a third investigative update. At about 11:02 a.m., the Boeing MD-88, flying from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to New York exited the left side of runway 13, struck…
UPDATE EMERGENCY We have confirmation Norwegian #DY5408 from Madrid to Stockholm safely landed at Brussels.— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) April 5, 2015 BREAKING Norwegian #DY5408 from Madrid to Stockholm is declaring an emergency. Track: http://t.co/mzKkQjjfiX pic.twitter.com/YdhYRcjM5v— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) April 5, 2015
A Germanwings plane flying from Hanover to Rome made an unscheduled landing in Venice on Friday.Airport sources quoted by ANSA news agency said it was not an emergency landing after two people on board were suddenly taken ill. All passengers were made to get off the plane and wait for a rescheduled flight later in…
A Mumbai-bound Air India flight from Newark Liberty International Airport with over 250 persons on board was forced to return and make an emergency landing on Saturday due to a serious engine problem, sources said. The pilot, however, made a safe landing, they said. “The flight had taken off for Mumbai at around 1650 hours…
The European Aviation Safety Agency had voiced concerns over Germany’s “non-conformity” with air safety rules before the Germanwings air crash that killed 150 people, especially on air crew health monitoring. The EASA, an EU agency, “had pointed out several cases of non-conformity”, spokesman Dominique Fouda said. “On the basis of the EASA recommendations the European…
An Airbus 319 of Germanwings flight 4U814 from Cologne was en route to Venice when the crew needed to shut down an engine due to indications of a possible oil leak. The aircraft diverted to Stuttgart where it did a safe landing.
A Delta flight from LaGuardia airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport made an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York Wednesday night. A Niagara Frontier Transportation authority spokesman said a passenger’s laptop started smoking. A flight attendant poured water on the laptop, putting out the smoke. Even so, the plane made the temporary stop in Buffalo…
Two people have been rescued from a light plane crash in Nattai National Park near Camden in Sydney’s south-west. Footage of the crash scene (ABC News) The plane came down in a river near Burragorang Road, at Nattai National Park, after what the pilot described as a sudden engine failure. Neither the pilot nor his…
Flight OX682 was carrying Chinese tourists home from Phuket when the engine failed, and the rate of descent was so fast many passengers suffered from nosebleeds and fainted due to the sudden loss of altitude. Some flight attendants reportedly began crying and oxygen masks were deployed, before the flight was stabilized and was forced to…