A DHC-8-400 of Air Canada Express suffered a right hand main gear collapse on runway 02/20 at Edmonton International Airport, AB (YEG). Preliminary reports indicate that the airplane experienced a blown tire upon take-off from Calgary Airport about 19:41 hours local time. Strong winds at Calgary made the crew decide to divert to Edmonton to…
140 passengers of a Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight from Surat had a narrow escape on Thursday evening when the aircraft hit a stray buffalo on the runway, as it was about to take-off. Due to the hit, the aircraft’s engine suffered damage and the take-off had to be aborted. The incident occurred around 7 pm. “A…
Last night American Airlines Boeing 767 flight #AA992 from Belo Horizonte (Brazil) to Miami had engine damaged few minutes after departure and returned to Belo Horizonte for emergency landing.
An Alitalia plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Wednesday evening after being struck by lightning. There were “moments of fear” but no injuries among the 51 passengers and crew on board the plane, which had been travelling to the capital from Ancona. The pilot made the emergency landing…
A hijack code coming from Virgin Atlantic Flight 45 from London to JFK Airport in New York resulted in the plane being diverted to Canada Friday morning. The flight, carrying 271 passengers and 17 crew members, was diverted to Canada escorted by Canadian fighter jets scrambled by the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The jets…
Chinese aviation authorities have defended their handling of a Beijing-bound passenger aircraft’s diversion to an eastern city after a newspaper alleged that the flight’s pilots had been forced to declare an emergency as its fuel ran low. Pilots of the Beijing-bound China Eastern Airlines MU750 declared an emergency when smog forced the plane to divert and…
On 31 March 2007, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN 124-100 (registration RA-82078, serial number 38718017006) was being operated as VDA 2100 on a flight from Greer, South Carolina, United States, to Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. On arrival in Gander, the crew completed an approach to Runway 03/21. The aircraft touched down at 0216 Newfoundland daylight…
A transport aircraft with a European satellite [on board] has made an emergency landing in Ulyanovsk around 6:00 am [0300 GMT]. The landing took place in a normal mode,” Dmitry Zakharov said.No one was injured or hurt, Zakharov added.According to preliminary data, the reason for the Antonov An-124 Ruslan transport aircraft’s forced landing in Ulyanovsk…
WestJet flight 181 has landed at Kelowna International safely, but emergency crews remain assembled at the airport. RCMP officers and a police dog are searching the aircraft and some bags in an outside area at the airport, according airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes.There was an early report of a possible bomb threat on an emergency radio…
A United Express flight bound for Denver had to make an emergency landing at Springfield-Branson National Airport Friday afternoon.Airport spokesman Kent Boyd says the craft left from Birmingham, Ala. and began experiencing cabin depressurization. Air traffic controllers diverted the flight to Springfield where it landed without incident just before 5:30 p.m.