10 Spirit Airlines passengers were hospitalized after the battery fire intensities flight to make an emergency landing in Florida. The Spirit Airlines (NK) flight bound for Orlando made an emergency landing at the Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) Wednesday afternoon, as per the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. The NK flight 259 took off from Dallas…
Seven were hospitalized after a Lufthansa Airlines flight from Austin to Frankfurt made an emergency landing in Washington DC after being struck by lightning. Lufthansa Flight No. 469 from Austin, Texas, to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted and landed at Dulles at 9:10 p.m. EST after the plane experienced “severe turbulence” while over Tennessee, the Federal…
FAA says Learjet Hop-A-Jet took off without clearance at Logan Airport Monday forcing JetBlue 206 to take evasive action and go-around. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a “close call” between a JetBlue flight that was preparing to land and a Learjet that took off without clearance Monday night at Boston Logan International Airport, the…
The airspace over Saint Petersburg has been closed after a UFO was spotted near the airport. An unidentified flying object is reported over St. Petersburg, Russia. The airport therefore does not accept planes. Civilian aircraft are not allowed to approach St. Petersburg. UPDATE Both St. Petersburg and Murmansk airports have reopened. UPDATE Airspace restriction in…
The National Transportation Safety Board announced Friday that it is investigating a Wednesday evening runway incursion at Bob Hope Burbank Airport. The NTSB investigating Feb. 22 runway incursion at Bob Hope Burbank Airport that occurred when a Skywest Embraer 175 was departing Runway 33 as a Mesa Airlines CRJ9 executed a pilot-initiated go-around as it…
Air India Express flight made an emergency landing after experiencing a tail strike on takeoff. A full emergency was declared at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Friday after a Dammam-bound flight from Calicut was diverted to the state capital due to suspected hydraulic failure. The Boeing 737-800 landed at the airport at 12.15 PM, according to…
According to DGCA, the flight operated with Boeing 777 aircraft, had an oil leak in one of the engines. An Air India from Newark to Delhi flight #AI106 with nearly 300 passengers made an emergency landing at Sweden’s Stockholm airport after it developed a technical snag on Wednesday. The flight, operated with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft,…
A passenger died on a Dubai-Dhaka flight, the airline has confirmed. According to the flydubai, the flight made an emergency landing at Karachi but the passenger died in midair. flydubai confirm that its flight #FZ523 from DXB to Dhaka Airport (DAC) on Feb.18 was diverted to Karachi Airport (KHI) on medical emergency. The airline has…
An American Airlines flight returned to Miami after declaring an emergency. American Airlines flight #AAAA1531 from Florida to Diverted to Comayagua. The Boeing 737-800 declared an emergency and required to return to Miami Airport. The aircraft (reg. N907NN) landed only 30 minutes after takeoff and was met by emergency services. The plane taxied to gate for…
IT outage forces Lufthansa to ground all of its flights. In a statement on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Lufthansa announced that the airline suspended all flights due to technical issues with its computer systems. This is a developing story, please reload the page for updates… UPDATE Lufthansa flights are resuming from Frankfurt. UPDATE Lufthansa flights…
British Airways flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow is declaring an emergency. British Airways flight #BA286 is squawking 7700 over North Ireland. Reason is currently unknown. The Airbus A380 will land at London Heathrow. UPDATE Pilots have requested a priority landing into Heathrow due to a passenger feeling unwell. G-XLEJ is a 7…
On 10th February, an American Airlines A321 collided with a passenger bus at Los Angeles International Airport injuring at least five people. The Airbus A321 was being towed along the taxiway near T7 when it clipped the shuttle bus. No passengers were onboard the aircraft but there were passengers on the bus. As a result…