BREAKING Lufthansa A380 at Miami on May 15th 2014, landed below finalfuel reserve
A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800, registration D-AIMD performing flight LH-462 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Miami,FL (USA) with 427 people on board, was descending towards Miami, when the crew stopped the descent at 9000 feet due to weather conditions and entered a hold. After about 20 minutes holding the crew decided to divert to Orlando,FL, climbed to…
NEWS US Airways flight makes emergency landing after dog poo incident
A US Airways flight had to make an emergency landing after a dog doing his business in the aisle caused some passenger to become physically ill. US Airways Flight 598 from Los Angeles to Philadelphia was forced to divert to Kansas City, Missouri
A woman injured during flight #LH1238 from Frankfurt to Vienna
A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AISC performing flight LH-1238 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Vienna (Austria) with 51 people on board, was on approach to Vienna’s runway 11 with the fasten seat belt sign illuminated when the aircraft encountered unexpected turbulence causing a passenger to be lifted out of her seat and receiving injuries to her…
BREAKING US Airways A320 near Philadelphia on May 22nd 2014, crackedwindshield
A US Airways Airbus A320-200, registration N108UW performing flight US-768 from Orlando,FL to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was descending towards Philadelphia when the crew reported a cracked windshield. The aircraft continued for a safe landing. The airline confirmed a cracked windshield, which may have been caused by hail storms around Phialdelphia at the time of the arrival,…
Two planes that nearly collided last month at Newark LibertyInternational Airport came within yards of each other, the NationalTransportation Safety Board said
United Express Flight 4100, an Embraer ERJ-145 operated by ExpressJet, was cleared to take off on runway 4R at the same time United Airlines Flight 1243, a Boeing 737, was landing on the intersecting runway 29 on April 24. On air traffic control radio captured by the website LiveATC.net, the tower can be heard telling…
NEWS Germanwings A319 near Amsterdam on May 16th 2014, crackedwindshield
A Germanwings Airbus A319-100, registration D-AGWT performing flight 4U-7460 from Hamburg (Germany) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL380 about 10nm west of Amsterdam (Netherlands) when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL100 due to a cracked windshield and decided to return to Hamburg where the aircraft landed safely about one hour after…
BREAKING Second time US Airways A332 turned around and diverted overAtlantic, several crew members ill
A US Airways Airbus A330-200, registration N289AY performing flight US-715 from Venice (Italy) to Philadelphia,PA (USA) with 238 passengers and 12 crew, was enroute at FL400 about 180nm west of Shannon (Ireland) about to enter the Oceanic Crossing when the crew decided to turn around and divert due to a number of flight attendants becoming…
BREAKING Part of CityJet aircraft wing became detached mid-air. Flightreturned to London City
More than 60 passengers had to be flown back to London City Airport after part of the plane’s wing fell off shortly after it took off A plane carrying more than 60 people had to turn back after take-off because part of its wing fell off mid-flight.The pilot had to abort the CityJet flight from…
NEWS US Airways A332 over Atlantic on May 10th 2014, several crewmembers and passengers ill
A US Airways Airbus A330-200, registration N284AY performing flight US-715 from Venice (Italy) to Philadelphia,PA (USA) with 185 people on board, was enroute at FL390 over the Atlantic Ocean about 20 minutes into the crossing when the aircraft turned around and diverted to Dublin (Ireland) reporting a number of crew members and passengers had become…
An airliner nearly collided with a drone in March near an airport inFlorida
Then, Williams segued to a pilot’s recent report of “a near midair collision” with a drone near the airport in Tallahassee, Florida. The pilot said that it appeared to be small, camouflaged, “remotely piloted” and about 2,300 feet up in the air at the time of the incident.”The pilot said that the UAS was so…