KLM flight to Johannesburg turned around South of France. A KLM Boeing 777-200ER performing flight #KL591 from Amsterdam to Johannesburg declared an emergency 1h30 into the flight. The 16-year aircraft (reg. PH-BQO) took off at 11.00 local time then landed back at 14.35 on runway 18R. Crew squawked 7700 and declared an emergency because of…
A Delta Air Lines flight landed back at John F. Kennedy International Airport Wednesday morning after a bird strike. The Federal Aviation Administrations said Delta Air Lines Flight 1907 landed safely around 9:45 a.m. at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a bird strike. The Boeing 737-900 was bound for Nassau, Bahamas. It took off…
On 6th February, a Vueling Airbus A320 was damaged after its left wing leading edge smashed into a boarding bridge at Ibiza Airport, Spain. The Airbus A320-232 with registration EC-MEA was scheduled to perform flight VY3511 from Ibiza to Barcelona. However, while it was taxiing, its left wing leading edge near the sharklet impacted with…
A flight had to return to San Diego International Airport Tuesday after a device caught on fire onboard. The San Diego Fire Department said an external battery pack caught on fire in the cabin, but the flight crew stopped it from spreading by placing a fire bag over it. Authorities said all passengers and crew…
Emirates flight form Dubai to Brussels diverted to Iraq. Pilots of the Boeing 777-300ER declared an emergency while flying over Iraq. The aircraft (reg. A6-EQC) performing flight #EK181 from Dubai to Brussels was forced to land in Erbil, North of Iraq due to a medical emergency. The plane stayed 1h30 on the ground and is…
A water bombing plane has crashed while fighting two raging bushfires in a southern region of Western Australia. The Boeing 737-3 with two people on board went down over the Fitzgerald River National Park on Monday at around 4.40pm (WST) and crashed in the forest between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. Both pilots survived the crash and…
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Turkiye has damaged the airport in Turkish Hatay province. A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria today, killing more than 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region. The earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on Monday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.…
Russians flying from Phuket to Moscow were stuck at the airport for more than four hours. An Azur Air Boeing 767-300 operating flight #ZF3604 from to Moscow to Phuket, Thailand rejected its take-off run at high speed on runway 09 due to engine issue. At first there was the usual soft movement with acceleration, then…
Two planes came close to colliding when a FedEx plane was forced to overfly the Southwest plane to avoid a crash. The Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an aborted landing in Austin, Texas, on Saturday morning by a FedEx cargo plane that had been set to land on…
The FAA is investigating after two planes clipped wings at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday morning. United Airlines said the flight from Newark to Orlando, Florida, was parked at the gate when another much larger United aircraft clipped its wing while being relocated. The passengers on Flight 2135 to Orlando were able to deplane…
Air India said a full emergency was declared on the flight, following which it made a safe emergency landing. After flames were detected in one of its engines, a Calicut-bound Air India Express B737-800 aircraft from Abu Dhabi had to make an emergency landing back at Abu Dhabi airport, the country’s aviation regulatory body said…
British Airways flight #BA216 from Washington to London Heathrow was forced to make an emergency landing in Halifax, Canada. The British Airways Boeing 787-9 performing flight #BA216 from Washington to London Heathrow made an emergency in Halifax due to smoke in the cabin. The aircraft (reg. G-ZBKL) declared a Pan Pan and landed at 9.30pm…