It’s been reported that an Irishman from County Limerick prevented a major emergency aboard a flight from Hong Kong to Heathrow last weekend. The man from Kilcornan in Co. Limerick was returning home from holidays last Saturday morning when the frightening incident occurred just 15 minutes into the 12-hour flight. The man had to wrestle…
A plane of the British airline Thomson Airlines was forced to divert and land on the Manchester International Airport (United Kingdom) after the unit’s toilets are broke down after an hour of flight. The plane, a Boeing 787-8, registered G-TUIA, BY60 flight, which was to make the connection between the Gatwick International Airport London (United…
An ill pensioner forced a packed Birmingham-bound flight to make an emergency landing – after she was hit on the head by a shoe. Hilda Holland needed hospital treatment in Portugal when she was stretchered off the Thomas Cook service from Fuerteventura on January 10. The 79-year-old was hurt when the flat shoe smashed into…
A plane carrying top aides of Philippine President Benigno Aquino overshot a runway in stormy weather on Saturday, authorities said, shortly after Pope Francis’ plane took off from the same airport. The plane’s nose wedged into the mud at Tacloban airport in the central Philippines but no one was injured, Francis Tolentino, a senior government…
Emergency services were called to Humberside Airport after a plane had to make a u-turn when it reported a fault with its landing gear. The KLM flight to Schiphol in Amsterdam took off at approximately 5.30pm last night. But after just 15 minutes into the flight, the crew on board asked to return to Humberside Airport…
A Czech pilot working for national carrier Vietnam Airlines was fined for activating the wrong alarm during an emergency landing, triggering a hijacking alert, authorities said on Friday. Pechanec Marek, 44, was ordered to pay $140 (about R1 600) for accidentally activating hijacking code 7500 instead of the emergency code 7700, Nguyen Trong Thang, chief…
A Vietnam Airlines plane at Da Nang Airport. Photo: Mai Vong A Vietnam Airlines flight from Hanoi to Can Tho on Wednesday had to make an emergency landing in Da Nang after a two-year-old Chinese child onboard had high temperature and cramps. The cabin crew onboard the flight VN1203 had to ask for help from…
flightradar24.com A Ryanair jet declared a mid-flight emergency as a passenger took ill on-board, forcing it to make an emergency landing near Paris. Manchester to Alicante Flight FR4007 was diverted this morning, and touched down in France for around 40 minutes following the medical emergency. It had taken off for Spain at 6.40am but when…
A plane carrying 30 people was diverted to Southend Airport after being hit by lighting. The Blue Islands Flight, S1718, was flying from Jersey to London City Airport when it had to make an emergency landing. The flight had left the island just after 5.30pm and was expected to land at 6.35pm. The aircraft landed…
The aircraft, with 146 passengers aboard, landed at about 9:35 a.m. Tuesday and was followed across the airfield by fire trucks. In a statement released Tuesday afternoon Delta said the crew of Flight 2116 made the decision to abort the flight after a potential systems issue was observed. The plane was put into a holding…
A Jet Blue Aircraft with 93 people on board was diverted to Norfolk International Airport Monday afternoon. Airport officials said there were fumes in the cockpit of the Embraer aircraft. Flight B61534 from Tampa, Florida to Hartford, Connecticut landed around 4:30 p.m. Emergency vehicles responded to the tarmac. No injuries were reported.
