A Ryanair flight from Poland was escorted by fighter jets to Athens following a bomb threat. The flight FR6385 from Katowice in Poland just landed in El. Venizelos, Greece. UPDATE “All people are well and safe,” said Elena Dimopoulou, the airport spokesperson. UPDATE The pilot reported a bomb threat during the flight. The Boeing 737-800…
The plane made an emergency landing in Uzbekistan after a report of an alleged bomb scare. An Azur Air chartered flight from Russia’s Perm International Airport to Goa received a security threat. Following this, the flight was diverted to Uzbekistan. A total of 238 passengers, including 2 infants, and 7 crew are onboard. Russia embassy…
A jetBlue A320 suffered fuel leak at New York City LaGuardia Airport. A JetBlue Airbus A320-232 aircraft was forced to stop while taxiing at New York City LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on 18 January. The plane suffered a fuel leak from the right wing, forcing the airline to cancel the flight. The aircraft (reg. N568JB) was…
Two JetBlue planes bumped into one another Wednesday on parking at John F. Kennedy International Airport. A JetBlue flight from New York to Puerto Rico bumped into another plane in the gate area on Wednesday, the second time in a matter of days that two planes experienced an unusual incident at JFK Airport. The FAA…
A Qantas flight bound for Sydney from Auckland has landed safely after a mayday alert was issued over an engine issue. A Qantas spokesperson said the aircraft experienced an engine issue about an hour from reaching its destination. The flight departed Auckland at 2.30pm local time after it was delayed by more than 55 minutes.…
Eighteen people including two children and the Ukrainian interior minister Denis Monastyrsky have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Kyiv, police said. The helicopter came down near a kindergarten in Brovary, a suburb of the capital, early on Wednesday. UPDATE Kyiv Oblast Governor said that as of 10:30 am, 18 killed, including 3 children,…
Earlier this week on 10th January, a Delta Airlines Boeing 757 was forced to reject a takeoff after one of its engines caught fire. The Boeing 757- 200 with registration N712TW was accelerating for takeoff as flight DL447 from Santa Ana, California to Atlanta. However, shortly after starting the takeoff roll, one of its engines…
A runway incursion occurred at New York JFK Airport during the night. A American Airlines Boeing 777 crossed the runway while a Delta Boeing 737 was taking off. Flight operations at JFK airport last night were departing runway 4L and arriving on runway 4R. American Airlines flight #AA106 to London Heathrow crossed the runway 4R…
A plane with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal Sunday morning according to an army spokesman and reports. The Yeti Airline ATR-72 – reg. 9N-ANC – was carrying 68 passengers and 4 crew members when it crashed near Pokhara International Airport, the Kathmandu Post reported, citing an airline spokesperson. Please upload the page for…
British Airways flight #BA2263 to Kingston was forced to return to London Gatwick. The British Airways Boeing 777-200ER – reg. G-YMMD – took off from London Gatwick on time at 13.28 local time. After passing over Ireland, after almost 2 hours into the flight, the crew decided to turn around and circled West of Ireland…
The flight St. Petersburg – Murmansk was supposed to take off today at 9 am, but the plane skidded off taxiway. Rossiya Sukhoi Superjet 100 (reg. RA-89148) skidded off taxiway “Bravo” before lining up on runway 10L. As a result, the flight was canceled, passengers were evacuated back to the airport. People were simply sent…
One of the runways has been closed at Amsterdam Airport after a Delta flight landed short of runway. Today, Delta Airlines flight inbound to Amsterdam from Detroit touched down short of runway 22 (Schiphols shortest runway) damaging several runway lights. The flight #DL134 was on approach for runway 22, when both the main landing gears…