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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration YA-PIB performing flight FG-312 from Delhi (India) to Kabul (Afghanistan) with 130 passengers, landed on Kabul’s wet runway 29 at about 17:05L (12:35Z) but overran the end of the runway, went through the localizer and came to a stop with all gear collapsed about 285 meters/930 feet past…
Four people were injured Sunday afternoon when a US Airways flight hit severe turbulence shortly after taking off from Philadelphia International Airport, an airline spokesman said. Three people, including two flight attendants, were taken to hospitals for treatment after the plane returned to Philadelphia, said spokesman McGlashen.There were 265 people on board, including a crew of 10,…
A flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger went into premature labour and gave birth on board.The 30-year-old woman, who was 26 weeks into her pregnancy, was one of 296 passengers aboard the British Airways Boeing 777 which was flying from Nigeria to London.The crew diverted to Palma in Majorca when…
A Norwegian Air Shuttle flight bound for Norway from Denmark was forced Friday to land at Göteborg Landvetter Airport in Sweden following a bomb threat. Police said a passenger was arrested and 94 passengers and six crew were evacuated. Swedish police said the 94 passengers were evacuated from the aircraft in buses.