An Aeroflot flight headed from the Russian city of St. Petersburg to Uzbekistan’s Namangan made a landing in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, because of a baby born onboard, a regional emergency source told TASS. “The aircraft captain reported a woman in labor onboard the flight and a decision was made that the plane would head to…
A Malaysian Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Wednesday night due to a bomb threat, according to an official source. “Over suspicion of a bomb on board, the plane landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for emergency and we have been able to instantly evict…
Two Vietjet Airbus A321’s collided on the ground at Hanoi No Bai airport, causing one of the wingtips to be broken. The Airbus A321-211, with registration VN-A544, was operating a scheduled passenger flight VJ404 from Dalat-Lienkhang Airport to Hanoi-Noi Bai International Airport when it suffered a ground collision with another parked Vietjet A321 on Saturday,…
A British Airways A380 suffered a birdstrike while landing in Madrid. The British Airways A380 (reg. G-XLEF) has been damaged while approach to Madrid. The aircraft was performing flight #BA462 from London to Madrid when it suffered a birdstrike. The bird hit the cowling and went through the engine number 2. The return flight #BA463…
A LATAM Cargo 767-300F experienced a tailstrike while departing out of Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport in Brazil. The LATAM Cargo Boeing 767F, with registration N538LA, was performing flight UC-1108 from Sao Paulo Guarulhos to Santiago International Airport on Friday, November 26th. Upon rotation, the aircraft experienced a tail strike sending out smoke, which was noticed…
Federal authorities have taken into custody a 26-year-old man who apparently stowed away in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines fight that arrived at Miami International Airport from Guatemala on Saturday morning. The man was in the wheel well area of the Boeing 737-800 when the flight arrived from Guatemala City, Guatemala. The…
A Boeing 737 was damaged by heavy bird strike while on approach to Bologna Airport in Italy. Ryanair flight #FR1194 took off from London Stansted at 20.38 on Wednesday, November 24 2021. While on final approach to runway 12, the Boeing 737-800 (reg. 9H-QDG) experienced severe birdstrikes. The 9H-QDG aircraft apparently encountered some herons during…
Passengers of of KLM flight #KL598 are currently blocked in the Boeing 777-300ER. The passengers were not allowed to disembark for more than 3 hours. Flight KLM #KL592 has landed at 11.15CET. Passengers of KLM flight #KL598 arriving at Amsterdam Schiphol from South Africa are informed they cannot leave the aircraft yet amid sudden Covid…
A passenger onboard a returning flight from Egypt to Russia is believed to have died by suicide inside the plane’s lavatory, media reported Tuesday. Flight attendants discovered the unconscious man inside the airplane toilet shortly after the S7 Airlines flight’s takeoff from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to the southwest Russian city of Samara, the…
The accidental discharge of a passenger’s weapon in a security area of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport caused widespread panic Saturday afternoon, prompting a brief halt of departing flights over the busy travel weekend. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. ET when a “prohibited item” was detected in a passenger’s property while going through the X-ray…
A loaded .380-caliber gun was found in a woman’s duffle bag at Pittsburgh International Airport on Thursday morning, Allegheny County Police said. Federal Transportation Security Administration officers found it in an X-ray machine around 5:20 a.m. at the main security checkpoint and alerted county police. The TSA said the black handgun with a gold-colored trigger…
A fire erupted in the auxiliary power unit of a United Airlines Boeing 757-200. United Airlines Boeing 757-200 (reg. N13138) was at a gate in Terminal B Tuesday morning when a small fire was reported on the tail end outside of the plane. Officials say no passengers were on board at the time. The flight…