A British Airways flight has been forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport after passengers reported a ‘strange smell’ on the flight. The plane was headed for Nice when it had to make an emergency landing shortly after take off. Flight BA348 landed at Heathrow after the 7700 squawk code was initiated by…
Two flight attendants were treated on-site for smoke inhalation, and passengers were rebooked onto other flights. Two flight attendants were treated for smoke inhalation after a Lufthansa plane made an emergency landing in Chicago on Monday night following a “small fire” from a passenger’s overheated laptop. Pilots made the precautionary decision to land the plane…
An airplane carrying 50 passengers slid off the runway at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport last night after encountering icy conditions. The Rock Springs Police Department reports that around 9:40 p.m. officers responded to the airport to assist in the slid off. Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport Director Devon Brubaker said there appears to be no…
A fire on board a JetBlue Airways plane forced more than 160 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides at New York JFK Airport on Saturday. Emergency responders swarmed and evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport due to a smoking laptop, according to officials. “On Saturday, JetBlue flight 662 with service from Bridgetown, Barbados…
A VoePass ATR-72 collided with a large predator bird on landing at Sao Paulo-Congonhas, resulting in damage to the radome. The ATR-72 with registration PP-PTN was involved in the incident and as seen in footage shared on the internet, the bird that hit the plane remained in the radome part. Following the incident, It was…
Qantas flight QF1 was 10 hours into its flight on the leg from Singapore to London when an alarm went off in the cockpit indicating a fire in the cargo hold. The flight did a 180 degree turn near Tbilisi, squawked 7700 and landed safely at Heydar Aliyev Airport in Baku, where it was met…
The body of an African man has been found in undercarriage of a plane. The TUI flight #TOM225 had travelled from The Gambia’s capital Banjul to London Gatwick Airport. Sussex Police said the discovery was made at the airport at about 04:00 GMT on 7 December. A Gatwick Airport spokesperson said: “This is terribly sad…
On 20th December, an United Airlines Boeing 767 experienced a series of compressor stalls on engine number 2 while departing Hong Kong. The Boeing 767-300 with registration N648UA was departing Hong Kong as flight UA2831 bound for Guam on a cargo mission. However, it was forced to return to Hong Kong after it encountered engine…
The emergency slide of upper desk of an Emirate A380 was accidentally deployed at Manchester Airport. This morning, the emergency slide of an Emirates Airbus A380 was accidentally deployed shortly after the flight #EK21 arrived at Manchester Airport. According to reports, the mistake has been made by an air steward. The return flight #EK22 has…
Eleven people were seriously injured when a flight to Hawaii was rocked by severe turbulence about 30 minutes outside Honolulu. Twenty people who were on a Hawaiian Airlines flight near Honolulu suffered significant injuries when the jetliner bucked violently in a patch of turbulent air Sunday, officials said. Flight 35 from Phoenix, an Airbus A330,…
A British Airways plane from London has lost a metal looking plate on take off. During live stream from SDTV, something fell off an aircraft. UPDATE British Airways wrote AIRLIVE it was a piece of speed tape, which had been used for routine maintenance on the aircraft. The flight #BA2632 took off from London Gatwick…
A Boeing 747 to China is dumping fuel prior an emergency landing. A Boeing 747-400F to Hangzhou, China is dumping fuel due to an engine issue after take off. UPDATE 11.22UTC The Boeing 747-400F has landed in Frankfurt. UPDATE 10.53UTC The Boeing 747-400F is now at 10,000 ft and heading to Frankfurt. UPDATE 10.45UTC The…