Right engine of Viva Aerobus aircraft to Los Angeles caught fire. An A320 was performing flight #VB518 from Guadalajara, Mexico to Los Angeles LAX. The right engine of the A320 (XA-VAJ) caught fire moments after taking off from Guadalajara, Mexico at about 22.00 local time. A loud band was heard in several neighborhoods in the…
An Alaska Airlines returned to Seattle-Tacoma Airport shortly after takeoff. An Alaska Airlines flight headed for San Diego returned to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (KSEA) shortly after takeoff because of an “unusual vibration” coming from the left side of the plane. The cowling of its left engine #1 came loose and ripped off during takeoff. A…
An airport employee was killed at Russian Airport. On 19 August 2022, a ground airport employee was killed when inadvertently walking into the running propeller of an aircraft. The man walked under an UTair Antonov An-24 until his head touched the running propeller. Video (graphic): The accident took place at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport, Russia.
A LOT Polish Airlines aircraft suffered a cracked window on descent to New York. A LOT Boeing 787 Dreamliner was performing flight #L26 from Varsaw to New York. While descending for landing in New York JFK Airport, a window on the left hand side has cracked. Passengers have been removed from the row seat. The…
Passengers on an overnight flight from Los Angeles to Auckland were shaken up when they awoke to oxygen masks dropping from the cabin ceiling. Flight NZ 5 departed LAX on August 17 and arrived at AKL August 19, 2022 (international date line crossing loses one day en route) Lights flashed on, masks dropped above passengers’…
Both pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines feel alseep in flight and were woke up by the autopilot disconnecting. According to The Aviation Herald, the pilots of Ethiopian Airlines flight #ET343 from Khartoum to Addis Ababa fell alseep in flight. On August 15,2022, the Boeing Boeing 737-800 (reg ET-AOB) was at 37,000 ft at FL370 when…
On 18th August, a Volotea Airbus A319 sustained damage at Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport, Corsica, France during the violent storm. The Airbus A319, with registration EC-MUX was parked on the apron. It was scheduled to depart Ajaccio as flight V72822 to Lille Airport. However, the flight was canceled due to the incident. During the violent…
A British tourist is being hailed for restraining a woman on a Jet2 flight from Larnaca to Manchester this week after she ran in her underwear through the plane and tried twice to break into the cockpit while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’. A father-of-three Phillip O’Brien, 35, who was travelling with his family on the flight…
Las Vegas police said reports of a shooting at an international airport terminal were unfounded after a loud noise sent crowds running for cover. “Reports of a shooting Sunday morning at Harry Reid International Airport are unfounded,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tweeted. “The noise is believed to have been caused by an unruly…
Canberra Airport has been evacuated. At approximately 13:30 AEST gunshots were fired inside the terminal. Canberra is Australia’s capital city and home to Parliament House, the Prime Minister’s and Governor-General’s official residences, the High Court of Australia and various embassies. Canberra is located inside the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The whole of @CanberraAirport has been…
An Aer Lingus flight made an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport with visible fire coming from its engine Tuesday afternoon, according to the state firefighters’ union. The flight from Dublin, Ireland was scheduled to land at Boston Logan Airport but was diverted to Bradley due to severe weather in the Boston area, according to…
A knife-wielding man has been shot dead at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Police were called to the scene, an area near the airport’s 2F terminal, this morning. Officers ‘neutralised’ the threat, the force posted on Twitter. French radio station RTL reports that the man ‘showed signs of aggression.’ The broadcaster added: ‘Refusing…