A Lion Air Boeing 737 immediately returned to Jakarta after left engine caught fire. Flight #JT330 from Jakarta to Palembang-Sumatra Island didn’t go well. Pilots of the Boeing 737-800 (reg. PK-LKK) declared an emergency after takeoff from Jakarta (CGK) and required an immediate return. The aircraft landed safely back on runway 25R only 32 minutes…
Right before take off from London Heathrow Airport, a man flying to Nigeria, drops his pants and defecates dead center of the aircraft’s economy class cabin. During boarding, a passenger stripped from the waist down and defecated on the galley floor. He sat in it and rubbed it onto the galley floor and aisle carpets,”…
A private jet carrying the multimillionaire founder of Germany’s fitness chain McFit has lost communication with signal towers en-route to Costa Rica. According to German newspaper Bild am Sonntag on Saturday, October 22 the jet with Rainer Schaller, his girlfriend and two children has disappeared. It is understood that another German Markus Kurrek is also…
A Rwandair Dash 8-400 suffered a runway excursion on landing at Kamembe Airport. The turboprop came to a stop around 100 metres past the runway threshold. The De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 with registration 9XR-WM was performing flight WB-601 from Kigali to Kamembe. However, upon landing the aircraft overran the runway and went past the…
A Korean Air A330 has crash-landed at Cebu International Airport during heavy rain. The Korean Air flight KE631 overshot the runway at Cebu International Airport after attempting to land twice due to poor visibility and heavy rain. Flights to Cebu International Airport are returning to their origin or are diverting to Francisco Bangoy International Airport.…
A British Airways flight was met by emergency vehicles on landing at London Heathrow. EMS and police were called ahead British Airways flight #BA2823 A320 from Porto. The British Airways A320 (reg. G-EUUI) from Porto was met by EMS after landing runway 09L at London Heathrow. The Airbus A320 taxiied to the terminal. Further emergency…
Twelve passengers on an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight were injured after the aircraft crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached Brazilian airspace. The Airbus A330-200 was performing Aerolíneas Argentinas flight AR1133 from Madrid to Buenos Aires, when it encountered severe turbulence, leading to multiple injuries. Some of those injured were taken to hospital for treatment and observation.…
A passenger was pronounced dead by medics when the aircraft landed in Ireland. Turkish Airlines flight #TK801 was travelling from Istanbul in Turkey to Bogotá, Columbia at the time and was about four hours into its journey when the crew declared a medical emergency. The Boeing 787-900 Dreamliner jet was south of Cork when the…
An aircraft has ran off runway during heavy rain at Paris Orly Airport, France. An Embraer ERJ-145 (reg. F-HYOG) ran off runway 25 on landing in heaving rain at Paris Orly Airport, France. The Amelia aircraft was performing flight #8R1217 from Rodez. The plane is 21 years old. It has been in the Amelia fleet…
Flight operations are halted at London Stansted due to a bomb threat. An A319 has been moved to stand for security checks. Arrivals not available from 1820 Local time due to security incident. An easyJet flight U27920 to Amsterdam has been taken to a remote area. The aircraft is an A319 (reg. OE-LKX). Essex police…
A United Airlines flight from Newark burst two tyres on landing at the Fort Myers Airport’s single runway (06/24), causing all operations, departures and arrivals to be halted. Thousands of passengers were stranded in the terminal all day, and many presumably missed connections. Other passengers enroute to Fort Myers found themselves in Miami or Fort…
Bergen Airport in Norway suspended flight operations for two and a half hours after locals noticed a drone in the area. The airport is the second largest in Norway, in a year it serves more than 6 million passengers. In addition, it is located near the main Norwegian naval base in Hoonsvern, one of the…