British Airways flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow is declaring an emergency. British Airways flight #BA286 is squawking 7700 over North Ireland. Reason is currently unknown. The Airbus A380 will land at London Heathrow. UPDATE Pilots have requested a priority landing into Heathrow due to a passenger feeling unwell. G-XLEJ is a 7…
On 10th February, an American Airlines A321 collided with a passenger bus at Los Angeles International Airport injuring at least five people. The Airbus A321 was being towed along the taxiway near T7 when it clipped the shuttle bus. No passengers were onboard the aircraft but there were passengers on the bus. As a result…
On 9th February, a UPS Boeing 767 cargo aircraft became stuck in mud after it taxied off the runway at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama. The Boeing 767-300F with registration N327UP was performing flight 5X1356 from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport to Birmingham. However, after landing on runway 24 at Birmingham the freighter became stuck…
A Flair Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Cancun to Toronto declared an emergency. Flair Airlines is independent ultra-low-cost carrier based in Canada that frequently offers cheap flights from Toronto. Several videos of the incident have since been shared on Twitter, showing passengers breathing through oxygen masks while others can be heard screaming in the…
A New York bound flight carrying a school trip was forced to make an emergency landing after the right engine appeared to catch fire mid-air. The Delta Airlines Flight from Edinburgh was met by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service at 11.23am on Friday after diverting to Prestwick Airport when one of the wings of…
Air France #AF864 is returning to Paris CDG due a technical issue. UPDATE Feb 11, 2023 – 1820UTC: F-HRBA is returning to CDG with technical issue possibly linked to yesterday’s incident. UPDATE Feb 11, 2023 – 1800UTC: Air France Dreamliner F-HRBA which suffered a technical issue yesterday is declaring an emergency and circling after departure…
KLM flight to Johannesburg turned around South of France. A KLM Boeing 777-200ER performing flight #KL591 from Amsterdam to Johannesburg declared an emergency 1h30 into the flight. The 16-year aircraft (reg. PH-BQO) took off at 11.00 local time then landed back at 14.35 on runway 18R. Crew squawked 7700 and declared an emergency because of…
A Delta Air Lines flight landed back at John F. Kennedy International Airport Wednesday morning after a bird strike. The Federal Aviation Administrations said Delta Air Lines Flight 1907 landed safely around 9:45 a.m. at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a bird strike. The Boeing 737-900 was bound for Nassau, Bahamas. It took off…
On 6th February, a Vueling Airbus A320 was damaged after its left wing leading edge smashed into a boarding bridge at Ibiza Airport, Spain. The Airbus A320-232 with registration EC-MEA was scheduled to perform flight VY3511 from Ibiza to Barcelona. However, while it was taxiing, its left wing leading edge near the sharklet impacted with…
A flight had to return to San Diego International Airport Tuesday after a device caught on fire onboard. The San Diego Fire Department said an external battery pack caught on fire in the cabin, but the flight crew stopped it from spreading by placing a fire bag over it. Authorities said all passengers and crew…
Emirates flight form Dubai to Brussels diverted to Iraq. Pilots of the Boeing 777-300ER declared an emergency while flying over Iraq. The aircraft (reg. A6-EQC) performing flight #EK181 from Dubai to Brussels was forced to land in Erbil, North of Iraq due to a medical emergency. The plane stayed 1h30 on the ground and is…
A water bombing plane has crashed while fighting two raging bushfires in a southern region of Western Australia. The Boeing 737-3 with two people on board went down over the Fitzgerald River National Park on Monday at around 4.40pm (WST) and crashed in the forest between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. Both pilots survived the crash and…