Turkey’s official news agency says a firefighting plane crashed in Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey. A firefighting plane that was rented from Russia crashed Saturday in a mountainous area in southern Turkey, Turkish state media reported. UPDATE Five Russian and three Turks military have died in the crash. UPDATE Search and rescue teams were dispatched to…
An American Airlines flight from Maui to Los Angeles was diverted to Honolulu after a 13-year-old boy became disruptive. Witnesses said the boy attempted to kick out the window next to his seat and became physical with his own mother about an hour into the flight. The video shows other passengers helping to restrain the…
A firefighting Pezetel aircraft has crashed in Greece. An accident with a firefighting Pezetel aircraft occurred in Macherado, Zakynthos. A small fire broke out in the area and the aircraft rushed to provide assistance in the firefighting efforts. The pilot managed to make a crash-landing while the aircraft ignited. At the last moment, the pilot managed to…
Azul E195-E2 damaged after suffering tail strike while landing at Caxias do Sul Airport, Brazil. Azul Embraer E-195 (reg. PR-PJN) suffered a major damage in a tailstrike landing runway 33 in good weather at Caxias Do Sul Airport, Brazil. Flight #AD2860 from Viracopos completed the landing safely and no one was injured. The return flight…
Qatar Airways said on Thursday that it had been ordered by regulators in the Gulf state to ground 13 of its Airbus A350 aircraft over the rapid degradation of fuselage surfaces. Qatar Airways said in a statement that it had been forced to press out-of-service Airbus A330 aircraft back into operation to fill the gap…
The mysterious figure known as the “jetpack man” was spotted again over Los Angeles. A pilot spotted a flying object that resembled a person wearing a jetpack on Wednesday evening near Los Angeles International Airport, where at least four “jetpack” sightings have been reported in the last year, CBS News reports. “A Boeing 747 pilot…
A belligerent passenger was arrested after causing chaos during a flight to South Florida, authorities said. The situation got so bad that flight attendants had to duct tape the man to his seat. Cellphone footage shows the accused frisky flier, Maxwell Berry, 22, being duct-taped to the back of a seat on Saturday’s Frontier flight…
A flight headed from Newark Liberty International Airport to Buffalo made an emergency landing in Rochester on Sunday due to a fuel leak, officials said. Pilots aboard GoJetAirlines flight 4583 operating as United Express “encountered a possible fuel imbalance” and decided to divert to Greater Rochester International Airport, about 60 miles east of the plane’s…
Alaska Airlines Embraer 170 declared an emergency inbound Seattle. The flight Alaska Airlines #OO3466 – on behalf of Skywest Airlines – has declared an emergency 8 mins from Seattle on Tuesday 27 July 2021. The flight departed from Palm Springs at 13.45 to Seattle. But few mins from landing, pilots of the Embraer 170-200LR (reg.…
A San Francisco International Airport spokesperson says all passengers were re-screened after de-boarding but the teen was not allowed back onboard. A United Airlines flight was evacuated ahead of take-off at San Francisco International Airport on Thursday after a teenager sent a picture of an Airsoft gun to other passengers onboard via Airdrop, an iPhone…
For nearly 20 years, a haunting relic of one of the worst aviation disasters in U.S. history has been tucked away in a cavernous warehouse in Northern Virginia. The fuselage of the Boeing 747, painstakingly reassembled from nearly 1,600 pieces plucked from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, is a macabre jigsaw puzzle of wires…
A Cargolux 747 was set to take off from Prestwick airport. However, the engine blasted off the asphalt from the runway. This is a serious issue as the incident occurred before the world leaders were expected to arrive in Scotland for a summit. The Cargolux 747 blew up parts of the runway as it was…