An El Al Boeing 787 Dreamliner was escorted by fighter jets over Europe after the pilot raised the alarm on Friday. The pilots raised the alarm after they suspected a bomb on board. The Boeing 787-9 was performing flight LY2 from New York JFK to Tel Aviv. The aircraft took off from JFK at 16:18…
A Caspian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 jet was flying on a domestic route from Tehran to Kish when its autopilot malfunctioned. This malfunction caused the aircraft to climb 400 feet above its assigned altitude. A Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1000, with registration A7-ANO, was en route to Los Angeles nearby the MD-83 with registration EP-CAS. After…
A brand new KLM Boeing 777-300ER was damaged during pushback at Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport on 22 April. The new Boeing 777-300ER, with registration PH-BVV, was scheduled to depart as flight KL895 to Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport via Seoul-Incheon International Airport. It was a cargo-only flight. During pushback, the passenger bridge was still attached to the aircraft. After…
A Fiji Airways flight to Auckland was delayed after prayer beads known as “Rudraksha” was found in one of the engines. The Airbus A330 was preparing for its flight from Nadi International Airport to Auckland. The prayer garland was found by Fiji Airways engineers undertaking pre-flight inspections. In a statement, the airline said: “Fiji Airways…
Sri Lankan Airbus A320neo sustained major damage to its left horizontal stabilizer and elevator after being hit by a ground vehicle at Male, Maldives. The aircraft with registration 4R-ANB was operating flight UL1115 from Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport to Malé-Velana International Airport. The ground handling vehicle crashed into the SriLankan A320N while it was parked at…
Air France Boeing 777 sustained minor damage during a thunderstorm at San José International Airport in Costa Rica. The Boeing 777-200 was parked on the apron when the incident took place. It was operating flight AF430 from Paris CDG to San Jose International Airport on 16th April. The aircraft sustained damage to its right-hand flaps…
A Learjet 35A suffered a runway excursion and stopped in a grassy area at the Belo Horizonte Pampulha Airport on Tuesday afternoon. The accident happened at 1:55 p.m. and the airport was closed for landings and take-offs from 1:55 p.m. to 2:29 p.m. The aircraft with registration PR-MLA was performing a test flight. According to…
An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner made an emergency landing in Novosibirsk after the pilot became unconscious. The Boeing 787-8, with registration JA814A, was performing flight NH-216 from Paris to Tokyo Haneda when the captain suffered a stroke, according to Japan’s Transport Ministry. The First Officer declared an emergency and decided to divert to…
Police are investigating after the body of a man was found underneath a plane that had landed at Amsterdam airport from Nigeria. The man is thought to have died of hypothermia after the near seven hour flight from Nigeria to the Netherlands. The man, thought to be a stowaway, was discovered inside a wheel arch…
A Gates Learjet 25B sustained substantial damage in an emergency landing at Toluca-Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport, Mexico. The aircraft with registration XB-PIZ was operating a flight from Cancun, Quintana Roo, with seven passengers and two crew members. The AIT reported that it closed its runway from 3:27 p.m. after the aircraft a belly…
A Lockheed Martin C-130B Hercules plane of the Colombian Air Force suffered main landing gear failure while taxiing at the El Dorado International Airport in Bogota. The aircraft with registration FAC1001 was carrying out a transport mission. The aircraft had taken off from Bogota bound for Tres Esquinas Air Base in Colombia. However, the pilots…
Six Israeli passengers were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after refusing to wear masks on a Lufthansa flight from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt. On a Lufthansa flight that departed from Israel’s Ben Gurion airport and flew to Frankfurt in Germany, six Israeli passengers acted with disorderly conduct onboard the airplane, in spite of repeated…