American Airlines passengers activated the emergency exit and escaped after the flight was cancelled and there wasn’t an employee to deploy the jet bridge. American Airlines flight AA2396 was scheduled to depart from Charlotte to Baltimore at 8:55 on Thursday, but the flight was cancelled after 172 passengers and six crew had boarded the plane.…
A woman mowing the grass at a small airfield in Quebec died after she was hit by a plane as it came in for a landing, authorities say. The 27-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was operating a tractor on Monday near the runway at the Saint-Esprit airfield in Quebec, about 37 miles (60…
A Singapore Airlines flight from Copenhagen to Singapore Changi was forced to divert to Moscow after a crew member had a “hypertensive crisis” or a stroke. The Airbus A350-900, with registration 9V-SMO, departed Copenhagen at 13:37 local time as flight SQ351 on Saturday and was scheduled to arrive at Changi Airport at 06:20 local time…
A Gulf Air Airbus A321 was evacuated on a taxiway upon landing at Kuwait International Airport after a minor incident. The Airbus A321-231, with registration A9C-CB, was operating flight GF215 from Bahrain International Airport (BAH) to Kuwait International Airport (KWI) on July 5, earlier this week. The aircraft vacated runway 33L via taxiway W5, where…
Plane with at least 30 people on board goes missing in Russia’s Far East region. UPDATE: Rescuers have found wreckage and confirm no survivors. UPDATE: Russian authorities say wreckage of missing plane in Far East region found near destination airport. Air traffic controllers have lost contact with an Antonov An-26 turboprop aircraft which was flying…
An S7 Airlines Airbus A320 suffered both windshield cracks after being hit by a hail storm en route to Moscow. The Airbus A320-200, with registration VP-BOL, was operating flight S7-1146 from Chelyabinsk to Moscow Domodedovo Airport when the hail storm cracked its both outer windshield glasses on July 3rd. Mash, one of the passengers, said,…
Images from the scene showed people standing on the side of the street after reportedly being told to leave the building. Terminal C evacuated just as I was about to head through TSA,” one traveler claimed. “People screaming, running, falling down steps… some people were mid-check-in and are barefoot outside,” they added. “100% total chaos.”…
A suspicious item prompted the brief partial evacuation of a Los Angeles International Airport terminal, snarling traffic Friday morning, officials said. Around 7:30 a.m., Airport Police were responding to Terminal 2, which was evacuated amid the busy Fourth of July travel holiday. Officials did not provide details on what the suspicion item was, but said…
Transair Boeing Boeing 737-200C reported to have ditched 2 miles off the coast while returning to Honolulu Airport a few minutes after take-off on flight #T4810 with two pilots on board. A cargo plane made an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii on Friday morning and both people on board…
A British Airways flight had to turn around more than eight hours after it left Heathrow in the early hours of Wednesday. Flight BA247 left for Sao Paolo at 3.49pm on Tuesday but, after eight hours and 37 minutes, was forced to turn around and head back for London. The flight was carrying freight, according…
A Fly Pro Boeing 747-200SF performed an erratic manoeuvre while making an approach at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos Airport to avoid GOL Boeing 737 approaching ahead. The Boeing 747-200SF, probably with registration ER-BAT, was operating flight PPV8652. Fly Pro operates a once-weekly cargo flight to Guarulhos Airport. Even though the jumbo attempted to manoeuvre, it was not…
A KlasJet Boeing 737-500’s emergency slide was mistakenly deployed at Prague Airport, Czech Republic. The aircraft, with registration LY-KDT, was supposed to fly the Czech National Team to Budapest ahead of their play-off match against the Netherlands. The Czechs have now qualified for the quarterfinals, beating 2-0 to the Netherlands in the last-16 game on…