A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 made a lucky escape from a tug fire near the aircraft at Ezeiza Airport in Argentina. The Boeing 747-8 was preparing to perform Lufthansa flight #LH511 from Ezeiza (EZE/SAEZ) to Frankfurt (FRA/EDDF) when the tug caught fire. The aircraft (reg. D-ABYP) didn’t suffer damages but the flight has been delayed 1h30.…
A Turkish Airlines Boeing 777F struck with a flock of birds during take-off from Istanbul Ataturk airport on Sunday, January 3. The aircraft suffered visible damage to the radome along with the pilot tube. The aircraft with registration TC-LJN was operating cargo flight TK-6220 from Istanbul Ataturk to Almaty, Kazakhstan. However, after suffering the bird…
A Learjet twin-jet suffered a runway excursion at Diamantina Airport, Brazil, injuring three of the four people on board. The accident happened when the aircraft landed at Juscelino Kubitschek Airport to transport a COVID-19 patient. The plane had arrived from Sao Paulo. According to reports, a pilot, a co-pilot, a doctor, and a nurse were…
Bullets fired during the New Year celebration have damaged Middle East Airlines aircraft parked in Beirut. The stray bullets rained down and punctured holes in three MEA aircraft. The Lebanese tradition of shooting in the air to celebrate events has affected the airline as well as adults and children in Beirut. It was also reported…
An Avianca Airbus A319 has collided with a “pyrotechnic balloon” mid-air when the aircraft was approaching the El Dorado airport in Bogota. The aircraft with registration N557AV was operating flight AV29 from Orlando to Bogota when the aircraft collided with the balloon, causing the aircraft to perform an emergency landing. During the New Year’s celebration,…
Air France Boeing 777-300 and American Airlines Boeing 737-800 experienced a near miss over the Caribbean Sea. The planes were safely separated after the TCAS got activated. An Air France Boeing 777 was performing flight to Lima from Paris, when the American Boeing 737 was performing flight from St. George to Miami. The incident occurred…
Security officials say a large explosion has struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there. UPDATE According to medical sources, Yemen airport blast death toll rises to 26 The source of the blast was not immediately clear and no group claimed responsibility…
A British Airways flight was forced to divert to Zurich Aiport after the first officer became unconscious. The first officer had complained of feeling unwell earlier. The Airbus A320neo with registration G-TTNM was operating flight BA640 from London Heathrow to Athens. However, after the first officer felt unwell, the captain indicated that he was considering…
An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX with registration C-FSNQ was forced to divert to Tucson after it suffered an engine issue during a positioning flight. The Boeing 737 MAX was performing flight AC-2358 from Pinal Airpark to Montreal on December 22nd, with only 3 crew members on board. The crew reported a left-hand engine hydraulic…
‘Highly concerning’ second new Covid-19 variant from South Africa detected in UK confirms Matt Hancock. The UK is already moving to widen lockdowns in connection with the emergence of a new strain of Covid-19 identified in southeast England last week. That strain is said to be more transmissible, but also no more severe than the…
A US flight was delayed after a man, his travelling companion and his service dog forced open the emergency exit and used the evacuation slide to leave the plane. Delta flight 462 was taxiing and preparing to depart La Guardia Airport in New York on 21 December when the unnamed passengers decided they no longer…
Sweden bans travellers from Britain, Denmark over new Covid strain. Sweden will stop allowing in foreign travellers from Britain and Denmark in a bid to curb the rapid spread of a new strain of the coronavirus, the government said on Monday. “To minimize the risk of it spreading here, the government has today decided on…