The UAE intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, the defense ministry said. UPDATE Operations have resumed. UAE Air Defense Forces successfully foiled another plan of IRGC backed Houthi rebels to attack the Abu Dhabi airport. The Patriot PAC-3 SAM battery protecting Abu-Dhabishot-down a Shahed-136 loitering drone of Houthi rebels a…
A China Airlines Cargo Boeing 747 freighter was damaged after it collided with a baggage cart at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. The Boeing 747-400F, with registration B-18715, had arrived at Chicago O’Hare Airport as flight CI5240 from Anchorage-Ted Stevens International Airport on 28th January. The aircraft collided with a baggage cart while taxiing to enter the…
An Air France Airbus A318 was forced to return to Paris Orly after it suffered an in-flight engine shut down. The Airbus A318-100 with registration F-GUGP was climbing as flight AF-7470 from Paris Orly to Perpignan when it suffered the right-hand engine shut down. The engine reportedly shut down after sending out flames. https://twitter.com/Tomas40916602/status/1485630494234628104 The…
The door of a British Airways Boeing 777 has been ripped off at Cape Town. The incident occurred at Cape Town Airport in South Africa today. The Boeing 777-200 was supposed to perform flight #BA42 from Cape Town to London Heathrow. According to a source, the aircraft (reg. G-YMMU) pushed back with the jet bridge…
Recently, a giant hot air balloon fell on Medellin’s José María Cordova International Airport’s apron in Colombia. As seen on footage shared on social media, the balloon nearly hit a Copa Airlines’ Boeing 737 parked in the apron. No one was injured in the event. A similar incident also took place in Colombia. Last month,…
Security breach at Lagos airport as thieves gain access to Eznis Airways aircraft. There was security breach at the domestic terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, as a Boeing 737-73V, with registration number EI-ULN, belonging to Eznis Airways was burgled and its Flight Management System, stolen. The FMS is a computer designed…
Flight LOT #LO233 to Brussels declared an emergency. LOT #LO233 from Warsaw to Brussels has declaring an emergency in flight. The Embraer 190-200 suffered a pressurization issue forcing pilots to descent to 10,000ft. Passenger were asked to breath thru oxygen masks as the flight diverted to Dusseldorf.
On 20th January, United Airlines flight UA90 was forced to turn back and divert to Newark, after an altercation with cabin crew and two passengers. Two unruly passengers, decided to chance a free upgrade themselves to business class. The two passengers didn’t get permission to upgrade. An hour and a half into a New York…
A Ural Airlines Airbus A320 sustained damage to the radar dome and some fuselage rivets after being hit by lightning on approach. The Airbus A320-200, with registration VQ-BAX, was operating flight U6-277 from Moscow Domodedovo to Sochi Airport when it was hit by lightning during the approach. The aircraft was inspected on landing, and the…
Stowaway found alive on cargo plane from Johannesburg on a cargo flight from South Africa, a stowaway was found alive at Schiphol on Sunday morning. A stowaway was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa on Sunday, Dutch military police have…
Two IndiGo planes avert mid-air collision over Bengaluru airport. Two IndiGo planes averted a mid-air collision over the Bengaluru airport just after their take-off on the morning of January 9, senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said. Officials of Directorate General of Civil Aviation said that two IndiGo planes (flight #6E455 from Bengaluru to Kolkata…
A plane slid off taxiway at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Friday night as winter weather hit parts of the southeast. There were no injuries in the 9 p.m. incident in which Delta Flight #DL5501 from Washington D.C landed safely N272PQ and rolled into the mud while taxiing. There were 13 passengers on the flight, which…