Two people are dead after a helicopter reportedly collided mid-air with a small plane before crashing Friday near a Chandler airport. According to the Chandler Fire Department, a mid-air collision between a helicopter and a fixed-wing plane was reported on Oct. 1 near the Chandler Municipal Airport. The plane landed safely, but the helicopter crashed…
The Miami-Dade Police Department reports an American Airlines passenger has been detained after opening the plane’s emergency exit and walking on the wing. MDPD said the incident happened at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday after the flight from Cali, Colombia had just arrived at Miami International Airport. According to MDPD, the male passenger opened the emergency…
A Delta airliner with 248 passengers and crew on board landed safely in Athens on Sunday after the pilot reported an indication of a problem in the hydraulic systems, Greek authorities said. Emergency protocols were deployed and the aircraft landed safely at Athens International Airport. Flight #DL148 from Atlanda to Athens operated by an Airbus…
A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan today after a female passenger became ill on board. Flight BA260 departed from Islamabad, Pakistan at 00:38 on Wednesday and was scheduled to fly into London Heathrow. However, the Boeing 777 made its emergency landing two hours and 50 minutes into the…
An Antonov-26 (reg. RA-26673) with six people on board has disappeared from radar in Russia’s Khabarovsk region. Russian media quoted a defence spokesperson for emergency services who informed that the An-26 plane with six crew members on board disappeared from radars 38 kilometres South-West of Khabarovsk. UPDATE The crew of an Antonov An-26 that went…
A plane from Los Angeles tipped onto its tail after arrival at Lewiston Airport. The Boeing 737-900 (reg. N78448) was carrying USC Trojans college Football team for their game with Wazzu. The aircraft tipped over at Lewiston Airport during the unloading process. According to sources, half the team was still on board when the incident…
Air France flight #AF393 made an emergency landing after the cabin was filled with smoke and dust. The Boeing 777-300ER (reg. F-GSQD) on September 18, 2021 from Beijing airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle operated in Boeing 777 returned to Beijing after 14 minutes of flight due to a technical incident. Passengers reported a loud bang…
A plane was flying from Irkutsk to Kazachinskoye and crashed just 4 kilometres from the runway, the emergency services said. Four people have died and five more were injured following the crash-landing of an L-410 aircraft with 14 passengers and 2 crew members in Russia’s Irkutsk Region earlier on Sunday, the local authorities said. The…
Cape Air confirmed that a flight from Boston carrying six passengers and one pilot crashed while attempting to land at Provincetown Municipal Airport. Provincetown Town Manager Alex Morse said that there were no fatalities. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injuries to those involved in the crash. The plane came down…
Passengers on a flight out of Fort Lauderdale this week had to be evacuated after a woman allegedly made a false bomb threat when she arrived too late to catch the plane. Marina Verbitsky, 46, arrived with her husband and child at the gate late for the family’s flight out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport…
The German national team are “fine” after their plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Edinburgh on the way back from Iceland. The KlasJet flight left Reykjavik at 2am following Germany’s 4-0 win over Iceland and was heading to Frankfurt but got into difficulty approximately three miles west of Arbroath. The Boeing 737-500…
Aer Lingus flight #EI123 encountered engine problems while takeoff to Chicago. Aer Lingus A330 suffered an engine problem during takeoff. The aircraft (reg. EI-FNG) lined up to runway 28L at Dublin when crew switched to full thrust to takeoff. But a loud band and lost of thrust forced pilots to reject the takeoff. A full…