A plane slid off the runway overnight at the Chicago Executive Airport in northwest suburban Wheeling. No one was injured Wednesday night when a small jet slid off a runway at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling and crashed into a light pole. The Learjet went off the end of Runway 30 about 11 p.m., pushing…
An unruly passenger punched a flight attendant in the face as she was kicked off a packed flight failing to wear her face mask correctly, witnesses claim. Footage shows the woman with her face mask pulled down around her neck when she throws a punch at the Delta Air Lines crew member, who is wearing…
A British Airways flight has reportedly been forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow shortly after take-off following reports of a burning smell and crew feeling unwell. Flight BA 2596 was bound for Verona this morning, with an update to passengers saying aircraft had suffered a “technical issue”. In a message from British Services…
Iran hosted officials from Ukraine in a second round of talks on Monday overcompensation for a Kiev-bound passenger mistakenly shot down in January, state media reported. Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed shortly after taking off from the Iranian capital’s main airport on January 8. The Islamic republic admitted days later that its forces accidentally…
The crew of Boeing 777 flight AF347 on October 16, 2020 from Montreal to Paris Charles de Gaulle decided to divert to Goose Bay, Canada, following a false fire alarm in the hold. The aircraft landed normally at Goose Bay (YYR) at 04:17 Paris time. The 2 pilots, 12 stewards & hostesses were fully mobilized…
An EasyFly ATR 42 aircraft crashed into a boarding bridge at Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport in Colombia. The incident took place on Thursday afternoon. The aircraft was operating a scheduled passenger flight VE9069 from Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport to Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport. The incident took place while taxiing to the parking position. However, at this time the…
A plane overran a runway at Cape Yakataga on Saturday, Oct. 10, said Federal Aviation Administration airway transportation systems specialist Rick Sudano. Images of the scene show damage to the Douglas DC-4 (reg. N96358) cargo plane’s nose, with the front landing-gear wheel detached and lying on the grass nearby. Although the plane was carrying fuel,…
For the second time in two months, a person flying in a jet pack was reportedly spotted Wednesday above Los Angeles International Airport. Around 1:45 p.m., a China Airlines crew reported seeing “what appeared to be someone in a jet pack” at an altitude of roughly 6,000 feet about seven miles northwest of the airport,…
An Aer Caribe Antonov An-32 cargo plane has crashed during landing at Iquitos Airport, Peru. Footage from the scene shows that the An-32 suffered a runway excursion at Iquitos Airport with the right wing separated from the fuselage. The aircraft was performing a cargo flight from Lima. The Antonov An-32 stopped on the left of…
A United Airbus A320-200 returned back to Chicago O’Hare after suffering windshield cracks on Monday afternoon while it was operating flight to Washington Dulles. The aircraft was hit by hail during initial climb. The aircraft with registration N462UA was operating flight to Washington as UA349. The aircraft suffered captain’s windshied crack after it was hit…
A Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777-200 freighter returned back to Frankfurt after the crew declared Mayday due to unreliable airspeed. The crew reported an altitude issue. The Luftansa Cargo Boeing 777F, with registration D-ALFG, was operating flight GEC-8402 from Frankfurt Airport, Germany to Shanghai Pudong International, China. The crew declared Mayday, reporting unreliable airspeed, when the…
Five people have died after two small planes crashed mid-air in France. An ultralight two-person plane collided midair with a tourist plane in Loches, Indre-et-Loire at around 4.45pm local time. The ultralight crashed on the fence around a house and the DR400 crashed several hundred metres away in an uninhabited area. All five people involved…