A plane is thought to have collided with a hot air balloon shortly before it crashed into an apartment block, killing three people and injuring a child. A fire was started when the light aircraft hit the building in the German city of Wesel, around 35 miles north of Dusseldorf, on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses told…
The top U.S. aviation regulator issued an emergency order requiring operators of the Boeing 737 passenger jet to inspect and potentially replace a key engine component, following four reports of unexpected engine shutdowns. The FAA’s “emergency airworthiness directive” applies to any 737 that has been in storage, which covers any plane that has not been…
The transcript from the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on Jan. 8 confirm the fact of illegal interference with the plane, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister wrote on Twitter on Friday. Yevhenii Yenin said Kyiv was expecting an Iranian delegation to visit Ukraine next week for talks. The Canadian Transportation…
Two men who were arrested on suspicion of making threats to endanger an aircraft have been released from bail without charge. The aircraft was forced to land at Stansted Airport on Monday, July 13 at around 6.40pm, when a note left in one of the aircraft’s toilets was found during the flight from Krakow to…
Iranian state television reported on Thursday a Mahan Air passenger flight was approached by an unidentified fighter jet in Syrian skies, forcing the plane to take emergency measures that caused injuries among the passengers. The flight was en route from Tehran to Beirut and was in Syrian airspace when the alleged incident occurred. Please reload…
An Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane caught fire at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. Fire broke out from the tail of the Boeing 777-200 aircraft around 4pm and developed rapidly. The cabin roof near the tail was burnt through and the plane became engulfed in heavy smoke. The Shanghai Fire Control Bureau said…
A man that fell from around 3,500 feet and landed in a Clapham back garden is still yet to be identified more than a year on from the incident. The suspected stowaway fell from a Kenya Airways flight that was preparing to land at Heathrow Airport a short distance away. He is believed to have…
Iran’s AAIB team has arrived at BEA in Paris with flight data recorder (FDR) & cockpit voice recorder (CVR). A technical cooperation program agreement has been signed between. Technical work on the Cockpit Voice Recorder: visual inspection, assessment & opening. The cockpit voice recorder data – including the event itself – has been successfully downloaded.…
Iran has sent the black box of a Ukrainian passenger plane which was accidentally downed in Tehran earlier this year to France. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said the black boxes were taken to Paris on Friday and would be read on Monday. Iran initially denied responsibility for the incident, which came amid heightened tensions with…
Police are at Oslo Airport after a bomb threat against a Ryanair plane that came from Stansted airport in London. The plane has landed safely. According to police, the plane received the bomb threat while it was in the air. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE A 51-year-old British man has been arrested. He…
A plane carrying aid to the flood victims in Beledweyne and other parts of the region has crashed in Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiran region, Somalia. The plane crashed at Beledweyne airport, carrying aid from Djibouti The three crew members were rescued. According to local sources the aircraft ID was 5Y-VVU, a 1999 built…
An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing after a black passenger threatens to kill everyone on board if they don’t “accept that Jesus was a black man”. An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington on Saturday after a passenger threatened to…