Qantas flight #QF2 from London Heathrow to Singapore was forced to return due to a technical issue. The Airbus A380 turned around over Hungary and Slovakia after 2 hours of flight in the night from July 14th to July 15th 2023. London Gatwick is usually the only airport accepting flights landing that late in the…
Thieves have stolen the lighting system for one of the runways at Nigeria’s busiest airport just months after it was installed. An investigation has now been launched to “arrest the criminals [and] recover what’s missing”, Yakubu Funtua added. It is not clear when the system was taken from Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. But…
A Frontier Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Las Vegas was forced to divert to Denver because of a foul-mouthed, caught-on-video catfight between two women. Flight 2143 was en route to Vegas on Tuesday night when the two women, who were traveling together, began fighting and hurling loud expletives at each other in front of shocked…
Climate activists blocked a runway at Hamburg airport early Thursday, causing numerous flights to be canceled. Climate activists from the Last Generation group on Thursday stuck themselves to the taxiways at both Hamburg and Düsseldorf airports, causing major disruption to flights. In Hamburg, the protest action comes on the first day of the school holidays,…
British Airways A380 quickly returned to Johannesburg only minutes after takeoff. British Airways flight #BA56 to London Heathrow landed back in Johannesburg only 45 minutes after takeoff. The aircraft was forced to return due to a burning smell in the cabin. The Airbus A380 (reg. G-XLEH) dumped fuel at 10,000 ft and landed back in…
Jet2 flight to Ibiza returned to Manchester due to a technical issue. The flight #LS171 departed Manchester at 17:42 BST but turned around over the channel. The Boeing 757-200 was supposed to land in Ibiza 2h30 later but had to return to Manchester Airport. The Boeing 757-200 (reg. G-LSAN) is 29 years old. It landed…
A LATAM Airbus A321 lost directional control on landing at Florianopolis Airport, Brazil. The Airbus A321 (reg. PT-MXM) veered to the left after landing runway 32 at Florianopolis Airport, Brazil. Flight #LA3300 from Sao Paulo (GRU) came to a stop halfway off paved ground. The right maingear broke into the weaker hard shoulder strip. All…
A female passenger was taken into custody at Mexico City International Airport after she destroyed a ticket counter because the agent would not refund her money for a missing reservation. María Guadalupe, 56, lost her temper after the flight reservation she made through a travel agency did not show up in the Volaris system. Cellphone…
A passenger was stabbed by another man on a British Airways flight to the Caribbean. The BA flight 2159 departed Gatwick for St Lucia, with a brawl breaking out around one hour and 20 minutes before landing. The fight kicked off when one passenger, amid an argument, lost his temper and stormed to the kitchen…
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is facing a significant reduction in its operations following a ruling by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal. The Dutch government has won a legal battle to reduce the number of flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, in a blow to the airline industry which fought against the rare attempt to curb air traffic…
A private Antonov An-2 has crashed into trees immediately after takeoff from a grass strip at Vårgårda, Sweden. The aircraft (reg. SE-KCE), built in 1981 has crashed into trees immediately after getting airborne. The pilot and 4 passengers survived with only minor injuries. The pilot Kjell Brattfors said that he has flew this type of…
An Air Canada aircraft escaped a large scale fire after a ground vehicles caught fire. Montreal firefighters were called to the grounds of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport Sunday afternoon after a fire erupted on the tarmac. The Boeing 777-300 was at the gate at Montreal-pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) on Sunday Afternoon. The…