ALERT Polar Airlines Antonov An-24 damaged by intense hail
Polar Airlines Antonov An-24 suffered nose cone damages. Polar Airlines An-24 departed from the village of Olenek to Yakutsk . The nose cone was damaged in flight by intense hail. On board the An-24 were 33 passengers and four crew members, no one was injured. The Territorial Administration of the Federal Air Transport Agency has set up…
British Airways plane in emergency landing at London Gatwick airport forcing runway closure
A British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Gatwick airport after experiencing technical problems. Flight BA2605 was travelling from Naples when it encountered the problem, prompting emergency services to rush to the scene as it landed at the London airport about 12.30am. Incoming flights were temporarily diverted from the airport while…
Passengers “in tears” after lightning strikes Tigerair flight #TT471
Some passengers of Tigerair flight TT471 were left in tears yesterday after the aircraft was struck by lightning about 10 minutes after takeoff from Melbourne Airport according to ABC News Australia. Passenger Karen Juniper told Australia’s public broadcaster, “We were bouncing all over the place. About 10 minutes in, there was a big flash out…
Unruly passenger to pay Delta the cost of emergency landing after pleading guilty
An unruly passenger on a Delta flight will pay the airline $9,118 for the cost of diverting the aircraft after pleading guilty to a federal assault charge. Prosecutors say Washington state resident Bolutife Olorunda verbally assaulted and interfered with a flight attendant on a May 30 flight from Oregon to Atlanta, prompting the pilot to…
Ryanair passengers have accused the airline of minimising the seriousness of an emergency landing which caused dozens of injuries on Friday
Ryanair flight FR7312, due to fly from Dublin to Zadar, was forced to make an emergency landing at at Frankfurt-Hahn airport in Germany on Friday night after a depressurisation in the cabin. The sudden loss of cabin pressure forced the pilot to descend from 37,000 to 10,000 feet over a seven-minute period. Several passengers suffered…
