ALERT Boris Johnson plane makes emergency landing at London Luton
A plane carrying the new foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, had to make an emergency landing at Luton airport on Sunday, officials have said. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed that…
#OnThisDay in 1996, TWA Flight 800 explodes over the Atlantic Ocean near New York
20 years ago today, Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (N93119) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F Kennedy International Airport, New York City to Charles de Gaulle Airport,…
NEWS Alitalia #AZ827 to Rome was delayed 16h after pilot claimed he was too tired to fly the plane
Alitali flight AZ827 Airbus A321 (reg. EI-IXV) from Beirut to Rome was delayed approximately 16 hours. Passengers did board the plane but the pilot didn't want to takeoff. He said…
ALERT Several planes collided at Minsk Airport due to a storm
Several planes have been damaged by a storm at the airport in the capital of Belarus, with two aircraft colliding on the airfield. There have been no reports of injuries.…
BREAKING IranAir #IR712 has declared an emergency and diverting
Iran Air Airbus A300 (25 years old) flight IR712 from Stockholm to Tehran is declaring an emergency and diverting. UPDATE 1437UTC Iran Air flight #IR712 landed runway 34 at Vienna airport. UPDATE…
United Airlines #UA2081 from Edinburgh to Chicago declared an emergency
United Airlines #UA2081 Boeing 767-300 from to Edinburgh to Chicago is declaring an emergency and returning. Yesterday, the same same aircraft had an emergency due to fuel leak. The aircraft was…
EMERGENCY Air Canada #AC7212 nose gear collapsed on landing at Calgary airport
Air Canada Express flight AC7212 landed safely at around 7:20 a.m., a spokesperson for Air Canada said the “nose gear collapsed when the aircraft came to a stop.” “We recognize…
NEWS A teenager faces custody over Twitter airline bomb hoaxes to American Airlines and Delta
District Judge suspects a boy had sent tweets to American Airlines, the White House and Delta Air Lines on February 13 last year from his home in Plympton, near Plymouth (UK). A tweet posted…