A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport after an apparent engine fire. Video recorded by a passenger early Thursday morning showed sparks coming from right engine. United said the plane experienced a mechanical issue. The airline issued the following statement: United 1871 from Newark, New Jersey…
Emergency services reported no injuries or aircraft damage, ascertaining the jet had landed on a non-operational runway. An IrAero Superjet 100, en route from Sabetta, the Tyumen Oblast, Russia, performed a charter flight #SU95 to airport Domodedovo in Moscow. No casualties were reported, and the plane sustained no damage, according to preliminary data. The Superjet…
A woman has been arrested after walking though Miami International Airport in nothing but dark blue underwear in a surreal episode. She was first spotted strolling past baggage claim, singing aloud to herself. The woman proceeded to remove all items of clothing, exit the airport building and mount a police car before being taken into…
A flight attendant has been seriously injured after falling from the door of a parked plane. Finnair flight attendant has been hospitalized after falling from an aircraft. The A320 was parked at Helsinki airport when the flight attendant apparently opened the aft door and tumbled to the ground. He is not in a life threatening…
A large fire caused planes to be evacuated and flights to be diverted at Alicante Airport. Pictures showed clouds of smoke covering Alicante Airport in southeastern Spain where a fire raged for more than half an hour. Buildings were evacuated and travellers are still facing severe delays to their journeys as as of 3.30pm…
Security camera video shows for the first time that Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 was struck by two missiles fired from an Iranian military site about eight miles away, according to a report. The New York Times reported that it has verified the footage, which helps explain why the Boeing 737-800’s transponder stopped working seconds before…
London’s Heathrow airport has deployed a system designed to block drones entering its airspace following a string of recent attempts that threatened Europe’s busiest travel hub. The airport, classified as a flight restriction zone by authorities, is now using a product manufactured by France’s Thales SA to detect and identify drones. The French company declined…
Delta Flight #DL89 to Shanghai reported an engine failure (compressor stall) on departure from Los Angeles LAX. UPDATE FAA says a review of ATC communications show the pilots of Delta flight 89 did not tell controllers they were going to dump fuel. Audio shows pilot says: “We’ll turn back into LA.” ATC: “Ok so…
UK regional carrier Flybe has been in talks over the weekend to prevent a collapse of the airline following declining finances. According to Sky News, Flybe, which has already been bailed out once, has been struggling to secure fresh finance. The reports come a year after Flybe was bought for £2.8m by a consortium including…
Ukraine International Boeing 737-800 was not the first civil aircraft to be shot down by military action. Libyan Arab Airline flight On February 21, 1973, a Boeing 727 of Libyan Arab Airline, from Tripoli to Cairo was shot down by the army of the Israeli air above the Sinai desert. 108 of the 112 people…
On January 9, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B737-700 impacted a massive grasshoppers swarm, (a species of grasshopper that moves in groups of millions of individuals). The aircraft (reg. ET-ALN) was operating flight #ET363 flight between the City of Djibouti and Dire Dawa. At first, the aircraft hit few grasshoppers and the crew decided to continue…
Flights at Dubai International Airport were delayed on Saturday with some cancellations due to flooding. “Dubai Airports can confirm that due to heavy rainfall and flooding earlier today, Dubai International (DXB) is experiencing operational disruptions,” an official said. “We are working closely with our service partners to get back to full operations as soon as…
