The on-flight meal came too close for comfort at Newark Liberty International Airport Friday when a United jet collided with a catering truck. Flight 4080 was scheduled to leave when it made contact with the truck at about 11:45 a.m., Port Authority spokeswoman Cheryl Ann Albiez said. There were 46 people on board and one…
An August 1, Czech charter airline Smartwingswas flight #QS1903 from Heraklion to Pardubice skidded off runway at Pardubice Airport, Czech Republic. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. N624XA) failed to come to a stop before the end of the runway and overran at a relatively slow speed. The runway was wet from recent rainshowers at the time.…
The engine of azeera Airways flight #J9608 from Kuwaitto Hyderabad caught fire after landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, Hyderabad late last night. All 145 passengers were evacuated safely. The right side engine caught fire due to technical snag soon after landing and approaching the taxiway. The incident occurred at 1.35 am. The fire gradually came…
A post shared by Anthony Carrio (@anthcarrio) on Jul 31, 2018 at 8:04am PDT The flight was bound for Ibiza from Barcelona when the incident occurred. The phone battery is thought to be owned by a passenger from New Zealand. A Ryanair spokesman explained in a statement: “The passengers of a flight from Barcelona to…
The Aeromexico jet had just taken off from Guadalupe Victoria International airport in Durango, Mexico. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 22:30 UTC During a press conference Durango State Governor Jose Aispuro said the plane had tried to abort take-off due to bad weather but did so too late, and crashed into flames at…
On Friday, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (JASDF) scrambled fighter jets to intercept a Chinese electronic warfare and surveillance aircraft over the Sea of Japan, the South China Morning Post reported. According to a statement issued by the Japanese Defense Ministry, the fighter jets went after a Chinese Y-9 plane which had come from the East China Sea and flew near Socotra Rock, known as Suyan…
The first Ultra Long Range Airbus A350 XWB to be delivered to launch customer Singapore Airlines has rolled out of the paintshop in the carrier’s distinctive livery. Now at an advanced stage of production, the aircraft will undergo further testing before being delivered to the airline in the coming months. Singapore Airlines has ordered seven A350-900 Ultra Long…
A safety report into the disappearance of flight MH370 has concluded that the plane was manually turned around mid-air, rather than being under the control of autopilot, and that “unlawful interference by a third party” could not be ruled out. It also disproved theories that had suggested the pilot and first officer brought the plane…
Narita International Airport closed one of its two runways Monday after an Air Canada plane entered a wrong taxiway upon its arrival. The Boeing 787 arriving from Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, carrying about 210 passengers and crew members, mistakenly entered the taxiway, which is under construction, and stopped there at around 3:45 p.m., a transport ministry…
(c) Facebok/usawtfmAtlas Air Boeing 767-300 sustained a cracked fuselage, and fixtures were ripped form the cabin overhead when it had a hard landing at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, New Hampshire, USA. Atlas Air flight 8601 on route from Portsmouth International Airport (PSM) to Colorado Springs Airport (COS) with redeploying troops from middle east on-board had a…
Emirates has apologised after a disabled teenager and his family were forced off a flight from Dubai to France. The Kumar family has been offered a complimentary hotel stay while in transit and rebooked on another flight after the incident in which teenager Eli was forced to disembark because he has epilepsy, despite the fact…
Air China flight #CA876 to Beijing returned to Paris CDG right after takeoff. The plane had to return after 45 minute flight due to threat against the flight received by the airline according to an official post on Weibo. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner safely landed at 13:45 local time. This false alarm is due to a…
