A flight was diverted to Sacramento International Airport Thursday night after a passenger died on a plane. Delta Flight 1837 was headed to Seattle from Cabo when a passenger became unresponsive, an airport spokesperson said. Just after 7 p.m., the flight diverted to SMF, and airport fire personnel pronounced the person dead at the scene.…
Air Algérie flight AH6200, an ATR 72, suffered a nose landing gear issue on landing at Ghardaïa Airport, Algeria. During the approach to Ghardaïa after a flight from Algiers, the nose landing gear failed to deploy after the flight crew selected the undercarriage down. The flight crew failed to resolve the issue and performed a…
A JetBlue flight was forced to make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport Wednesday night, according to the FAA. Officials say an operated by JetBlue Airways reported a flap issue and made an emergency landing around 8:10 p.m. JetBlue says the flight was diverted out of an abundance of caution due to…
Several people are feared dead due to a plane crash in South Sudan, the director of Juba International Airport said in a statement late Tuesday according to Anadolu Agency. Meanwhile, South Sudan News Now, a local newspaper, reported that the plane crashed in Jonglei State’s Uror County several minutes after leaving for Juba from Pieri’s…
United Airlines Holdings Inc is adding 25 aircraft to its order for Boeing’s 737 MAX jet, bringing its total to 180 in the coming years. United Airlines has ordered 25 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to receive in 2023 and moved up the delivery of others as it prepares to replace aging jets and meet…
White House: Syria Strikes ‘Aimed at Sending a Message’ That Biden Will Act to ‘Protect Americans’. Washington also says that future US actions will be aimed at ‘deescalating tensions’ in the region. Thursday’s airstrikes against “Iran-backed,” Baghdad-allied Iraqi militias in eastern Syria were necessary to reduce the danger of further attacks, and were designed to…
A LAM Mozambique Airlines Boeing 737 suffered a runway excursion on landing at Quelimane Airport in Mozambique. LAM Mozambique Airlines was operating flight #TM1134, a Boeing 737-700. No injuries reported.
Australia’s aviation regulator to lift a near two-year ban on flights. Australia’s aviation regulator said on Friday it would lift a near two-year ban on flights to and from the country that use the Boeing Co 737 MAX planes, among the first in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. “We … are confident that the…
A Boeing 777 operated by Rossiya Airlines made an emergency landing in Moscow due to engine trouble. A Boeing 777 operated by Rossiya Airlines made an emergency landing in Moscow at 4:44 a.m. local time due to engine trouble, less than a week after a similar aircraft flown by United Airlines suffered a dramatic blowout over…
Qantas and Jetstar are now planning to restart regular international passenger flights to most destinations from 31 October 2021 – a four month extension from the previous estimate of July, which had been in place since mid-2020. The date change aligns with the expected timeframe for Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout to be effectively complete. Capacity…
The National Transportation Safety Board issued an investigative update for its ongoing investigation of Saturday’s engine event on a Boeing 777-200. United flight 328 experienced a right engine failure shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport. The airplane returned safely to Denver; none of the 229 passengers or 10 crewmembers were injured. The flight’s destination…
The FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) (PDF) that requires U.S. operators of airplanes equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines to inspect these engines before further flight. The FAA is taking this action as the result of a fan-blade failure that occurred Saturday on a Boeing 777-200 that had just departed from Denver International…
