After a Boeing 787 hydraulic pump broke down, passengers on board LOT Polish Airlines flight #LO92 were asked to help pay the bill for repairs so they could take off. LOT Polish Airlines flight #LO91 from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Beijing on November 12, 2018 experienced hydraulic failure. The problem was noticed upon arriving in Beijing during…
The nose gear of PAL Airlines Bombardier Dash 8-300 operated by regional Canadian carrier collapsed during landing at Stephenville airport. PAL Airlines flight 1922, a Dash 8 aircraft, en route to Deer Lake – with 47 passengers and four crew onboard – had an indication of a potential nose landing gear issue. The crew followed prescribed…
Southwest flight #WN1486 experienced birdstrike minutes after take-off from Pittsburgh-Intl Airport (KPIT). Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 (reg. N8509U) from Pittsburgh to Ft. Myers was damaged on takeoff due to birdstrike with a goose to the stabilizer. Pilots quickly decided to return to Pittsburgh.
Japan Airlines pilots have failed breathalyzer alcohol tests on 19 occasions since August 2017, causing 12 domestic flight delays due to pilot switches, JAL officials have revealed to the Mainichi Shimbun. The major airline introduced a new type of detector for in-house checks that month. The revelation comes on the heels of the arrest of…
Asia’s biggest carrier is abandoning the SkyTeam airline alliance. China Southern Airlines Co. will exit the partnership in 2019, nearly two years after selling a minority stake to American Airlines Inc., which is a member of the rival Oneworld group. The Guangzhou-based carrier, the continent’s largest as measured by passengers carried, said in a statement…
British Airways flight #BA93 suffered fuselage damage. According to Tom Podolec, the Boeing 777-200 (reg. G-YMMT) was struck by the gate on it’s arrival in Toronto Pearson Airport. The aircraft is now parked at infield terminal and return flight #BA92 was cancelled.
Passengers of an Air France flight from Paris to Shanghai had to encounter the legendary Siberian cold when their plane made an emergency landing in Irkutsk on Sunday. Having spent the night in Irkutsk, the stranded passengers were expecting to complete their journey the next day when a replacement plane arrived. But the second Boeing 777-300 could not…
The pBoeing 777-300 was parked on the gate and ready for boarding when its horizontal stabiliser was clipped by an aircraft from another airline. The plane’s scheduled flight NZ5 from Los Angeles to Auckland this evening (12 November local time) had to be cancelled. Engineers were travelling to Los Angeles and a replacement part had…
The body of a boy, 4, has been repatriated to India on an Etihad flight after he died on board a flight from Saudi Arabia. The flight had to make an emergency landing in Abu Dhabi on Monday after the boy, Yahya Puthiyapurayil, suffered an epileptic seizure. The seizure happened 45 minutes after the Oman…
Pilots flying Boeing’s 737 MAX for American Airlines and Southwest Airlines were not informed during training about a key change to an automatic system that’s been linked to the fatal crash of a Lion Air jet last month, according to pilot representatives at both airlines. Jon Weaks, president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, said Monday…
Delta pilots avoided what could otherwise have been a catastrophic incident when they aborted takeoff after spotting a Japan Airlines aircraft entering the runway at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. Delta flight #DL582, an Airbus 350, scheduled to fly from Shanghai to Detroit, was forced to abort takeoff around noon due to Japan Airlines…
A drunk woman allegedly got aggressive and started hurling abuses at the crew in a London-bound Air India flight. The passenger can be seen yelling at the seemingly calm crew and even spitting at them after being denied more booze. The woman claimed to be an ‘international lawyer’ and a public servant and that she…