A Qantas flight from Auckland to Melbourne has turned back after a passenger died following a heart attack. The adult male suffered a cardiac arrest and died during Thursday morning’s flight #QF152, a St John’s ambulance spokeswoman confirmed. The flight departed at 0610LT with a nurse on board who helped cabin crew, a Qantas spokesman told NZ…
LATAM Airlines found a bullet hole in a wing of a Boeing 767-300 during a maintenance inspection in Brazil, the company said Wednesday. The aircraft was examined during a routine inspection on Sunday after the plane flew to New York, Barcelona and Lima last week. “There is no way to be sure where it happened.…
A 69-year-old passenger died on Wednesday morning after an emergency landing at Afonso Pena International Airport in Sao Jose dos Pinhais, Brazil. The passenger was on board KLM flight #KL701 from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to the press office, the Boeing 777-300 (reg. PH-BVF) diverted to Afonso Pena airport around 6:50 am…
Lufthansa flight #LH1034 skidded off taxiway after landing in Paris CDG Airport at around 1.40 pm on Wednesday. UPDATE 1443 UTC We have more details: the aircraft was taxiing to the stand when the left main gear wheel stuck in the grass. UPDATE 1440 UTC No impact on traffic. UPDATE 1435 UTC Return flight #LH1035 is cancelled. The…
Air India has announced plans to reserve six seats in each aeroplane for female passengers. The state-run airline revealed the move was an attempt to preserve the safety of women travelling alone. All of the seats in row three on Air India planes will now only be allocated to women. The airline will also keep…
Two planes clipped each other on the ground at LaGuardia Airport Tuesday afternoon, the Port Authority said. American Airlines Flight 1365, a Boeing 737, struck American Eagle Flight 4548 as it was leaving from the D gate at Terminal B, the airline and the Port Authority said. The American Eagle aircraft was being operated by…
The underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH370 has been suspended nearly three years after the plane vanished without a trace over the Indian Ocean, according to a joint statement from Chinese, Australian and Malaysian officials. The three countries had been leading the search for #MH370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing…
