El Al flight #LY7 from Tel Aviv to New York JFK is delayed 3 hours due to a cat in the cargo hold. The cat was carried by a passenger and managed to sneak out of its cage. All passengers are asked to disembark. UPDATE 1645 UTC The search has stopped and the flight is to…
On december 28, 2016, Kenya Airways Dreamliner #KQ112 suffered a pressure issue at 32,000ft, close to Mount Kenya (4,000m). The pilot decided to go quickly down to 15,000 ft with oxygen mask. Passengers panicked and the cabin crew was not really trained to face the situation. The plane came back in NBO and the pilot…
United Airlines says it is investigating after a baggage handler was found in an aircraft’s cargo hold following a flight from Charlotte to Washington Dulles International Airport. The airline said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday that United Express flight #UA6060 operated by Mesa Airlines landed safely at Dulles on Sunday. The…
Kuwait Airways Flight #KU117 was travelling from Kuwait to New York when the crew declared a medical emergency. The Boeing 777-300 #KU117 diverted to Shannon Airport at 0215 yesterday where emergency services attended. The man was pronounced dead and his body was taken to Limerick University Hospital for a post mortem examination. He was in his…
A suicide car blast targeted a Police checkpoint near airport, second blast occurred outside Peace Hotel that hosted IGAD meeting. Eyewitnesses said the blast was followed by gunfire, according to reports. UPDATE 1021 UTC 3 people confirmed killed, Police says. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. However, the al-Qaida linked Islamic extremist…
A pilot who allegedly passed out drunk in a plane cockpit at the Calgary airport faces two criminal charges. The male pilot for Sunwing Airlines was found “severely impaired by alcohol” early Saturday morning, Calgary police said in a press release. At the time of the incident, 99 passengers and five other flight crew were…
A Boeing 737 operated by a Polish charter airline on Friday made an emergency landing in Prague after a bomb threat by a passenger who was then detained by police, Czech officials said. “A man who threatened to detonate a booby trap… is in the hands of the Czech police,” Interior Minister Milan Chovanec told…
A Citilink pilot was removed from duty on Wednesday after passengers claimed he was incoherent in a flight announcement he made before takeoff. One of the passengers voiced suspicion that the pilot may have been intoxicated. “Around 15 minutes before the scheduled departure, the pilot spoke random words in his flight announcement. I suspect that…
