WestJet flight #WS1402 to Phoenix was forced to return to Calgary for an emergency landing in Calgary. TheBoeing 737-800 (Walt Disney livery) was forced to circle over the city Thursday morning ahead of an emergency landing after smoke was reported inside the plane. According to WestJet spokesperson Lauren Stewart, crews on Flight #WS1402 from Calgary…
Singapore Airlines Cargo B747-412F flight #SQ7131 returned to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport today approximately 45 minutes after takeoff for an emergency landing.
One of the most popular photos on Reddit this week was this picture of 80 falcons on board a commercial flight. Falcons are commonly seen on commercial flights in the Middle East. Young men, especially in the United Arab Emirates, train and hunt with falcons as a rite of passage. The sport, called falconry, is so…
[email protected] flight 40 landing at @IqaluitAirport pic.twitter.com/Go9YxdxFMe — ᑯᐹᒃ ᐅᒃᑯᖅ ᑕᑦᑐᐃᓂ (@tattuinee) 1 février 2017 Swiss Boeing 777-300 flight #LX40 from Zurich to Los Angeles just diverted to Iqaluit Airport with one engine shut down. UPDATE 2038 UTC Iqaluit Airport runway is closed for approx. one hour (RWY 16/34 LSD DUE DISABLED ACFT 1702012019 TIL APRX…
An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Knoxville in Tennessee following a bomb scare. Flight #AA1804 was bound from Charlotte to Indianapolis whenAmerican Airlines got a bomb threat. The airline told CBS News the “threat” came from a non-credible robocall. After the plane landed, passengers were evacuated and the crew found no bomb…
Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800 flight #GA258 (reg. PK-GNK) from Jakarta to Yogyakarta skidded off runway during landing probably due to weather. The flight entered holding at 1224UTC due to weather and left the hold at 1243UTC then landed at 1250UTC. Emergency services evacuated passengers to the terminal. The airport is now closed and all flights inbound JOG…
British Airways is to launch seven new routes from Manchester Airport this summer and three new destinations from Manchester’s sister airport Stansted. From May the airline will begin summer-only direct flights from Manchester to the popular Spanish sunspots of Alicante, Malaga, Ibiza and Palma, the Greek island of Mykonos, Nice in the South of France…
British Airways has revealed its plans for the next three-day strike by some members of Heathrow-based cabin crew, which is due to start on 5 February. The airline says it will run all long-haul flights to and from Heathrow, as well as all services at Gatwick and London City airport. A spokesperson for BA said: “To…
Today Rossiya’s Boeing 747 EI-XLG departed Cambridge to Russia when during climbing, the gear failed to retract, resulting in a power reduction and low fly pass over the City of Cambridge and ultimately an over weight heavy landing on Cambridge’s runway.
An American Airlines employee at Tulsa International Airport was conducting maintenance Sunday afternoon on a Boeing 757 and found one of seven bricks of the drug, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Casey Roebuck said. The flight came from Bogota, Colombia, and landed in Miami, Florida, authorities said. The plane was initially scheduled for maintenance in…
