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…
A Germany-bound Eurowings passenger flight from Oman landed in Kuwait on Sunday over a bomb threat but no explosives were found on board, authorities said. Eurowings said there were 287 passengers and 10 crew members on board the flight, which was being flown by SunExpress on its behalf. The plane (reg. D-AXGF) from Salalah…
