Trigana Air Service aircraft received serious damage in a runway excursion on landing at Jayapura-Sentani Airport, Indonesia. The Boeing 737-300F (reg. PK-YSG) exited the on landing at Jayapura-Sentani Airport, Indonesia. The main landing gear as well as the nose gear were seriously damaged. All 4 crew evacuated without serious injuries.
A British Airways flight to Milan was delayed when three passengers refused to travel over coronavirus fears. Molly Hunter, an NBC journalist on the BA flight to Milan, tweeted: “At #Heathrow, our BA #Milan flight is delayed – the captain just announced there are passengers (I count 3) on board who don’t want to travel…
An emergency exit door of PIA ATR 42-500 broke opened when the aircraft landed at Sukkur Airport in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The aircraft (reg. AP-BHM) performed flight #PK631 from Islamabad. it landed safely without any further incident. Passenger Fahimida tweeted “Emergency door of #PK631 got broken today, the moment it touched base…
A Canadian man has passed away in Cuba while waiting to leave an island where passengers have been stranded. On Feb. 16, the airport on Cayo Large del Sur had to close because of a damaged runway, which disrupted the plans of many Canadians who were scheduled to return home that same day. The airport…
Emirates crew celebrated a passenger’s 100th Birthday on board an A380 to Munich. Elisabeth was flying on board Emirates flight #EK51 from Dubai to Munich. She was a bit surprised when the crew invited her to reach the A380 lounge to celebrate her 100th Birthday. Elisabeth received warm greetings from the crew and passengers during…
The chief executive told the Times that “males of a Muslim persuasion” who are single and travelling alone pose the largest terror threat to airlines. In the wide-ranging interview, Mr O’Leary, 58, said: “Who are the bombers? They are going to be single males travelling on their own. If you are travelling with a family…
A plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Dublin Airport on Thursday morning after it hit a rabbit during take-off. Firefighters raced to the scene after the Stobart Air flight to Leeds Bradford had to return to the tarmac in the early hours. A spokesperson for Stobart Air, who ran the flight for…
A US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert. “Mad” Mike Hughes, 64, crash-landed his steam-powered rocket shortly after take-off near Barstow on Saturday. A video on social media shows a rocket being fired into the sky before plummeting to the ground nearby. Hughes was…
Israeli officials refused 130 South Korean passengers to disembark upon arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Saturday night. Korean Air flight KE957, operated by a Boeing 777-200, arrived in Tel Aviv at around 7.30 pm on Saturday evening after a near 12-hour flight from Seoul. But on arrival, the aircraft…
A convoy of five aircraft made up of two Boeing 747F and three Boeing 777F carrying approximately 300 tonnes of medical supplies free-of-charge to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Five Qatar Airways Cargo freighters departed to China today carrying approximately 300 tonnes of medical supplies donated by the airline to support Cornavirus relief efforts. The five…
A dramatic landing of a twin-engine jet with two people on board at Daytona Beach International Airport has been captured in chilling footage that shows the small plane skidding down the runway engulfed in flames. A fiery video of a Cessna Citation Mustang performing a landing without its gear in a tornado of sparks and…
