On Sunday, Mango Boeing 737 experienced a noticeable impact. A pelican damaged the left horizontal stabiliser after take off from Cape Town International Airport. Despite knowing they had to return‚ weight restrictions inhibited the pilots from making an immediate return. The aircraft (reg. ZS-SJD) continued to climb and reached a point 240 kilometres from Cape…
Lufthansa #LH943 from Manchester to Frankfurt declared an emergency immediately after takeoff. The Airbus A320 (reg. D-AIUJ) returned immediately to Manchester Airport after after engine shut down during take off and landed safely few minutes after 1300 local time. Emergency services welcomed the flight. Engine just failed on my plane shortly after take off from…
A Malaysia Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur skidded upon landing at Sibu Airport at 10.17pm on Saturday. The Boeing 737-800 (reg.9M-MXX) was carrying 61 passengers and six crew. All onboard flight MH2718 safely evacuated via two slide rafts. No injuries have been reported so far. At the time of the incident, there was no other incoming…
An American man has been charged with mischief after a fake bomb was found in a Chicago-bound passenger’s luggage at Pearson International Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a release about their investigation into United flight #UA547 that was bound for Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. It was set to fly out of Pearson at…
Aviation authorities are investigating claims a drone came dangerously close to a Singapore Airlines plane as it flew above the Swan River on Wednesday 5 April. The airline had been holding a competition for the best photo of the special Perth flyover, but there are concerns some people went too far. Photographer Daniel Kitlar went…
Air India flight #AI156 from New Delhi with over 120 people on board was rolling at a high speed to take off for Goa from main runway 28 at about 1130 LT. The air traffic control (ATC) asked to reject take off immediately as another plane was landing on runway 27. IGIA’s runway 27 and…
A United Airlines plane set to fly to Chicago on Thursday, April 6 morning has been sitting on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport for hours as U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigates. U.S. Customs was conducting an investigation in regards to United flight #UA547 that’s bound for Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. It was set…
A woman was taken to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition Tuesday night after she was taken off an Air Canada flight following an emergency landing in Calgary. Passengers on board the Boeing 777-200 (reg. C-FIUF) from Toronto to Vancouver flight say they were over Saskatchewan when the woman went into medical distress. A decision was made to…
Cooking oil spilled in the center of the cabin of a Tri-M.G. Airlines cargo aircraft, causing the plane’s tail to tip downward and touch the apron during unloading at Wamena Airport in Papua on Monday. The Tri-M.G. Boeing 737-301F carried a variety of cargo, including Bimoli cooking oil that spilled in the cabin during unloading. ”During…
Official of Malam Aminu Kano International Airport have deployed men and personnel to quench a mysterious fire that gutted its fuel drop Wednesday morning. Malam Aminu Kano International Airport fuel drop is located within the striking distance of domestic arrival hall adjacent vast space that housed corner shops. An eyewitness told that the fire started…
Today, Qatar flight #QR263 from Doha to Warsaw has hit an airbridge at Warsaw Airport. The Airbus A330 (reg. A7-AEI) landed this morning at 0620 local time. The aircraft taxied to the gate, and the left wing has hit the jet bridge at the gate. Authorities are investigating the incident.
A Uganda registered aircraft belonging to Eagle Air has crashed shortly after take-off in Yei town, southwestern South Sudan on Saturday morning. All 17 passengers and three crew members from Uganda survived, a crew member said. Pilot Caxton Mukasa told Radio Tamazuj that the plane was heading to Uganda. He explained that the crash was…
