Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 747 flight #VS65 from London Gatwick to Montego Bay was struck by lightning shortly after take off at 1150 UTC this morning. My Travels!? Ten mins into a long haul flight & struck by lightening. Currently dumping fuel to try head back to Gatwick #flying #planes #no pic.twitter.com/fCcTsk71pg — Nick Kenton (@NiXakaNick) March…
A cargo flight from London Stansted to Doha was intercepted this morning by Hungarian fighter jets. A McDonnell Douglas MD-10 (reg. N330AU) took off from London Stansted at 0739 UTC and entered Hungarian airspace at 0911 UTC but didn’t contact the Hungarian Air Traffic Control after it entered the Hungarian airspace. The aircraft was flying according to the flight plan but the Hungarian…
A South Supreme Airlines plane crashed at South Sudan’s Wau airport with 44 passengers on board. Fire engines rushed to the plane when it crash-landed and started to burn. The number of casualties is unclear. South Supreme Airlines is a South Sudanese airline which began operations in September 2013. The airline was formed using the fleet of…
An easyJet flight was targeted by a laser beam as it tried to land in Gibraltar on Thursday evening in strong winds. Thursday March, 16 the Airbus A319 (reg.G-EZGE) from Bristol aborted its first attempt to land due to the winds but as it came in for a second try, a laser beam was shone at…
Southwest Airlines confirms that a flight from Phoenix to Atlanta Saturday morning had to make an emergency landing. Flight #WN118 had a pressurization issue, prompting the pilots to initiate a controlled descent and divert to Amarillo, Texas. The airline said the pilots “followed emergency procedure to reach a safe altitude” and landed at the nearest…
Wind made spun a Boeing 737 today a Dublin Airport. The wind of 20 kt gusting to 30 kt was not that strong but enough to move a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 today at Dublin Airport. The right wind of the aircraft has hit a lamppost but didn’t clip other aircraft around.
A Titan Airways charter flight from London Stansted to Poland made an emergency landing this morning at Amsterdam Airport. The Mayday was declared at 0943 UTC by the Boeing 767 (reg. G-POWD) due to depressurization. The plane, flight number AWC941, was on the way to the Polish city of Rzeszow. The Boeing 767 safely landed…
The Saab 340 flight #ZL768, carrying 16 passengers and three crew, was about 10 nautical miles from Sydney Airport when its right-hand propeller flew off, leading the two pilots to declare a PAN, which is one step down from a full-scale Mayday. The pilots are understood to have felt a vibration and were about to…
Monarch Airlines A321 (reg. G-OZBU) was taking off when alarm triggered forcing to pilots to stop the plane. Flight #ZB970 from Birmingham to Malaga was taking off runway 15 at 0705 UTC when crew were notified of overheat on one of two engines which was installed on the plane yesterday. Pilots aborted takeoff and returned to the gate.…
Scandinavian Airlines flight was evacuated just before departure this afternoon due to bomb threat. Due to a bomb threat, passengers of Scandinavian Airlines flight bound for Stockholm had to evacuate the plane. The aircraft was searched during one hour before passengers were allowed to board the flight.
Yesterday at around 2330 local time, a ground power unit (GPU) caught fire at Jakarta Airport (CGK) near terminal 3. The unit was placed close to Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330-343 (reg. PK-GPR) flight #GA421 from Denpasar (DPS). According to Airport Authorities, it took 12 minutes from the initial report to extinguish the fire.
Transavia flight #HV9513 from Munich to Berlin suffered a bird strike. The Boeing 737-700 (reg. PH-XRX) from Munich was turning left at 3000ft on final approach to runway 25 at Berlin Schönefeld airport when it hit a flock of bird. The Transavia aircraft safely landed at 0800 local time.
