An El Al Israel Airlines flight departing from Toronto Pearson International Airport was forced to return for an emergency landing after reporting an engine fire. The Boeing 767-300 ER to Tel Aviv, landed safely 40 minutes after takeoff. Emergency crew were on the scene to meet the aircraft on the runway. No injuries were reported.…
A cargo plane belonging to Colombian airliner Aerosucre crashed Tuesday, leaving four dead, one wounded and one missing. At least four people are dead and another person injured after an Aerosucre cargo plane crashed Tuesday in Puerto Carreño, Colombia. The Boeing 727-200 (registration HK4544) crashed shortly after takeoff from the German Olano airport, close to…
An American Airlines passenger’s electronic cigarette “malfunctioned” Thursday and started a small fire aboard the aircraft, airline officials said. The small fire forced the flight from Dallas to Indianapolis to make an emergency landing at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. American Airlines spokesman Ross Feinstein said none of the 137 passengers or five crew members…
United Airlines flight #UA441 from Orlando International Airport slid off the runway about 1:10 a.m. after landing at O’Hare, according to Chicago Police and the airline. When the plane turned to taxi on the runway, one of the tires went off the pavement, a spokeswoman for United Airlines said. No injuries were reported and passengers…
At 0314 UTC, six minutes after take off to Avoca, passengers heard one of the engine blow. The Boeing 717 reached 15,000ft and started descend at 0317 UTC for a safe landing 20 minutes later at Atlanta airport.
Russian defense ministry Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft with 32 passengers and seven crew members onboard, has crashed in the Bulunsky district of Siberia’s Yakutia, 27 kilometers from the Tiksi village. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 0700 UTC At least 30 people taken to hospital. UPDATE 0610 UTC Russian defense ministry says sat least 16 people seriously…
Traces of explosives have been found on victims of the Egyptair crash over the Mediterranean in May, investigators say. A statement by Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said a criminal investigation would now begin into the crash. Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo plunged into the sea on 19 May killing all 66 people on board.…
The one remaining ship still looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has begun what is likely to be its final search. Dutch-owned Fugro Equator left the Australian port of Fremantle on Monday. Several ships have combed the seabed of a vast search area in the Indian Ocean since the plane disappeared in 2014. The…
Two passenger planes skidded off an icy runway just before take-off at Urumqi Diwobao International Airport in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The first incident occurred at 9.33am, when Shanghai Airlines’ flight FM9220 bound for Shanghai veered off the runway while making a turn. About forty minutes later, Shenzhen Airlines’ flight ZH9240 bound for Shenzhen slid off the…
Snowy conditions may have been a factor in a plane skidding off a runway at a Northern Michigan airport. A Delta flight from Detroit was landing at the Pellston airport around 11:00 p.m. Sunday night when it skidded about 50 to 100 feet off the runway. Everyone on board remained calm through the landing, even…
According to Civil Aviation Authority’s spokesman, the flight #PK661 was on its way from Chitral to Islamabad when it lost connection with the control tower at 1620 LT today. Please, reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1440 UTC 21 bodies recovered from scene of Pakistan plane crash, military says. UPDATE 1432 UTC First video following PIA…
