An Aerospace 146 Avro RJ85 carrying the Brazil’s Chapecoense football team has crashed in Colombia, en route to the Copa Sudamericana finals. Investigators say it is ‘very suspicious’ that the plane did not explode on impact as it smashed into a mountain on its way from Bolivia to the Colombian city of Medellin. A surviving flight…
The American firefighting aircraft nicknamed the Supertanker has landed at Ben Gurion Airport to help fire crews on the ground and in the air to extinguish a series of fires raging around the country, especially in the hills surrounding Jerusalem.
An IndiGo Airbus A320 plane and a KLM Boeing Dreamliner aircraft were involved in a near miss incident earlier this month, prompting the Indian authorities to order a probe considering it as a serious incident. IndiGo’s Airbus A 320 plane was flying from the national capital to Bengaluru while KLM’s Boeing 787 aircraft was en…
@AmericanAir Flight 1693 DFW to LAS. Engine on fire before being shut off and diverted to Albuquerque. pic.twitter.com/UGNCYAJq58 — Jason Skewes (@jasonskewes) November 28, 2016 An American Airlines flight has landed safely at the Albuquerque International Sunport, after losing one of its engines in mid-air. American Airlines #AA1693 was en route from Dallas to Las…
A Virgin Atlantic pilot brought a plane down at the Goose Bay airport on Tuesday, following a “technical issue” with the aircraft. Virgin Atlantic #VS19 was diverted to Goose Bay on Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson with the company confirmed. The flight from London to San Francisco was diverted when the pilot “requested a priority landing” as…
A Cathay Pacific flight carrying 230 passengers and crew from London to Hong Kong was forced to divert to Russia on Wednesday morning after its fire indicator signal was activated. The incident happened about six hours after the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft departed from London at about 2am on Wednesday. The flight was diverted to Russia…
A Qatar Airways flight travelling to Doha from Miami was forced to make an emergency landing in Zurich on Saturday afternoon after crew detected smoke onboard. Flight QR778 landed safely at the Zurich airport and requested emergency services to check whether there was any problem. All the passengers onboard the Boeing 777-300 were evacuated. In…
A Toronto-Lahore flight of PIA has been diverted to Manchester as its toilets got choked, due to something solid thrown by passengers, a statement from the airline said. The flight PK798 was on its way to Lahore when the problem was identified. As all the toilets are connected with a common drain line, rest of…
A Russian plane heading to the APEC summit in Peru was intercepted by Swiss fighter jets as soon as it entered the country’s airspace, journalists on board said. The video from aboard the Russian plane was posted online by one of the passengers, with Swiss military insignias clearly visible on the escorting plane in the footage.…
A JetBlue flight landed at Boston’s Logan Airport on Thursday afternoon with a body on board, according to WHDH-TV. Officials said an elderly gentleman died on the flight while traveling to Boston from Fort Myers, Florida. Police are currently on scene investigating the cause of death.
Breaking one person injured in #shooting at #WillRogers #airport #Oklahoma city pic.twitter.com/M1UMmGsOw7 — Шаппibаl (@WanzRobert) 15 novembre 2016 At approximately 12:50 p.m. Nov. 15, authorities responded to a shots fired call. One person shot at Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City. Officials urged residents to avoid the airport and check their flight statuses online. The man…
A Porter Airlines flight approaching Toronto was forced to take evasive action to avoid a drone Monday morning, injuring two cabin attendants. The Dash 8-400 turboprop was inbound to Toronto’s Billy Bishop airport when the pilots spied an unidentified object and took quick action to avoid a mid-air collision. “The flight crew performed an evasive…
