Flight Emirates #EK863 from Muscat was grounded after baggage handlers found the serpent in the cargo hold of the Boeing 777-300ER. A spokesperson for the airline, quoted by Dubai-based media, said the snake was found before passengers boarded the plane. The aircraft was searched before re-entering service and arriving at its destination several hours later.…
A Shaheen Air plane made emergency landing at Lahore Airport after one of its engines caught fire on Sunday. The flight #NL902 arriving from Manchester landed at its destination Alama Iqbal Airport using only one of its engines. According to spokesperson civil aviation authority, the engine of Airbus 330 had caught fire before landing.
The Ft. Lauderdale Airport shooter walked casually through baggage claim before suddenly pulling his gun out and wreaking havoc. TMZ has obtained video of the shooting (and decided to show only the seconds leading up to the first shots fired and the panic that ensued). The shooter, 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, with a 9 mm handgun…
Multiple fatalities have been confirmed in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida in baggage claim at terminal 2. Although police said a suspect is in custody, there are later reports of more gunfire in other terminals. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 2225 UTC Florida shooting suspect was taken to…
LAM – Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique Boeing 737-700 collided with an external body on approach to Tete, Mozambique. UPDATE 10 jan 2017 The Mozambique’s Civil Aviation Authority concluded the radome most likely failed as result of a structural problem “material failure”. Presenting a preliminary report on the incident at a Maputo press conference on Tuesday, the chairperson…
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane clipped the wing of an Air France plane while taxiing to its gate at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Tuesday evening. The Air France Boeing 777 (reg. F-GSPP) flight #AF351 was parked at a gate at Terminal 3 when the PIA plane taxiing towards its gate, clipped wings with…
An Aeroflot plane skidded off runway during landing at Kaliningrad International Airport (Russia). The Airbus A321 (reg. VP-BES) flight #SU1008 from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow (Russia) was landing at Kaliningrad International at 1010 LT when it violently skidded off the runway. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft stopped in the snow. Passengers were evacuated and the airport…
On december 28, 2016, Kenya Airways Dreamliner #KQ112 suffered a pressure issue at 32,000ft, close to Mount Kenya (4,000m). The pilot decided to go quickly down to 15,000 ft with oxygen mask. Passengers panicked and the cabin crew was not really trained to face the situation. The plane came back in NBO and the pilot…
United Airlines says it is investigating after a baggage handler was found in an aircraft’s cargo hold following a flight from Charlotte to Washington Dulles International Airport. The airline said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday that United Express flight #UA6060 operated by Mesa Airlines landed safely at Dulles on Sunday. The…
Kuwait Airways Flight #KU117 was travelling from Kuwait to New York when the crew declared a medical emergency. The Boeing 777-300 #KU117 diverted to Shannon Airport at 0215 yesterday where emergency services attended. The man was pronounced dead and his body was taken to Limerick University Hospital for a post mortem examination. He was in his…
A suicide car blast targeted a Police checkpoint near airport, second blast occurred outside Peace Hotel that hosted IGAD meeting. Eyewitnesses said the blast was followed by gunfire, according to reports. UPDATE 1021 UTC 3 people confirmed killed, Police says. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. However, the al-Qaida linked Islamic extremist…
