A Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Houston was forced to make an emergency landing after a woman tried to open an emergency exit door, passengers say. Southwest flight #WN4519 landed safely in Corpus Christi Sunday afternoon. The pilot made the decision to land after flight attendants warned of a potential threat in the…
Passengers on flight D7237 en route to Kuala Lumpur have told how they heard a bang and looked out the window to see the left engine vibrating violently under the wing. The aircraft started shuddering and a strong engine smell wafted through the cabin for a couple of minutes before the pilot made a U-turn…
Smoke in the cockpit prompted a JetBlue Airways flight headed for Florida to make an emergency landing in South Carolina. The Federal Aviation Administration says in a statement that flight #B6913 was heading from White Plains, New York, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday when the crew reported the smoke. The plane landed at Charleston…
A turbulent flight from Panama to Houston resulted in seven passengers being hospitalized Tuesday afternoon. The Houston Fire Department met United Airlines Flight 1031 on the runway at George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 1340, Senior Captain Ruy Lozano said. Some passengers had minor head and neck injuries, Lozano said. The flight experienced turbulence in Mexican airspace about…
An earlier report from local officials said a Canadair plane crashed in the mountainous region of Pedrogao Grande while trying to exinguish the devastating blaze. UPDATE 1823 UTC Secretary of State Jorge Gomes confirms that no plane has crashed in Pedrógão. UPDATE 1812 UTC The National Civil Protection Authority says none of the planes contracted by…
A Scandinavian Airlines Systems plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Gdansk, Poland, shortly after takeoff on Tuesday due to smoke in the cabin. A spokesman for Polish firefighters says a plane with 94 people aboard flying from Gdansk to Copenhagen returned to the airport and made an emergency landing after smoke appeared…
At least 26 people have been injured after a China Eastern Airlines flight #MU774 from Paris CDG hit turbulence over Southwest China on descent to Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan province, Xinhua news agency reported. The state news agency reports that passengers suffered broken bones, cuts to the scalp and soft tissue injuries following the…
Hamburg airport was closed after Lufthansa Airbus A319 reported smoke in cabin. Lufthansa flight #LH16 landed at 12:02 UTC and was met by emergency crew after reporting smoke in cabin. UPDATE 1248 UTC Hamburg airport is now open. The runway was closed and all inbound flights were holding or diverting to Bremen. Emirates #EK59 had to do…
United Airlines flight #UA170 preparing to take off from New York to Venice suffered fuel leak at Newark. A passenger in a window seat on the Boeing 767 (reg. N677UA) at Newark airport saw fuel pouring from a left wing tank while the jet was taxiing to the runway United Airlines flight 170 had left the gate…
Malaysia Airlines flight #MH725 landed safely at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta despite suffering a damaged tyre yesterday. The plane landed on the tarmac amid heavy rain in Jakarta. There were no injuries to passengers or crew, according to a statement published by the airline on its Facebook page. “Flight MH725 experienced a suspected tyre…
A woman who died following an in-flight medical emergency Monday was dragged, half-naked and unresponsive, from an American Airlines flight that landed in Minnesota, a witness said. Passenger told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that flight attendants found the woman, who has not yet been identified, unresponsive in the restroom of the Boeing 737 as the crew…
