NEWS DHL plane suffered tailstrike yesterday at Lahore
A Boeing 767 of DHL suffered tailstrike on landing yesterday at Lahore Airport.
BREAKING Atlasjet A320 radom and windshield seriously damaged by hail at Istanbul
An Atlasjet flight from Istanbul to North Cyprus was damaged by hail and had to return. The Airbus A320 departed from Istanbul Ataturk Airport when it reached 5,000 feet and was damaged by hail storm. The windshield cracked and the radom was damaged. The plane returned to Istanbul Atatürk Airport with 121 passengers on board. The footage of…
EMERGENCY Female passenger hitting the wall of the plane forces United #UA898 to emergency landing
An unruly passenger on United flight 898 from Houston to New Orleans forced pilots to make an emergency landing. Just 25 minutes into the flight, passengers say a woman seated in the back row started yelling and hitting the wall of the plane. “I hear a woman screaming in the back of the plane, you…
NEWS Two Air India pilots grounded after they forgot to retract A320 landing gear during entire flight
Air India has grounded two pilots who forgot to retract aircraft landing gear after take off and then flew all the way from Kolkata to Nagpur with the wheels out. While the flight’s destination was Mumbai, flying with the wheels out meant flying low and more fuel burn due to which the plane had to land…
NEWS Lufthansa A340 #LH543 from BOG to FRA just diverted to Manchester due to baby birth on board
Lufthansa flight #LH543 from Bogota to Frankfurt had to land at Manchester Airport after a woman gave birth on board. The Airbus A340 (reg. D-AIFC) landed at 13:15 local time and is scheduled to refuel and take off in about one hour to Frankfurt.
BREAKING Perth domestic airport evacuated after alarm
Travellers were evacuated from Perth Airport this afternoon after an alarm was evacuated. Hundreds of flight passengers stood in the car park of the domestic airport while the alarm was investigated about 2pm. A Perth airport spokesperson confirmed the alarm sounded after someone activated a “break glass” emergency system. It was deemed a false alarm…
BREAKING Turkish Airlines #TK617 from Istanbul to Casablanca diverted to Algiers due to bomb threat
Turkish Airlines flight #TK617 from Istanbul Ataturk International Airport to Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport was forced to divert to Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport today due to a bomb threat. The Boeing 777 (reg. TC-JJR) diverted to Algiers today after the Turkish company received a message of a bomb on board the plane from a…
BREAKING Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 seriously damaged by tow truck at Nairobi Airport
A Boeing 737-800 operated by Kenya Airways suffered damages to the fuselage at Nairobi-Jomo International, Kenya. A tow truck hit the right side of the plane, causing serious damage to the fuselage. The plane was being prepared to flight to Johannesburg, South Africa had been damaged during the night at 11.23 local time.
NEWS Photos emerging of tourist throwing object to approaching Boeing 767 at Maho Beach, St Maarten
Photos emerged of a tourist throwing an object to a plane on approach to Princess Juliana Airport, St Maarten. A video of still pictures is showing a tourist in the sea throwing a ball to Amerijet Boeing 767 over the world famous Maho Beach. However this has still be be confirmed as the distance between the man and the plane is…
NEWS Couple slams Jet2 after oxygen mask fails to drop during emergency landing
A man from Middlesbrough has slammed an airline after his oxygen mask failed to drop during a plane’s 30,000ft dive to an emergency landing. John Hatfield was forced to frantically rip down a metal panel to access his safety mask when the Jet2 plane he was travelling on was forced to land 35 minutes into…
ALERT Near-miss between Emirates A380 and Air Seychelles A330 near Mauritius island
An Emirates Airbus A380, flying from Dubai to Mauritius last Friday, had been cleared to descend to 38,000 feet by Air Traffic Control on its approach to the Indian Ocean island, with an Air Seychelles Airbus A330, Flight #HM54, having taken off from Mauritius travelling in the opposite direction. However, the crew of the Emirates…
NEWS Mercury infographic of Air Canada near-miss at SFO is… scaring!
It’s hard to imagine just how close an Air Canada pilot came to crashing into four fully-loaded passenger jets on a crowded SFO taxiway after mistaking it for a runway. The altitude sounds low. The distance above planes appears very short. The audio rings alarm bells.
