A female passenger died on a flight that was forced to divert to Shannon Airport on Friday evening. Yesterday, Air Canada flight #AC849 from London Heathrow Airport to Toronto in Canada diverted to Shannon after the crew declared a medical emergency. LIVE Air Canada #AC849 U-turn over Atlantic and diverting to Shannon due to medical emergency…
Eurowings flight #EW9224 flying from Germany to Gothenburg was forced into an emergency landing Friday night after a crack appeared in the windshield of the cockpit. The aircraft, with 106 passengers on board, was travelling from Düsseldorf to Gothernburg’s Landvetter airport. After taking off at around 7pm, it declared an emergency over German airspace, LIVE…
Emirates A380 flight from Dubai to Paris CDG had to divert to Larnaca, Cyprus after birth of a baby boy during the flight. UPDATE 1912 UTC The mother and baby are in Larnaca hospital. The medical condition of the baby is still unknown. UPDATE 1935 UTC Emirates flight just left Cyprus. Report by PaLoungos SteLios Emirates…
Two Muslim men have been taken off a plane bound for Manchester after two women accused them of “making gestures”. They were asked to re-trace their steps through security at Izmir airport in Turkey for extra checks sparked by claims including that they were “going to the toilet to use their phones”. Their Thomas Cook…
A Southwest flight traveling from Tampa to Nashville made an emergency landing at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Southwest Boeing 737 (reg.N626SW) Flight #WN1694 landed safely after indications that there was a performance issue with on of the aircraft’s engines.
Air India flight #AI849 from Delhi to Pune has overshot the runway during landing at Pune airport. For a reason still unknown, the Airbus A321 (reg. VT-PPA) has overshot the runway. Following the incident, an emergency evacuation was carried out. The crew have activated the emergency inflatable slides. All 152 passenger are safe. The runway has been…
The Federal Aviation Administration says a Westjet Air 1200, a Boeing 737, made a contact with a wing of Republic Airline Flight 5899, an Embraer E170, as they were moving on a taxiway at LaGuardia. The incident happened around 8:36 a.m. at the intersection of Taxiway B and Taxiway M, according to the Port Authority. Passengers…
Planes are stuck on the Tarmac at Lisbon airport amid a failure with the fuel pumping system, say reports. Portugal’s flagship carrier, TAP, said there were 14 of its planes on the ground and all planes without fuel were unable to take off. Some flights have been cancelled. The airport authority admitted it did not…
Two passengers got into a fight on a Southwest flight shortly after the plane landed in Burbank, California. Southwest flight 2530 had traveled from Dallas and was on a short layover at Hollywood Burbank Airport before continuing on to Oakland. But as the plane taxied to the gate, two men began fighting, Burbank Police said.…
A British Airways flight due to take off from Heathrow to the US had to be cancelled when a bird found flapping inside the cockpit could not be removed by crew. Efforts to remove the blackbird over several hours culminated in airport ground staff using a recording of birds in distress in an attempt to…
A Man has died on board a transatlantic flight that diverted to Shannon Airport today despite the best efforts of crew members who performed CPR for over an hour. The 88-year-old, who was travelling with his wife, have fallen ill about three hours into flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta. The flight was almost three hours into…
A Jet Airways flight collided with another aircraft before take off today afternoon. The Jet Airways flight #9W603 was scheduled to fly from Delhi to Srinagar and suffered partial damage in the incident. According to information available online the scheduled departure of the flight #9W603 was 2.50 pm. The right wing of the Srinagar-bound Jet…
