A Qatar Airways A330 plane caught fire in one of its engines due to birdstrike during takeoff. Flight QR240 returned to Istanbul and landed safely at Ataturk airport. UPDATE Qatar Airways #QR240 engine pals inspection after emergency landing at Istanbul.
A woman gave birth to a premature but healthy baby girl mid-flight while travelling from the United Arab Emirates to the Philippines, forcing the plane to carry out an emergency landing in Hyderabad. The mother, whose due date was two months away, went into labour on board the Cebu Pacific Air flight Sunday as it…
ANA Dreamliner flight #NH959 from Totkyo Narita to Shanghai rejected takeoff due to engine failure. Pilots stopped the Boeing 787 on runway after the loud bang and loss of power on engine one.
A Thursday night flight carrying 222 passengers from New York City to Paris was forced to turn around after the crew realized the aircraft’s door might have been open — but it turned out to be a false alarm. A company spokesman described it as a “possible issue with the aircraft’s cargo door latching mechanism”…
Six people were hospitalized Friday after a Spirit Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing at Orlando International Airport, said Carolyn Fennell of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.The plane was heading to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, but was forced to land due to smoke in the cockpit, she said. Officials did not say the condition of…
A Yak-42 from Sochi with 118 passengers & crew on board skidded off the runway on landing at Ufa International Airport (Russia).
A Sacramento-bound plane had to make an unexpected landing after 22 passengers were injured by turbulence. The Jet Blue flight from Boston to Sacramento arrived safely in South Dakota at around 7:30 p.m. central, or 5:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The airline says 22 passengers and two crew members were transported to the hospital for…
Thomas Cook flight was forced to declare an emergency landing at Manchester Airport after a bird was sucked into an engine. The Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT3496 from Glasgow to Palma de Mallorca diverted to Manchester and landed safely at around 7.20am on Thursday. A spokesman for the airline confirmed there was a suspected bird…
Marseille airport runways are closed due to nearby fires in Vitrolles. Water bombers will stop operations at 2115LT because of the night. Then landings will remuse if smoke does not prevent planes from landing. UPDATE 1915UTC Marseille airport reopens to commercial flights. Number of flights delayed or cancelled.
Federal prosecutor’s office communicated that the threat at Brussels Airport is very serious, hence the deployment. Reload the page for updates. UPDATE 1839UTC Disaster plan lifted at Brussels Zaventem Airport after bomb alerts. UPDATE 1824UTC All passengers of both flights deplaned. UPDATE 1814UTC Bomb threats were against SAS flight SK4745 from Olso and SAS flight SK2591 from Stockholm inbound…
A Pakistan International (PIA) aircraft skidded off the runway at Islamabad airport as it attempted to land back following a technical fault. “Due to technical issues, a PIA aircraft landed back at Islamabad airport and veered off the runway. Aircraft & all passengers are safe,” PIA spokesperson Danyal Gilani tweeted. The A-320 aircraft, bearing flight number…
A plane was forced to make a diversion after a man allegedly claimed to have a gun on board a holiday flight. Passengers were left terrified when crew members rushed through the plane as it suddenly began its descent and touched down more than 600 miles away from its destination. The man, who was sitting…
