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…
A pilot who allegedly passed out drunk in a plane cockpit at the Calgary airport faces two criminal charges. The male pilot for Sunwing Airlines was found “severely impaired by alcohol” early Saturday morning, Calgary police said in a press release. At the time of the incident, 99 passengers and five other flight crew were…
An Afriqiyah Airways A320 with around 120 people on board has just landed in Malta after it was hijacked. The plane was on an internal flight from Sebha to Tripoli and diverted by two hijackers who claimed to have a hand grenade. A total of 111 passengers – 82 men, 28 women and an infant…
The emergency slide of Lufthansa Airbus A380 was accidentally deployed on stop at Manchester Airport for a crew change. No passengers when it landed at Manchester early Tuesday morning and it’s not yet known how the inflatable evacuation slide – usually only activated in an emergency landing – was released. The Airbus A380 had flown…
An El Al Israel Airlines flight departing from Toronto Pearson International Airport was forced to return for an emergency landing after reporting an engine fire. The Boeing 767-300 ER to Tel Aviv, landed safely 40 minutes after takeoff. Emergency crew were on the scene to meet the aircraft on the runway. No injuries were reported.…
A cargo plane belonging to Colombian airliner Aerosucre crashed Tuesday, leaving four dead, one wounded and one missing. At least four people are dead and another person injured after an Aerosucre cargo plane crashed Tuesday in Puerto Carreño, Colombia. The Boeing 727-200 (registration HK4544) crashed shortly after takeoff from the German Olano airport, close to…
An American Airlines passenger’s electronic cigarette “malfunctioned” Thursday and started a small fire aboard the aircraft, airline officials said. The small fire forced the flight from Dallas to Indianapolis to make an emergency landing at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. American Airlines spokesman Ross Feinstein said none of the 137 passengers or five crew members…
United Airlines flight #UA441 from Orlando International Airport slid off the runway about 1:10 a.m. after landing at O’Hare, according to Chicago Police and the airline. When the plane turned to taxi on the runway, one of the tires went off the pavement, a spokeswoman for United Airlines said. No injuries were reported and passengers…
At 0314 UTC, six minutes after take off to Avoca, passengers heard one of the engine blow. The Boeing 717 reached 15,000ft and started descend at 0317 UTC for a safe landing 20 minutes later at Atlanta airport.
