China Eastern Airlines flight #MU5935 from Kunming skidded off runway 17 at Dali airport (China). The Boeing 737-700 (reg. B-5242) left the runway on landing for a reason not known yet. The front landing gear bogged down into the grass.
A flight from Phoenix has been forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday morning after experiencing a landing gear fault. American Airlines flight AA574 from Phoenix headed to Tampa was less than an hour away from landing when the pilots of the Airbus A320 aircraft discovered a possible fault in the landing gear. The…
The Costa Rican authorities suspended operations at the country’s main airport Monday after the nearby Turrialba volcano erupted, sending a thick ash cloud into the sky. The San Jose international airport was temporarily closed for security reasons because the volcanic ash could cause problems for planes, the civil aviation authority said. Airport sources said eight…
A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Nashville, Tennessee made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport Monday night after the plane blew a tire. While it was a tense time for the passengers and crew, no one was injured after the aircraft made a safe landing. Southwest Flight #WN2634, which took off from LAX, landed on…
A Saudi Airlines Boeing 777 with around 300 passengers onboard has been isolated at Manila airport in the Philippines, after the pilot was advised that the plane was under threat, Reuters reports citing communications from the control tower. UPDATE 0905 UTC Some passengers are now disembarking. UPDATE 0914 UTC All hand baggages of passengers will pass…
Passengers on board Air India flight #AI729 got a rude shock on Tuesday morning as a bomb scare was reported at the Netaji Subhas Chandra International Airport in Kolkata. UPDATE 0741 UTC Air India flight #AI729 has been cleared by the security agencies and boarding has just been announced As per media reports, the threat…
Authorities received report of shooting at @LASairport approx 5:56 pm. Details given state domestic violence related incident.
The flight, CA1519 from Beijing to Shanghai, was due to take off at 9:30 am but was delayed for about 20 minutes as a couple refused to listen to crew members and blocked the runway until they were taken away by police. They claimed that they missed the flight because they were not informed about the…
At 19:00 local tonight, a van crashed into a baggage loader truck at gate 542 at London Heathrow airport. A baggage handler was injured during the incident as he fell from the truck. Medical services rapidly gave the worker the first aid. We’ll keep you informed as soon as we have more information.
British police say officers have arrested a 39-year-old man at London’s Heathrow Airport under terrorism laws. Scotland Yard said the man was nabbed on suspicion of possessing terrorist-related material after he arrived at the airport on Saturday. He was taken to a London police station where he remained in custody Sunday. Police say counter-terrorism officers…
A cell phone battery caused an inflight disruption after catching fire on a Delta McDonnell Douglas MD-88 flight from Norfolk to Atlanta Friday morning. The fire started about 15 minutes after flight 2557’s departure. According to the passenger, retired military personnel aided the flight attendants in extinquising the fire by using a bottle of water until a…
