Investigations have been launched after a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300 was involved in a suspected “tail strike”. Singapore Airlines flight SQ238 was departing Melbourne Airport’s runway 34 on Sunday morning when the aircraft’s tail came in contact with the runway. Singapore Airlines have said the pilot’s did not receive any indications of a tail strike…
A suspected radioactive leak from a medical shipment took place at the cargo terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday morning (Oct 9), leading authorities to cordon off the area. The suspected radioactive substance came from an Air France aircraft. Representatives from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and National Disaster Management Authority were…
An impressive video of Air Horizont Boeing 737-400 aborting landing runway 06 in Prague during strong winds.
A twin-engine plane with six people has made an emergency landing at Lelystad Airport (Netherlands) Sunday afternoon after problems with the landing gear. The aircraft was on an approach to Eelde Airport when the pilots noticed that the front landing gear was not extended. They decided to return to their home base Lelystad. Meanwhile, the emergency…
A Southwest airplane was evacuated at the Louisville International Airport on Oct. 5. An airport spokesperson said smoke was reported in the airplane’s cabin at 9:15 a.m. and no one was injured. Louisville Metro Arson confirms a Samsung phone was the cause of the smoke. Officials said the phone overheated. The phone had some heat…
The tyres of ASL Boeing 737 in TNT express livery from East Midlands (UK) burst during landing runway 25 this morning at Belfast. The aircraft stopped at intersection of runway and was met by emergency vehicles. Belfast International Airport has experienced disruptions until mid afternoon.
On September 30, British Airways Boeing 777-200 ER flight #BA293 to Washington returned to London Heathrow due to operational issue.
At 10:19 on the 2nd October 2016 Jet2 flight LS891 departed Manchester’s runway 05L bound for Lanzarote. Seconds after departure, the 757 registered G-LSAG realized they had a problem and entered a hold over Wigan at 8,000ft where it circled for a further 40 minutes. It’s the third time in a month this Boeing 757…
TAAG flight #DT655 takeoff from Lisbon to Luanda (Angola) with employee closed in the cargo hold. A TAAG Angola Airlines did an emergency landing in Lisbon today after reports that an airport employee had been closed in the cargo hold of the Boeing 777 (reg. D2-TEI) when it took off from Porto. Informed that an employee was…
The wing of a Dreamliner clipped a mast during taxi in Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport (Namibia). According to our information the Qatar Airways Dreamliner 787-8 (reg. A7-BCC) flight #QR1373 was taxiing when the tip of the wing clipped a mast. The return flight #QR1374 to Doha is delayed until further notice. Although details are sketchy, the…
A Malaysian airliner shot down in eastern Ukraine was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile launched from a village held by rebels fighting Ukrainian government forces, international prosecutors said on Wednesday. The Buk missile system used to shoot down the plane fired one missile from the village of Pervomaysk and was later returned to Russia,…
Delta flight from Detroit to Amsterdam, but was forced to land in Manchester after a tablet began smoking. A Delta official explained that the tablet fell inside a seat and became jammed after the seat either reclined or was returned to upright. Underneath the seat cover, the tablet and foam then started smoking and passengers could smell a…
