A Lufthansa Airbus A380 had to return because landing gear could not retract. The Airbus A380 (reg. D-AIMM) #LH440 to Houston had to dump fuel before returning to Frankfurt after 1 hour flight. It landed safely at 11:40 local time. Via Breaking Flight News
A piece of loading equipment caught fire at Hong Kong International Airport next to the plane that was due to to fly from the city to Los Angeles. The Boeing 777 was close to the terminal shortly after 5pm local time (10am GMT) when the fire started to the left of the plane. One man was injured…
Missing parts of Air France A380 (reg. F-HPJE) engine have been spotted on the ice sheet by helicopter. According to the BEA, they were located on a desert area covered with ice, located about 150 km southeast of the town of Paamiut, located on the west coast of Greenland. The missing parts were located by using…
Footage has emerged showing fire crews dousing a blaze next to a easyJet A319 at Liverpool airport. Smoke was seen rising near an easyJet plane after it appeared aGPU (Ground Power Unit) had burst into flames next to the aircraft. Witnesses who captured video and photos of the blaze thought the easyJet plane was on…
A plane crashed into a pair of deer while trying to land on the runway in northern Alberta on Tuesday. Police said the two deer jumped in front of the aircraft and hit the propeller. It happened at the MEG Energy Christina Lake Aerodrome, east of Conklin, Alta. The Dash 8, was owned by Sunwest…
Just after 11:00 on Wednesday, evacuation of the new terminal was initiated after finding a suspicious object. When scanning a luggage a grenade-like object was revealed. The airport terminal, T3, was immediately evacuated, reports police officer Lars Geitle. The object was examined and it turned out it was made of ceramics. A police car arrived at…
Two RAF Typhoons from Coningsby have escorted a Ryanair passenger jet into Stansted airport as Quick Reaction Alert. The aircraft was a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (reg. EI-FZH) flight #FR2145 from Kaunas to London Luton. UPDATE 09:03 UTC Security threat confirmed as hoax. UPDATE 09:01 UTC Sniffer dogs going round the luggage. UPDATE 08:52 UTC Passengers escorted to buses…
American Airlines flight #AA62 to Paris was forced to divert to Shannon this morning. The Boeing 777-200 (reg. N790AN) had to divert due to cargo hold fire indication. The fire vehicles were scrambled to meet the aircraft right after landing. Passengers has been disembarked on the tarmac.
Delta flight #DL964 from New York’s La Guardia Airport to Detroit was carrying 154 people when the Airbus A320 suffered engine failure. “There was a crackling noise a couple of times, in the middle of the flight ,” a passenger in row 16, who did not want to be identified, told WWJ-TV. The flight was…
An Antonov An-148 was forced to turn around to Talakan regional airport (Russia) after right engine caught fire moments after take-off . The flight #IK9788 of the Russian regional airline Angara Airlines from Talakan Regional Airport to Irkutsk International Airport (Russia) had taken off around noon (local time) when after a few minutes, the passengers could…
UPDATE 10:47 UTC 50 dead & 200 injured in shooting near Las Vegas Airport police say. UPDATE 09:00 UTC The shooter fired from 32nd floor near Las Vegas Airport, 20+ dead, 100+ injured. UPDATE 07:47 UTC Limited flight activity has resumed at Las Vegas airport. Las Vegas McCarran Airport was temporally shut down due to active shooter nearby. Approx…
Air France A380 (reg. F-HPJE) flight #AF66 from Paris CDG to Los Angeles LAX diverted to Goose Bay. UPDATE 2223 UTC Air France is sending a Boeing 777-300 and a B737 to get the 497 passengers of Flight #AF066 to their destination. The two flights are scheduled to leave Goose Bay at 04:15 (LT). UPDATE 2124 UTC Someone onboard…
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