Two pilots have been arrested for allegedly attempting to fly a Airbus A310 from Glasgow Airport to Toronto while under the influence of alcohol. The captain and first officer are due to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court on Tuesday following the incident on the Air Transat aircraft on Monday afternoon. A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police…
A large piece of aircraft debris, believed to be a wing flap, has arrived in Australia for testing as part of the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, officials said Monday. The piece, found by locals on Pemba Island just off the coast of Tanzania on June 23, was now in Canberra, the Australian Transport…
Travellers have had a bad start to their week with an American Airlines flight returning to LaGuardia due to a suspected pressurisation issue. The American Airlines flight AA4595 that was due into Columbus at 8:00am from LaGuardia was diverted back to New York. Unconfirmed reports suggest the diversion was caused due to a malfunction is…
Emergency runway closure immediately due to soft spot in main Runway 06/24 to avoid damage to aircraft. Closure is upon risk assessment made by airport authorities. Expected flight diversions until on or about 10 p.m. today. Flights using aircraft A320 and below may use Runway 13/31 for flight operations. The broken runway coating damaged flaps…
A Hawaiian Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Tokyo early on Monday morning, bursting tyres and forcing the closure of one runway and the cancellation of several other flights. Flight HA458, which departed from Tokyo’s Haneda airport around midnight for Honolulu, returned to Japan after hydraulic system alarm, according to the NHK. The Airbus…
A plane carrying the new foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, had to make an emergency landing at Luton airport on Sunday, officials have said. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed that the aircraft, believed to be an RAF passenger jet, a BAE 146, had experienced a technical fault – thought to be an issue with the…
Alitali flight AZ827 Airbus A321 (reg. EI-IXV) from Beirut to Rome was delayed approximately 16 hours. Passengers did board the plane but the pilot didn’t want to takeoff. He said that he was too tired to fly the plane back to Rome.
Iran Air Airbus A300 (25 years old) flight IR712 from Stockholm to Tehran is declaring an emergency and diverting. UPDATE 1437UTC Iran Air flight #IR712 landed runway 34 at Vienna airport. UPDATE 1428UTC Iran Air flight #IR712 is diverting to Vienna. BREAKING IranAir #IR712 has declared an emergency and diverting https://t.co/VB6MmFc5MK pic.twitter.com/oxqljEWau9 — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) July 13,…
United Airlines #UA2081 Boeing 767-300 from to Edinburgh to Chicago is declaring an emergency and returning. Yesterday, the same same aircraft had an emergency due to fuel leak. The aircraft was being repositioned and was not carrying any customers, returned to Edinburgh Airport after take-off because of a mechanical issue. Reload the page for updates. UPDATE…
Air Canada Express flight AC7212 landed safely at around 7:20 a.m., a spokesperson for Air Canada said the “nose gear collapsed when the aircraft came to a stop.” “We recognize that this would have been disconcerting to passengers, and can confirm that our regional Express partners are trained to handle events such as this and…
