A full emergency plan was activated at Cork Airport on Wednesday morning after smoke started to appear in the cockpit of a plane (reg. EI-FCY) from Birmingham. The plane with 59 passengers and 4 crew on board was forced to make an emergency landing at 1006 LT. Six fire brigade units responded after the captain raised the…
The world’s largest aircraft – the Airlander 10 – has been damaged during landing on its second test flight. The 302ft (92m) long aircraft – which is part plane and part airship – was damaged during a flight from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire. Source BBC
Security threat on flight Egyptair Airbus A330 (reg. SU-GDS) flight number MS799 scheduled to leave Cairo at 0935 LT to Paris CDG. Because of an unidentified bag, the plane has been moved to an isolated area for inspection. Passengers will also be re-screened. UPDATE 0910 UTC Al Arabiya reports a fake bomb threat.
A gunshot was accidentally fired on board Vueling Airbus A320 aircraft. Fortunately the incident caused no injuries, although the sound of the shot and the smell of gunpowder sparked unrest among the passengers. The incident occurred at Ibiza airport, when flight VY3420 was about to take off to Madrid Barajas. Four agents of national police were traveling on…
Sri Lanka’s national carrier has suspended a captain who failed a breathalyser test just before he was due to fly 274 passengers and crew from Frankfurt to Colombo, the airline said on Sunday. An airline source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Flight UL554 was held up at Frankfurt airport for more than 15 hours…
Open Skies Boeing 757 flight #EC1 to Newark declared an emergency and diverted to Shannon due fire alarm in gear confirmed by the pilot on ATC. Flight EC1 did a fly by at 1000 ft runway 24 at Shannon to see if landing gear is down. Reload the page for live updates… UPDATE 2042 UTC After…
ELAL Boeing 737 flight #LY2653 declared emergency & returned to Tel Aviv due to 2 tyres blown during takeoff. @AirCrashMayday @airlivenet #LY2653 landing safely in TLV airport pic.twitter.com/djMWa0STsN — Asaf Eldan (@AsafEldan) August 18, 2016
A Qatar Airways A330 plane caught fire in one of its engines due to birdstrike during takeoff. Flight QR240 returned to Istanbul and landed safely at Ataturk airport. UPDATE Qatar Airways #QR240 engine pals inspection after emergency landing at Istanbul.
A woman gave birth to a premature but healthy baby girl mid-flight while travelling from the United Arab Emirates to the Philippines, forcing the plane to carry out an emergency landing in Hyderabad. The mother, whose due date was two months away, went into labour on board the Cebu Pacific Air flight Sunday as it…
ANA Dreamliner flight #NH959 from Totkyo Narita to Shanghai rejected takeoff due to engine failure. Pilots stopped the Boeing 787 on runway after the loud bang and loss of power on engine one.
A Thursday night flight carrying 222 passengers from New York City to Paris was forced to turn around after the crew realized the aircraft’s door might have been open — but it turned out to be a false alarm. A company spokesman described it as a “possible issue with the aircraft’s cargo door latching mechanism”…
Six people were hospitalized Friday after a Spirit Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing at Orlando International Airport, said Carolyn Fennell of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.The plane was heading to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, but was forced to land due to smoke in the cockpit, she said. Officials did not say the condition of…
