While being towed from Gate L3 to a remote hardstand to make way for other aircraft arrivals and departures, Frontier aircraft, tail registration N918FR, struck the tow vehicle that was towing it between gates at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD). There were no passengers on-board the plane at the time of the incident. Only an…
A cabin pressure problem forced the emergency landing of an Allegiant Air plane early this morning, March 2, at Jacksonville International Airport. Eturbonews reported that spokesperson Debbie Jones, spoke with First Coast News and confirmed that the plane landed safely at 8:13 a.m., and taxied to Gate C3. The flight, which originated from Orlando Sanford International…
Captain of Arabian Airlines flight #SV1734 from Bisha to Riyadh died after suffering a heart attack shortly before landing. According to Gulf Digital News report, co-pilot Rami Ghazi Batabara requested an emergency landing and safely landed the plane after alerting the control tower. “The aircraft and the passengers were not in danger for one moment as…
Security officials at Kenya’s major airports are on high alert this week after Kenya’s Airports Authority issued a warning to all airport managers about possible terror threats against the facilities. The internal memo, marked as “secret,” was sent to CNN and has been verified by a high-level source in the Kenyan aviation industry who received…
Two Israel Air Force fighter jets came “dangerously close” to the Ryanair passenger plane, which had 162 passengers on board, close to Ovda Airport, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of the southern resort town of Eilat, Army Radio reported. The incident occurred at 27,000 feet. The Ryanair pilots prevented a crash by changing course…
A Spicejet flight had to make an emergency landing in Kolkata today after one of its tyres blasted. The incident took place around 8:30 PM and the flight SG 517 was travelling from Bengaluru to Kolkata. The pilots were able to land the flight safely.
Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 (registration B-KPX) flight #CX234 from Milan to Hong Kong did an emergency landing at Istanbul. Engine #1 was shut down after 3 hour flight. The flight is cancelled and passengers are disembarked. First night in #Istanbul #turkey #canceled-flight #cathaypacific left engine was shut off after flying for three hours departing from…
A Business jet slid off Runway at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Runway 9L was closed due to Band of heavy snow. Track flights at ORD:
A McDonnell Douglas MD-80 flight AA1051 just slid off taxiway at A6 intersection at Chicago O’Hare International Airport due to snow. Track flights:
Lufthansa flight LH727 diverted to Yemelyanovo International Airport in Krasnoyark at 05:00 (local time) due to a serious medical emergency on board. A girl 9-year-old girl died on board the Airbus A340 over Russia. “The child had no pulse and was not breathing. The doctors tried to bring her back to life but to no…
Terminal 1 and 2 at Cologne airport (CGN) are closed due to a security issue. Ongoing police operation. Security breach: first reports say a woman walked through security checks and non authorized people went on restricted area at the airfield. Terminal 2 is evacuated and all passengers have to go through the check again. UPDATE…
