British Airways Boeing 777 flight #BA74 from Lagos suffered a bird strike this morning on approach to Heathrow Friend of mine operating a B777 @ LHR this morning "met" a bird on approach #avgeek #crewlife #boeing @airlivenet pic.twitter.com/UEKCOWJpwM — Joe Smith (@Joeyoneear) April 19, 2016
A SpiceJet flight (SG487) from Mumbai to Kolkata was stranded at the Nagpur airport on Sunday night due to a technical snag. SpiceJet does not have regular service from Nagpur so there is no support or ground staff here. The plane therefore had to wait at Nagpur till a Spicejet Engineer could check it. A…
An Emirates flight made an emergency landing at Larnaca airport on Monday after a passenger fell ill. The A380 aircraft was headed to the UK from Dubai when it asked for permission to land at Larnaca airport at around 6pm due to a medical emergency before departing for Manchester at 8pm. This was the first…
A four-month-old baby girl died on board a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from London to Hong Kong over the weekend, leaving the parents inconsolable. According to Apple Daily, a Chinese-French couple took Cathay’s CX256 flight from Heathrow Airport on Sunday along with their infant daughter. The family was planning to take a transfer flight to…
Jet2 flight LS232 was on route into Leeds from Barcelona and had 2 failed attempts at landing due to wind. The first attempt was an unstable approach and the second was wind shear at 500ft causing a +25kt speed increase which caused the second go around. Aircraft diverted to Doncaster due to low fuel.
Last night the Iberia A330-200 flight #IB6012 with from Montevideo to Madrid 268 passengers on board diverted to Fortaleza due to a cabin fire. All passengers and crew are fine.
A Delta flight from New York to Nashville made an emergency landing Thursday afternoon in West Virginia because of a bird strike. In a statement issued by Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, Delta CRJ9 Flight 4071 from New York’s LaGuardia Airport was en route to Nashville when the plane experienced a bird strike that…
At least five crew members and one passenger needed medical treatment after their Boeing 777 ran into severe turbulence on Monday’s Thai Airways flight from Jakarta to Bangkok. Airline staffer Kru P’Birth uploaded photos on Facebook that showed the messy aftermath of the clear-air turbulence, which caused service trolleys, luggage and other personal items to…
A Boeing 737 that took off from Portland International Airport was forced to make an emergency landing after losing pressurization, according to firefighters. Alaska Airlines flight 644 took off from Portland for Phoenix at 9:18 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters said the plane lost pressurization at some point after takeoff. The Boeing 737 spent nearly two hours in…
Portion of Amsterdam Schiphol airport was evacuated and blocked by heavy armed military police due to a suspicious package. Several people were arrested. Spokesman says Sheraton Hotel adjacent to Amsterdam airport also evacuated due to ‘suspicious situation’. Some sort of Security threat is going on At Amsterdam Schiphol airport now… pic.twitter.com/aG3lpj2wa0 — Tony Fonderson (@TonyFonderson)…
