Passengers and cabin crew aboard a flight to Phuket witnessed three bizarre incidents in which a drunk passenger tried to open the plane door, two others got into a brawl after drinking and another person started smoking in the toilet. In the first instance, a drunk man created panic among passengers after he attempted to…
An Israeli baby died while returning with her family to Israel from a vacation in Thailand. According to Hebrew media reports Saturday, the one-year-old was on an Aeroflot flight from Thailand to Moscow when she began experiencing health problems. The pilot of the airplane made an emergency stop in the Russian city of Kazan, but…
A bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight at Midway International midday Monday, police said. Police were called to the airport just before 12:20 p.m. Monday after a bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight, said police spokeswoman Karie James. The bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight at the airport.…
A Thai Airways Boeing 777-300 suffered an uncontained engine failure during takeoff. A Thai Airways Boeing 777-300 suffered an uncontained failure of its left Engine (GE90) while taking off runway 01L at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport. The Boeing 777-300 (reg. HS-TKL) was performing flight #TG970 to Zürich, returned to the gate after the incident. None of…
An American Airlines flight has been diverted after a leaking cleaning product rendered two cabin crew members unconscious, with several passengers suffering from burning eyes and skin problems. American Airlines flight AA729 from London Heathrow to Philadelphia was forced to turn back towards Ireland and land in Dublin, where a team of paramedics waited to…
Air France flight AF-136 was travelling from Paris, France to Chicago in the U.S. when a ’suspicious’ mobile phone was found on the aircraft. The flight was almost two hours into its journey when the pilot advised air traffic controllers that they wished to divert to Shannon Airport for “security reasons.” The flight landed safely…
A Saab 2000 carrying 38 passengers, including a high school swim team, went off the runway while landing Thursday at a small Alaska community on the Bering Sea. The extent of injuries was not known, but a school official said the swim team was fine and eating pizza shortly after the incident about 5 p.m.…
The engine #1 of Asiana Airlines Airbus A380 engine caught fire whilst standing at the gate at Seoul-Incheon Airport. Smoke and flames appear out of outer left engine as the aircraft was undergoing refueling when the incident happened. The video was published on China social network Weibo.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner revealed Thursday at night TV show that a massive attack had been foiled in France. The Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner revealed that police had arrested a man who wanted to hijack a plane to commit an attack in France. The man intended to be inspired by the attacks of…
A Royal Air Force plane carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge aborted a landing in Pakistan after being caught in a severe thunderstorm. The RAF Voyager twice tried to land in Islamabad – at Rawalpindi air base and the main airport – before returning to Lahore, from where they had departed. Prince William and…
Boston Logan International Airport wasn’t immune to the storm that moved through Massachusetts Wednesday night into Thursday morning. A Southwest Boeing 737 sitting at a gate was blown into the jet bridge, according to the company. A spokesperson for Southwest said the plane made contact with the jet bridge but didn’t say if it had…
At approximately 8:29AM this morning, a private jet (Hawker) with five people onboard declared an emergency due to landing gear issues while about six minutes out from Richmond Airport. The aircraft landed on RWY 16/34, but a “sideways” nose gear forced the aircraft to veer off the runway. It became stuck in the grass midfield…
