Police confront possibly armed man at San Francisco International Airport terminal. Police confronted a man apparently causing a disturbance and possibly armed in or near the International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport on Thursday morning, authorities said. UPDATE the man was armed with two guns. UPDATE Armed man has been shot dead by police…
A Maldivian Dash-8 was evacuated on the runway after the windshield shattered. The de Havilland Dash, 8-200, was rolling to depart as flight Q2-247 from Hanimaadhoo to Malé with 35 passengers and crew members on board. However, the aircraft suffered a right-hand cockpit windshield crack after it was cleared for departure. After the windshield shattered,…
Dubai’s Emirates suspends flights to several U.S. destinations on 5G concerns. Emirates announced on Tuesday that it will suspend flights to several destinations in the United States as of Jan. 19 until further notice because of concerns over 5G mobile deployment. The move is “due to operational concerns associated with the planned deployment of 5G…
An Olympic Air ATR 42 suffered a runway excursion after landing at Milos Airport, coming to a stop in the grass. The ATR 42-600, with registration SX-OAY, was landing as flight OA-24 from Athens-Elefthérios Venizélos International Airport to Milo Airport in Greece when it was involved in the incident. The aircraft stopped on soft ground,…
A second serious incident occurred in less than a month at Dubai International Airport on January 9, 2022. An Emirates Boeing 777 accelerated for take off at Dubai – *without air traffic control clearance* – meanwhile another Emirates jet was crossing runway. A Boeing 777-300 performing flight #EK524 to Hyderabad was lined up for departure…
The biggest aircraft in the world suffered a technical incident on landing yesterday. On January 10,2022,while the Antonov An-225 aircraft landed at Rzeszow airport in Poland from Istanbyl in Turkey. On landing, the main landing gear strut the bolts fixing the landing gear position sensor “flight-ground” which were cut. The detected malfunction did not affect…
A SpiceJet Bombardier DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 took off from Rajkot Airport without ATC clearance last week on 30th December 2021. The aircraft with registration VT-SUQ was performing flight SG-3703 from Rajkot Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport when the incident took place. The aircraft took off without taking the mandatory ATC clearance. It landed in…
A Caspian Airlines Boeing 737-400 suffered a left main gear collapse at Isfahan International Airport, Iran, on 5th January 2022. The aircraft with registration EP-CAP was landing as flight RV-6904 from Mashhad International Airport to Isfahan International Airport when it suffered the main gear collapsed shortly after touch down. The aircraft came to a stop…
An Aviastar Tupolev Tu-204F caught fire during pushback at Hangzhou International Airport on Saturday, 8th January. The aircraft with registration RA-64032 was scheduled to depart Hangzhou International Airport as flight 4B-6534 to Novosibirsk in Russia when a fire started in the cabin while it was being pushed back for departure with eight crew members on…
A Condor plane that took off at noon this Friday from Lanzarote airport has suffered a suffered a compressor stall, which has forced it to make an emergency landing in Fuerteventura. The Boeing 757-300 (reg. D-ABOB) was heading to Hamburg, Germany, but has been diverted to the neighbouring island after the flames were detected after…
On Jan. 5, a Vietnam Airlines aircraft, which took off from Japan’s Narita airport for Hanoi International, was threatened that it would be shot down over Tokyo Bay. Flight VN5311 took off from Narita International Airport with 47 passengers, three pilots, and 12 cabin crew members on board. At 11.10 a.m. local, around 40 minutes…
A LANHSA BAe Jetstream 31 sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion at Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport in Roatan. The British Aerospace BAe-3101 Jetstream 31, with registration HR-AYY, landed at Roatan but shortly, its right-hand main gear collapsed, resulting in the runway excursion. The aircraft came to rest on an uneven terrain off the…