A de-icing truck collided with the side of the turbine engine of an Airbus A320 on a parking stand at Dublin Airport yesterday morning. The plane was being de-iced at approximately 6.20am when the rig used to de-ice the plane reportedly malfunctioned and rolled into the engine. The airline brought a reserve aircraft into service…
The wing tips of two aircraft collided at Mumbai Airport today. The incident happened when the wings of an incoming Kuwait Airways aircraft and an outbound IndiGo narrow body aircraft clipped before 6am when it was still dark. The sharklet of an IndiGo Airbus A-320 (reg. V-TIFP) was damaged. The plane returned to the…
A woman who jumped from a plane at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport is being evaluated at a county mental health facility. Houston police tell Eyewitness News the woman was taken to the Neuropsychiatric Center at Ben Taub Hospital. The Harris County District Attorney’s office has declined to press charges against her and the FBI has…
A United Airlines Boeing 747 airline bound for Tokyo rdumped fuel and eturned safely to San Francisco International airport Monday after eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud bang and seeing flames coming out of its engine. Officials at SFO said Flight #UA837, flying from SFO to Narita International Airport, had to shut down one of its…
Several passengers have been injured after a China Eastern flight from Kunming/Wujiaba hit heavy turbulence coming in to Sydney International Airport. Passengers described their horror as the China Eastern plane Flight #MU777 suddenly dropped, resulting in multiple injuries including three who suffered neck injuries, one a lacerate jaw and another a broken wrist. The two…
An Aerospace 146 Avro RJ85 carrying the Brazil’s Chapecoense football team has crashed in Colombia, en route to the Copa Sudamericana finals. Investigators say it is ‘very suspicious’ that the plane did not explode on impact as it smashed into a mountain on its way from Bolivia to the Colombian city of Medellin. A surviving flight…
The American firefighting aircraft nicknamed the Supertanker has landed at Ben Gurion Airport to help fire crews on the ground and in the air to extinguish a series of fires raging around the country, especially in the hills surrounding Jerusalem.
An IndiGo Airbus A320 plane and a KLM Boeing Dreamliner aircraft were involved in a near miss incident earlier this month, prompting the Indian authorities to order a probe considering it as a serious incident. IndiGo’s Airbus A 320 plane was flying from the national capital to Bengaluru while KLM’s Boeing 787 aircraft was en…
@AmericanAir Flight 1693 DFW to LAS. Engine on fire before being shut off and diverted to Albuquerque. pic.twitter.com/UGNCYAJq58 — Jason Skewes (@jasonskewes) November 28, 2016 An American Airlines flight has landed safely at the Albuquerque International Sunport, after losing one of its engines in mid-air. American Airlines #AA1693 was en route from Dallas to Las…
A Virgin Atlantic pilot brought a plane down at the Goose Bay airport on Tuesday, following a “technical issue” with the aircraft. Virgin Atlantic #VS19 was diverted to Goose Bay on Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson with the company confirmed. The flight from London to San Francisco was diverted when the pilot “requested a priority landing” as…
A Cathay Pacific flight carrying 230 passengers and crew from London to Hong Kong was forced to divert to Russia on Wednesday morning after its fire indicator signal was activated. The incident happened about six hours after the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft departed from London at about 2am on Wednesday. The flight was diverted to Russia…
A Qatar Airways flight travelling to Doha from Miami was forced to make an emergency landing in Zurich on Saturday afternoon after crew detected smoke onboard. Flight QR778 landed safely at the Zurich airport and requested emergency services to check whether there was any problem. All the passengers onboard the Boeing 777-300 were evacuated. In…