Emergency services have been called to the scence of a light plane crash Thursday afternoon. Emergency services were quickly to establish that the only soul on board, the pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigations have began into what caused the light plane to crash. –Brendan Grainger
A drunken British man reportedly tried to open an emergency door on an EasyJet flight and had to be restrained by fellow passengers. The man, in his 30s, was said to have pushed his girlfriend after drinking spirits on the flight from Marrakesh, Morocco to London Gatwick on Monday. He later tried to open one…
@airlivenet stormy weather, thunder and lightening. Heavy rain and strong wind in all over United Arab Emirates. pic.twitter.com/Udc47wD9Tc — Yazan Suleiman (@Yazan_Suleiman) 9 Mars 2016 Severe weather would last over United Arab Emirates till tomorrow evening, satellite images [email protected] pic.twitter.com/G7kEWlxJ7C — Yazan Suleiman (@Yazan_Suleiman) March 9, 2016
If the hunt for MH370 doesn’t turn up anything over the next few months, the head of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says the search of a 46,000-square-mile swath of the Indian Ocean will likely be called off by July, NBC News reports. Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan says the Malaysian, Chinese, and Australian governments, who…
Thomson Airways flight TOM38 was delayed at Gatwick while 25 passengers described as ‘drunk’ were removed from the flight. The Dreamliner was due to take off for Costa Rica when a large group of people started being abusive to cabin crew. Witnesses said that the flight was first delayed due to technical issues before the passengers…
EditA resident on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion who last year found a wing fragment from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 said on Sunday he had come across a second possible piece from the missing plane. Johnny Begue, who found the “flaperon” part while cleaning a beach last July, told AFP he handed over…
French aviation investigators are looking into a report that a drone narrowly missed a passenger plane during its approach to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. The co-pilot spotted the drone within about 5 metres (16 feet) of the wing of the Airbus A320 as it came in for a landing on February 19. The French…
Air Canada #AC873 to Toronto was forced to divert to London Heathrow after report of smoke in the cabin. ALERT Air Canada #AC873 to Toronto is diverting to London Heathrow https://t.co/RhTvQApnls pic.twitter.com/a6vTj7v3Cf — AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) March 3, 2016 The flight was forced to turn around for a second time shortly before 6.30pm. ALERT Air Canada…
Jet Airways flight 9W354 on landing in Mumbai reported a technical fault with the main landing gear. All 120 passengers and 8 crew were safely disembarked. As per preliminary assessment of the aircraft by the Jet Airways engineering team, the right hand main landing gear has been damaged. Efforts are currently underway for recovery of the aircraft…
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…
