A Delta flight from LaGuardia airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport made an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York Wednesday night. A Niagara Frontier Transportation authority spokesman said a passenger’s laptop started smoking. A flight attendant poured water on the laptop, putting out the smoke. Even so, the plane made the temporary stop in Buffalo…
Two people have been rescued from a light plane crash in Nattai National Park near Camden in Sydney’s south-west. Footage of the crash scene (ABC News) The plane came down in a river near Burragorang Road, at Nattai National Park, after what the pilot described as a sudden engine failure. Neither the pilot nor his…
Flight OX682 was carrying Chinese tourists home from Phuket when the engine failed, and the rate of descent was so fast many passengers suffered from nosebleeds and fainted due to the sudden loss of altitude. Some flight attendants reportedly began crying and oxygen masks were deployed, before the flight was stabilized and was forced to…
The pilot who crash-landed in Halifax early Sunday had to bring the aircraft in without benefit of an instrument landing system on the ground, according to a retired Transport Canada aviation inspector. Jock Williams told CBC Tuesday the pilot used the “back course,” which he described as “the poor sister of the instrument landing system.”…
Flight #EZE51U which was flying to Wick John O’Groats Airport was forced to make an emergency landing. Eastern Airways have confirmed that its T3 561 flight was forced to turn back to Aberdeen International Airport after the plane experienced problems after take off. The flight was due to arrive at Wick JOG Airport at 9:50am.…
UPDATE Bomb Threat: First pictures of Turkish Airlines #TK15 to Sao Paulo diverted to Casablanca /@sergio3s pic.twitter.com/oJhMwHJqOE— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) March 30, 2015 UPDATE #TK15 According brazilian press, Moroccan authorities didnt find anything on board the plane at Casablanca airport after bomb threat.— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) March 30, 2015 Update: After the landing of #TK15, passengers have…
MONTREAL, March 29, 2015 /CNW/ – Air Canada provides the following update on flight AC624: Air Canada confirms that all but one of the passengers and crew admitted to area hospitals for observation and treatment have now been released. “We at Air Canada are greatly relieved that no one was critically injured. Yet we fully…
On a Delta flight from Minnesota to Las Vegas, the pilot needed to use the toilet and upon return the door jammed to the cockpit. The co-pilot had never landed the plane alone and the pilot did a great job of keeping everyone calm. Las Vegas prepared for an emergency landing but the landing was…
The plane crashed on the runway of the Halifax International Airport early Sunday, but no major injuries were reported. At least 23 people have been sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. AC624 had 132 passengers and five crew members on board at the time of the crash. ALERT Air Canada #AC624 exited runway upon…
MONTREAL, March 29, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Canada provides the following update on flight AC624, an Airbus A320, that was involved in an incident upon landing at HalifaxInternational Airport, Nova Scotia. The incident occurred at approximately 24:43 AT Sunday March 29 (23:43 ET March 28). The passenger list indicates the airplane was carrying 133…
