A US military aircraft made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in the early hours of this morning. The crew of the Hercules C-130 turbo-prop plane told air traffic controllers that they had a problem with one of their engines. Shannon’s emergency plan was put into place while three units of the fire brigade from…
An Air Canada flight that was on its way to Toronto with 35 people aboard has landed safely at Pennsylvania airport after smoke was plummeting from a shorted-out cabin light. Air Canada Express Flight 7316 made a safe landing around noon Friday at Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, which is just over 100km east of Pittsburgh.
Thai Airways says one of its planes hit severe turbulence over Thailand and 11 people on board were injured. The Airbus A340-600 was headed to Bangkok from Tokyo at the time and landed safely. He said the injured were taken to a hospital. Airline said in a statement that flight TG641 was carrying 227 passengers,…
Ryanair Boeing 737 flight FR2829 from Reus to Brussels Charleroi declared an emergency on February, 25 over the Pyrenees montains chain because of strong turbulence causing injuries to 2 flight attendants (broken ankle to one and a back injury to the other). The flight diverted to Bordeaux where the injured flight attendants were taken to…
“The aircraft has landed and the passenger is being assisted off the aircraft to receive medical attention. Emirates apologises for any inconvenience. The safety of our passengers and crew is always of paramount importance.” Flight EK 210 circled for around two hours to dump fuel to make a safe landing in Dubai. UPDATE Emirates A380…
TAM Flight JJ3793 Airbus A319 from Sao Paulo-Guarulhos to Joinville, Brazil returned after sustaining hail damage to the nose and wind screen. The aircraft took off at 16:07 and entered a strong hail storm. The crew then decided to return to Guarulhos where it safely landed at 17:07.
An Air China flight from Nanning, capital of South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to Beijing, made an emergency landing at an airport in southwest China’s Chongqing on Wednesday afternoon. Media report police presence at the airport, as well as ambulances and fire engines. A female passenger surnamed Wang onboard claimed the plane was about…
An American Airlines Boeing 767-300 was forced into an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport this morning after the windscreen cracked mid-flight. Flight AA65 was around 45 minutes into its journey from Zurich in Switzerland to New York when pilots declared an emergency, and landed at Heathrow at 11.30am local time. UPDATE EMERGENCY #AA65 from Zurich to New York…
Loganair flight #LOG41EG had to make an emergency landing in Aberdeen this morning. The Loganair flight had come from Edinburgh and was due to land in Kirkwall but the pilot was forced to divert to Aberdeen Airport because of smell of fumes in the cabin. The Saab 340 aircraft was carrying 34 passengers and landed safely shortly…
