A plane departing from Ho Chi Minh City for the north-central town of Vinh had to reroute to Hanoi on Tuesday after the flight crew pressed the “wrong” warning button, a Vietnam Airlines spokesman said. Le Truong Giang dismissed information that the flight had been hijacked as reported earlier, according to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.…
A Delta Airlines Flight 32 from Seattle to Paris with more than 200 people aboard made an emergency landing in Billings, Mont., Monday evening after an “electrical odor” was detected, the Billings Gazette reported. “They smelled an electrical odor on board, so they made a precautionary landing here,” Shane Ketterling, operations supervisor for Billings Logan…
An Air France passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Ireland after a shipment of peppers set off a fire alarm during its transatlantic journey. The Boeing 747-400 was flying from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to Paris when its flight crew was alerted to a potential fire in the cargo…
Flight emergency on a Southwest Airlines flight headed into BWI. The plane suffers a bird strike over Anne Arundel County, causing panic among people who saw it form the ground. A burst of fire is what prompted an emergency landing of a plane carrying 142 passengers. The plane hit a bird midair creating a jarring…
A man who thought he was having a heart attack caused a flight from West Sussex to make an emergency landing in central Newfoundland on Wednesday. The 66-year-old and his family were met at the Gander International Airport by members of Central Health. The man was still in Gander as of Thursday morning. His condition is unknown. The 787…
©Tony Southgate A loud, mystery bang has been heard over Sevenoaks this afternoon and a jumbo jet has has been circling overhead. The aircraft, British Airways 747 flying from London to Dubai, was seen flying with its wheels down after the “loud bang”. British Airways has confirmed the flight had to be returned to the…
Virgin Airlines Gladstone flight to Brisbane forced to make an emergency landing in Gladstone on Monday night landed with a single engine. The pilot of flight VA1720 noticed an oil pressure problem on the port engine and made the decision to shut down one engine and fly back to Gladstone airport. Virgin Australia’s public affairs…
Chaos on Qantas airlines continues with the fourth flight in 48 hours forced to do an emergency landing due to technical problems.A Melbourne-bound flight was turned back to Hobart Airport just 20 minutes after take off on Tuesday evening.A warning system in the cockpit indicated to the pilots that there was an issue with the…
It was the third unscheduled landing for Qantas in the last 24 hours as one of its A380 plane, on route to Dallas, Texas, was forced to return to Sydney airport following the failure of non-safety-related systems.Sky News reported that flight QF7 was forced to turn back about four hours into its journey.It was reported that the turn back was…
A Qantas passenger has documented his terrifying emergency landing experience after the huge double-deck airbus plane he was travelling on was forced to abandon its path when its cabin lost air pressure. The QF2 flight reportedly dropped from 39,000 feet to 9,000 feet in just minutes on its way from Dubai to Sydney and was…
A Qantas plane has made an emergency landing in Perth after reportedly having issues with its air conditioning system. Flight QF2 was travelling from Dubai and was due to land in Sydney later this morning. Passengers on board the A380 told the TODAY Show the jet dropped from 39,000 feet to 9,000 feet in minutes.…
