The GippsAero GA8 Airvan, a single engine plane popular with skydivers, crashed shortly after 14:00 (12:00 GMT), having left Umea airport. The plane crashed on an island on the Ume river, a police spokesman said. All those on board were Swedish, police added. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Swedish media quoted…
British Airways #BA2201 from London to Cancun diverted to Shannon after crew reported they had detected fumes in the cockpit and passenger cabin. The flight landed safely at 3.18pm and was pursued along the runway by airport fire and rescue crews who also accompanied the jet to the terminal. Five ambulances, two advanced paramedic rapid…
A Singapore Airlines plane was delayed after it met with a rather feathery and bloody welcome when it landed in Paris on Thursday morning (July 11). Flight SQ336, an Airbus A380 (reg. 9V-SKN) carrying 311 passengers, struck a number of birds when it arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Photos of the incident show the…
An Air Canada plane on a flight from Vancouver to Sydney, Australia, after travelling from Toronto, encountered sudden and severe turbulence Thursday, leaving more than three dozen people with injuries, the airline said. Flight AC33 was diverted to Honolulu’s international airport around 6:46 a.m. local time, where medical staff were on standby to examine the…
A 22-year-old aircraft maintenance engineer of SpiceJet was killed after the landing gear door of a plane closed on him at the Kolkata airport early on Wednesday. A ground staff found the engineer’s body, hanging from the belly of a 90-seater Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft, at 1.45am. His head and left arm were stuck inside…
A Virgin Australia flight has had to make an emergency landing after an “engineering issue” was reported and white vapour was seen coming from the aircraft’s right engine. Flight #VA69 from Melbourne to Hong Kong had been flying for around half an hour when the pilot made the decision to turn back. The captain requested…
A Delta flight was forced to make an emergency landing in North Carolina due to engine failure. Nearly 150 passengers on Delta Flight #DL1425 were headed from Atlanta to Baltimore on Monday when one of the aircraft’s engines had a problem. A video recorded by a passenger shows how a metal nose cone was bouncing…
An easyJet Airbus aircraft has collided with a KLM plane during pushback at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. An easyJet A320 collided with a KLM Boeing 737-800 at Schiphol this morning. Both aircraft have been damaged. A KLM spokesperson said the aircraft hit each other during the ‘pushback’. KLM Boeing 737-800 was ready to leave for Madrid…
EasyJet flight from London Gatwick to Turkey is parked at a remote area due to a Bomb threat. The easyJet flight #U28843 from London Gatwick to Dalaman Airport has been notified of a possible bomb onboard. The aircraft involved if an Airbus 321 (reg.G-UZMA). After landing at 09.15 UTC, the aircraft was parked at a…
A Spicejet Boeing 737-800 overshot the main runway at Mumbai airport while landing on Monday night, disrupting flight schedules and plunging thousands of passengers into misery. The overrun led to diversion and cancellation of more than 200 domestic and international flights causing a major disruption at the second busiest international airport in India. Spicejet flight…
The man fell from a Kenya Airways plane at the end of a nine-hour flight #KQ100 from Nairobi. The gruesome discovery was made at a property in Offerton Road, Clapham, at around 3.40pm on Sunday and police have now launched an investigation. It is believed the man fell from from the landing gear compartment of…
Emergency services have rushed to Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, as a plane prepares for an emergency landing with damaged landing gear. The aircraft has more than 150 people on board. More than 100 ambulances were scrambled to the scene on Monday afternoon, as the airport announced its highest emergency level. The…
