Iran says black boxes from downed Ukraine jet show missiles hit 25 seconds apart. Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast, Iran said on Sunday.…
A UN World Food Programme (WFP) chartered cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Juba Airport on Saturday morning, killing seven people who were aboard. Madut Biar Yel, the National Minister of Transport, told reporters that the cargo plane that belongs to South West Aviation crashed in the Referendum area of Juba a few minutes…
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital with suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said. The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, Kira Yarmysh said, adding that they suspected something had been mixed into his tea. A hospital source confirmed treatment for poisoning to…
Video captured a FedEx plane making an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday morning after a mechanical issue. L.A. City firefighters responded to the airport around 3:50 a.m., according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Officials said the plane’s left-wing landing gear did not deploy. The Boeing 767-300F (reg. N146FE)…
An Emirates Boeing 777-300ER was damaged at Manila airport after a jetbridge malfunctioned at the airport. The L1 door of the Emirates Boeing 777 was nearly ripped off by a jetway at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. The aircraft was operating flight EK332 from Dubai International Airport to Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The…
An easyJet flight carrying 167 passengers to the UK was 1.3 seconds from reached the end of the runway. The Airbus A320 took off from Lisbon Airport with just 110m (361ft) of tarmac remaining after the crew members used the wrong calculations for the runway they used. Based on the speed it was travelling, in…
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport received a bomb warning suggesting bombs had been installed in three planes. RIA Novosti news agency reported that more than 30 flights were delayed or cancelled at Moscow’s airports on Wednesday as a result. An airport in Khabarovsk in east Russia received a bomb threat via email on Wednesday, according to the…
Hong Kong Express, a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific was involved a plane collision. Several photos circulated on the social media showed that two Hong Kong Express passenger planes collided with each other. Hong Kong Express replied that no one was injured. Related photos show that the left wing of a Hong Kong Express passenger aircraft…
Royal Thai Navy Fokker F-27 (1202, built 1984) received major damage during a nosegear-up landing at Narathiwat (VTSC), Thailand. Pilots previously alerted rescuers and firefighters to prepare before landing on runway 02. The aircraft came to a safe stop on the runway and no one was injured. The aircraft came from U-Tapao carrying 11 crew.
One of the victims of Friday’s Dubai-Kozhikode flight crash, who was declared positive for COVID-19 after his death, had survived the deadly coronavirus in May and tested negative again before flying, his flat mate here said. Sudheer Variyath, 45, succumbed to his injuries a couple of hours after the plane crash that killed 18 people…
A Jet2 Boeing 757 suffered an engine issue due to bird strike on takeoff from Manchester. The Boeing 757-200 (reg. G-LSAN) was performing a test flight from Manchester with no passengers and low fuel. The aircraft took off from runway 05L when the right hand engine emitted a loud bang and streaks of flame possibly…
A United Airlines flight was searched on the tarmac at Newark Liberty Airport after a passenger made a bomb threat on board. An unidentified passenger on United Flight 2304 arriving at the New Jersey airport just after 4.30pm had threatened there was a bomb on board, authorities said. ‘The crew reported one of the passengers…
