ElAl’s plane that was supposed to carry Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanjahu back to Tel Aviv was damaged at Warsaw Chopin Airport The Boeing 777-200 (reg. 4X-ECC) was damaged when the tug slammed against the nose gear when apparently the towbar snapped. There were no reports of injuries. The Prime Minister extended the stay till…
A Delta flight from Orange County, Calif., to Seattle made an emergency landing in Reno on Wednesday afternoon after experiencing severe turbulence. Five people on board were reportedly injured during the flight. Two passengers and one flight attendant were taken to the hospital for evaluation, according to the spokesperson A woman was seen on cellphone…
Air Mauritus A350 was damaged this morning at Paris CDG airport. The winglet of the Airbus A350 (reg. 3B-NBP) clipped the horizontal stabilizer of an Air France Boeing 777-300. The incident happened after flight MK#34 landed at Paris CDG this morning. Investigation is in progress. Weather was very foggy. Flight #MK45 to Port Louis is cancelled…
A KLM Boeing 747-400 clipped its winglet to the horizontal stabilizer of a KLM Dreamliner. During taxi, the KLM Boeing 747-400 performing flight #KL601 to Los Angeles came in contact with KLM Dreamliner performing flight #KL623 to Atlanta. The winglet of the Boeing 747-400 (reg. PH-BFV) clipped the horizontal stabilizer of the Dreamliner (reg. PH-BHA). Flight #KL623…
A group of passengers plummeted from an air stairs when it collapsed as they boarded a flight from Siberia to Moscow. At least five passengers were injured from the fall, three of whom were hospitalized in the city of Barnaul 1,700 kilometers east of Moscow, the republic of Altai’s transport administration said. Meanwhile, the West…
Visitors to the French ski resort of Courchevel witnessed an unlucky pilot fail to stop his plane in time during a landing and then crash into a pile of snow. The footage shows a small Piper PA-46 (reg.F-GUYZ) rolling away from the off-strip and ploughing into the pile of snow nearby. The plane had five…
A business Jet missed the runway at the Richmond Airport Monday morning. No injuries have been reported after a twin-engine jet landing at Richmond Municipal Airport slid on a snowy runway through an airport field. Police say there were three people on the plane at the time of the accident. Pictures from the scene show the Beeach…
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Saturday the suspension of a search for a missing co-pilot of a small cargo plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Florida. The other pilot, 28-year-old Rolland Silva, was rescued by the Coast Guard on Friday afternoon, about 13 miles east of Bay Harbor Island.…
Two Kenya Airways planes (reg. 5Y-KYR & 5Y-FFF) collided and severely damaged each other just in front of the airline’s hangar at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The two planes were up for what is called C4 Check which is a major maintenance of the engine after a period of time. After the maintenance, the…
SAS flight #SK480 to Stockholm skidded off taxiway at Oslo-Gardermoen Airport (ENGM). The Airbus A320NEO (reg. SE-ROE) skidded off taxiway during 90 degree turn. There were 140 passengers aboard the aircraft, which were going to Arlanda at Stockholm. The passengers were picked up by bus. They were transferred to later departures.
Norwegian flight to Nice, France returned to Stockholm Arlanda due to a bomb threat. The aircraft flight #DY4321 has just returned to Stockholm Arlanda due to a bomb threat received. The air craft involved is a Boeing 737-800 (reg. LN-NIH). According to the Swedish Sveriges Television AB (SVT), the plane was carrying several members of the Swedish swimming team, who…
Some passengers endured a travel nightmare when their Hawaiian Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Maui took off and returned to LAX three times Friday before finally being canceled. The airline said it was due to three separate and unrelated ‘faults with different systems’ but didn’t provide details. Passengers say they were kept in the…
