An Aer Lingus flight made an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport with visible fire coming from its engine Tuesday afternoon, according to the state firefighters’ union. The flight from Dublin, Ireland was scheduled to land at Boston Logan Airport but was diverted to Bradley due to severe weather in the Boston area, according to…
A knife-wielding man has been shot dead at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Police were called to the scene, an area near the airport’s 2F terminal, this morning. Officers ‘neutralised’ the threat, the force posted on Twitter. French radio station RTL reports that the man ‘showed signs of aggression.’ The broadcaster added: ‘Refusing…
The wing of a JetBlue Airways plane clipped the wing of a Southwest Airlines jet at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday morning. As JetBlue Flight 2519 was being pushed back from its gate at around 9:40 a.m. Sunday, the plane’s left wingtip hit the right wingtip of an empty Southwest plane parked at an adjacent…
A Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777 Freighter struck a lighting pole while taxiing at Chicago-O’Hare International Airport. The Boeing 777F, with registration A7-BFH, sustained a severe dent on its right-hand wing leading edge. The aircraft arrived as flight QR8141 from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. “Qatar Airways can confirm that a cargo aircraft, QR8141, operating from…
An American Airlines Boeing 737 collided with a tug vehicle, while it was being towed at New York-La Guardia Airport. The Boeing 737-800 with registration N949NN, was being towed when the tow truck collided with the aircraft and became wedged under the centre fuselage of the aircraft. No one was on board the aircraft and…
A KLM Boeing 737-700, flying from Leeds to Amsterdam landed with the right-hand cargo door partially open. On August 2nd, KLM flight #KL1542 departed from Leeds to Amsterdam. The Boeing 737-700 (reg. PH-BGT) is often used for this particular route. The aircraft landed runway 18R at Amsterdam after a 50 minute-flight with the inward opening…
British Airways flight #BA438 was forced to perform a go-around at Amsterdam because a passenger was in the toilet. The Airbus A319 (reg. G-EUPY) was performing the flight from London Heathrow to Amsterdam on August 3, 2022. Pilots were forced to peform a go-around as they were informed a passenger was in toilet during the…
A 911 call was placed by 2 FAA staffers after they got word a pilot of the cargo plane that was about to make an emergency landing had jumped from the plane. One of the FAA employees is on the call telling the North Carolina 911 dispatcher, “This is from Raleigh Airport … We have…
More than 100 firefighters fight huge bushfires that send a large plume of smoke into the sky near Heathrow airport About 100 firefighters are fighting a massive grass fire near Heathrow Airport in west London, according to the London Fire Brigade. A video shows a large plume of smoke shooting up from a field near…
The co-pilot of a aircraft died after jumping or falling out of the plane while it was preparing to make an emergency landing. The pilot reported that the twin-engine CASA CN-212 Aviocar lost its landing gear and requested permission to land at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. “Emergency, we’ve lost our right wheel,” the pilot told air…
A NokAir plane skidded off a wet runway as it landed during heavy rain at Chiang Rai International Airport, northern of Thailand. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. HS-DBR) was performing flight #DD108 from Bangkok to Chiang Rai. While the pilot was landing the plane at Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai Airport, heavy rain caused the plane…
A pilot and co-pilot on an Alaska Airlines flight engaged in a verbal dispute in front of their passengers. The incident occurred on July 18 on a flight from DC’s Dulles International Airport bound for San Francisco International Airport. Though it has not been revealed what exactly the two men were feuding about, the disagreement…