A private jet in taxi accidentally crashed into a parked plane at the San Antonio International Airport Friday afternoon. No one was injured in the wreck that occurred before 4 p.m., according to Joe Arrington, a spokesperson with the San Antonio Fire Department. Airport spokesperson Rich Stinson said a Cessna Citation CJ3 accidentally thrusted during…
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has ordered an inquiry after an Airbus A320 flown by GoAir was forced to execute an unorthodox go-around at Bengaluru International Airport in poor weather conditions. The A320 jet had taken off from Nagpur on Monday with a reported 180 people on board and was scheduled to land…
Police has confirmed there was a sudden death of a young child on an international flight, which prompted an emergency medical landing in St. John’s International Airport on Tuesday. Police and paramedics were dispatched to the airport where Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 35 had landed, shortly before noon. The RNC confirmed a two-year-old died. The…
A water bombing helicopter has crashed while assisting bushfire firefighting efforts in the Australian state of Queensland. Just before 2:00pm AEST the helicopter reportedly lost power. The experienced pilot, who is in his 70s, was attempting to make an emergency landing, managed to make a heavy landing before the helicopter flipped on it’s side. The…
A Chicago Aviation spokesperson said the incident occurred at about 7:45 a.m. as American Eagle flight #AA4125 from Greensboro, North Carolina was landing at O’Hare. An Embraer E-145 (reg. N619AE) slid off runway 10L as it was landing at Chicago O’Hare Airport as snow fell on area Monday morning. According to a spokesperson, “After landing,…
An American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Salt Lake City was diverted to Tulsa, Oklahoma after a man allegedly grabbed the crotch of a passenger sitting next to him on November 5th. The man was charged with abusive sexual contact of a female passenger by federal prosecutors “as a result of his alleged actions on…
An aircraft belonging to Ukraine carrier SkyUp performing flight #PQ7153 caught fire after taxiing to its parking stand after landing runway 04 (L/R) at Sharm El Sheikh Intl Airport (HESH), Egypt. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. UR-SQH) suffered hydraulic fluid leak onto hot brakes causing flames in the left main gear. Airport emergency crews responded to…
A door on a Qantas A380 has been almost totally ripped off after one of the airline’s double-deck planes struck scaffolding as it was being rolled out of a maintenance hangar at Sydney Airport. The A380 (reg. VH-OQB) had been undergoing routine maintenance in Hangar 96 at the jet base and struck a support structure…
An aircraft operated by Republic Airways for American Airlines encountered severe control problems when climbing out of Atlanta on November, 6. An Embraer E175 (reg. N117HQ) was climbing out of Atlanta’s runway 09L when the pilots declared an emergency reporting that they had a runaway trim situation. Only six people were on board this…
Passengers on a British Airways flight #BA867 from Budapest have been held and checked at Heathrow Airport following an incident on the plane. The BA867 flight landed shortly after 7pm on Thursday runway 27R. Police, ambulance and fire services are in attendance as is protocol with emergencies on flights. Reports suggest the passengers are currently…
Police is investigating “serious sitution” aboard a plane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE The hijacking alert (squawk 7500) was triggered “by mistake” – Air Europa confirms. UPDATE Search on board the plane continues. UPDATE Passengers and crew members have been safely taken off the plane. UPDATE The incident is…
A Kenya Airways Dreamliner was yesterday forced to turn back to Johannesburg right after takeoff. Yesterday, AIRLIVE tweeted at 11.09UTC: “Kenya Airways #KQ761 to Nairobi just returned to Johannesburg after takeoff”. The Boeing 787-8 (reg. 5Y-KZC) was heading to to Nairobi, Kenya when it turned around to land on runway 03R about 30 mins after…
