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BREAKING A Volga-Dnepr An-124 suffered a runway excursion following an uncontained engine failure

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE November 13, 2020

An-124 suffered a runway excursion at Novosibirsk after emergency landing caused by uncontained engine failure. A Volga-Dnepr An-124 (reg. RA-82042) suffered runway excursion at Novosibirsk (OVB) after emergency landing caused by uncontained engine number 2 failure. The aircraft operated Volga-Dnepr flight 4066 from Seoul-Incheon Airport in South Korea to Vienna-Schwechat Airport in Austria with an…

Female passenger in only T-shirt and underwear forced an United Airlines flight to divert

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE November 10, 2020

A scantily clad passenger on a United Airlines flight on Thursday was so belligerent that authorities diverted the Houston-bound flight to Mobile, police said Monday. According to the Mobile Airport Authority Police Department, the female passenger, 25, caused the disturbance. Police said the Universal City, Texas, woman got into an altercation with another passenger. A…

ALERT Helicopter delivering heart for transplant has crashed in Los Angeles

EmergencyBy Sharad Ranabhat November 7, 2020

An AgustaWestland A109 medical helicopter carrying a donated heart for transplant crashed in Los Angeles on Friday, November 6. The eight-seater helicopter ambulance registered to Prime Healthcare Air Transportation flipped onto its side after experiencing a hard landing on the roof of Keck Medicine Centre, University of Southern California (USC). Three people were on board…

A woman died of coronavirus on a Spirit flight but fellow passengers were never notified

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE November 2, 2020

A woman died of coronavirus on a plane. Her fellow passengers were never notified. When Spirit Airlines learned that a Texas woman had died of covid-19 on one of its flights in July, the airline said it alerted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and received an acknowledgment from the agency. But Spirit spokesman…

Ten years ago, Qantas A380 made an emergency landing after an engine blew out

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE November 2, 2020

This week marks 10 years since Captain Richard de Crespigny, 63, made world headlines for his quick thinking following the mid-air emergency just minutes after QF32 took off from Singapore’s Changi Airport bound for Sydney. The A380 jet was four minutes into its journey with 440 passengers and 29 crew members on board when the…

ALERT A man is detained after trying to open emergency exits on Hawaiian Airlines flight

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 30, 2020

A man who disrupted a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu was taken into federal custody Wednesday. The airline says the “unruly passenger” tried to open the plane’s exit doors during the flight. The added that crew members were aided by an off-duty law enforcement officer on the flight in restraining the man.…

ALERT Two Airbus A320s clipped wings while disembarking passengers at Santiago de Chile Airport

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 29, 2020

A ground collision between two planes occurred this Thursday at Santiago Airport. Two Airbus A320s of LATAM Chile clipped wings during pushback collision at gate 21A/B at Santiago de Chile Airport. Damages occurred to both wings of the A320s (reg. (CC-BAE & CC-BFL). In a statement, the DGAC confirmed that the event occurred at 11:30…

Massive fight broke out between passengers on Ryanair flight to Manchester

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 28, 2020

Shocking footage shows the moment a fight broke out between passengers in the middle of a Ryanair flight. Two male passengers were filmed running down the aisle towards a fight at the front of the plane between a woman and a man. Ryanair staff can be seen desperately trying to separate the passengers who were…

INCIDENT Boeing 747SP has been critically damaged in a hangar during hurricane Laura

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 28, 2020

A Boeing 747SP was critically damaged in a hangar during hurricane in Lake Charles, LA, USA. In recent images that appeared on social networks, a Boeing B747SPs can be seen badly damaged in a hangar in Lake Charles, LA, USA after hurricane Laura in September. Apparently, the plane has hit the wing of another plane…

INCIDENT DHL cargo plane performed an emergency landing at Heathrow after smoke filled cockpit

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 25, 2020

A DHL cargo plane made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport on Saturday evening after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. The Airbus A300 touched down safely after 11pm with emergency vehicles on standby it then taxied to the terminal. Airport firefighters were supported by fire crews from London Fire brigade The incident was…

BREAKING American Eagle flight #AA4194 crash-landed in Freeport, Grand Bahama

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 24, 2020

An Embraer ERJ-145 overran the runway upon landing on Grand Bahama. American Eagle Embraer ERJ-145LR (reg. N674RJ) was operating flight #AA4194 from Miami when it overran the runway 06 after landing in Freeport, Bahamas. All 25 passengers and crew are were not injured.

INCIDENT Swiss Boeing 777 damaged by stairs in Sao Paulo

EmergencyBy Sharad Ranabhat October 23, 2020

A Swiss Boeing 777 suffered wing damage after it was hit by air stairs due to violent storm at Sao Paulo International Airport. No passengers were on board the aircraft at the time of the incident. The Boeing 777-300ER with registration HB-JNK, suffered leading edge damage after the stairs hit the wing of the aircraft.…