Air Algérie flight suffered an engine issue while landing on runway 24L at Montreal Airport, Canada. The aircraft (reg. 7T-VJG) experienced compressor stall in its left engine as it was landing on runway 24L at Montreal Airport (CYUL), Canada. The Boeing 767-300 was on ferry flight from Shannon.
A ground stop has been issued for flights to Newark Airport after two drones were spotted over Teterboro Airport Tuesday evening, FAA officials said. The drones are no longer in the airspace and flights have resumed at Newark Airport, but there is a ground stop for planes headed to Newark from other airports until they…
Two people died Monday morning in a DC-3 crash near Kidron, located in Wayne County, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities said the crash happened at 11145 Hackett Road in Kidron just after 9am. Investigators say the plane had just taken off from Stoltzfus Airfield headed to Akron-Canton Airport. Investigators said the two people…
All Nippon Airways is investigating an incident at Osaka after both engines of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner shutdown simultaneously. On January 17th, flight #NH985 from Tokyo Haneda to Osaka Itami with 118 members onboard was rolling down the runway after landing when the pilots deployed the thrust reversers to slow down the aircraft. The pilots then noticed both Rolls-Royce Trent…
Aeroflot #SU1515 from Surgut to Moscow diverted to Khanty Mansiysk with reports of hijack attempt. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. VP-BRR) diverted to Khanty Mansiysk after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit. A passenger was demanding to be flown to Afghanistan. The flight crew managed to persuade the passenger demanding the change to land in Khanty-Mansiysk for refuelling. The passenger (named Pavel, 41…
A massive search operation is underway in the English Channel for a plane that has gone missing with two people on board. Rescue teams were scrambled after the aircraft disappeared from radar near the Channel Islands on Monday night. Argentinean media have published a chilling audio record of Emiliano Sala telling his friends on WhatsApp…
A medical emergency followed by a mechanical problem left passengers on a United Airlines flight stuck for 14 hours on the tarmac of Goose Bay airport, Canada. United Flight #UA179 had taken off late Saturday from Newark, New Jersey en route to Hong Kong with some 250 passengers on board. When a passenger suffered a…
An airliner was forced to make an emergency landing in Russia today after passengers began complaining they were “suffocating”. Panic swept through the cabin of the Ural Airlines flight from Moscow to Dubai about one hour 25 minutes into the journey. One described it as “some kind of plague” and another claimed sickly passengers had…
Syrian state media on Sunday accused Israel of conducting a rare daylight missile attack in and around Damascus, triggering the country’s air defenses. Local Syrian media said the targets of strike were in Damascus International Airport and in the town of al-Kiswah, south of the capital. The Russian military, which is allied with Syrian dictator…
A Southwest Airlines plane went off the runway Friday after landing at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, resulting in the airport’s closure and the suspension of all flights. The airport reopened late Friday following the closure, with a statement on Twitter warning there would be continued flight delays. “Initial reports indicate Southwest flight #1643, a…
Cargolux aircraft returned to Kuala Lumpur Airport after report of fire in the cockpit. Cargolux flight #CV303 to Zhengzhou returned to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The pilots of the Boeing 747-8F departed at 11:50 UTC and declared an emergency few minutes later before returning to Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft (reg. LX-VCJ) landed on runway 32R…
A Boeing 707 cargo plane with 10 people on board has crashed in Iran amid harsh weather conditions, the Iranian Army has confirmed. The plane went down at Karaj airport, west of Tehran. UPDATE 16 bodies found from the wreckage, 15 men & 1 woman, Iran EMS announced. UPDATE The Boeing 707-320C apparently landed at Karaj…
