The Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas airport has closed its airspace after unauthorized drones were seen flying near the facility, Spain’s Transport Ministry has confirmed. The state air navigation entity ENAIRE was the first to indicate that the airport was experiencing delays. The Transport and Mobility Ministry later confirmed that the airspace had been closed. The decision…
MyCargo cargo plane suffered a tail strike on departure from Damman, Saudi Arabia Flight #SV919 to Zaragoza was forced to divert to Jeddah after crew were notified the tail strike. The Boeing B747-400 (TC-MCT) suffered severe damage when the rear of the fuselage was struck onto the runway.
A Japan Airlines Boeing 767-300 was damaged by a catering truck at Jakarta Airport. The aircraft (reg. JA606J) arrived from Tokyo Narita. The return flight #JL720 has been cancelled.
Turkish Airlines #TK680 suffered a tail strike on take off from Istanbul on Friday 31 January 2020. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. TC-JZH) took off from Istanbul and suffered a tail strike. The crew immediately informed the ATC and entered a hold before to return to the airport 2 hours after departure.
A Fukushima prefectural police helicopter transporting a heart for transplant crash-landed Saturday in the northeastern Japanese prefecture, injuring all seven persons on board, including one seriously, authorities said. Three police officers, two technicians and two medical workers were on board the aircraft when it came down in a rice field in the city of Koriyama.…
An Iran Air plane with 102 passengers and eight crew members on board skidded off the runway as it was landing at an airport in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah on Saturday, Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation said. The Airbus A319 (reg. EP-IEQ) flight #IR283 from Tehran ended up in snow after a runway excursion…
Passenger threatens to blow herself up on a grounded plane at Moscow Domodedovo airport. The female passenger is holding a bag claiming it has explosives inside. UPDATE Police is detaining the woman, Interfax news agency said. The Russian S7 Airline Airbus A321 part of has landed at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport from Simferopol. S7 said the…
A plane has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, officials have said. The aircraft came down in the Deh Yak district of Ghazni, to the south west of Kabul, a provincial spokesman told local media. The crashed plane in the east of Afghanistan looks to be a Bombardier E-11A from the US Air Force. Second Vice President…
Caspian Airlines Flight 6936 took off from Tehran at around 6:44am local time and was trying to land in the city of Bandar-e Mahshahr in southwestern Khuzestan Province when it skidded off the runway on Monday, Tasnim News said. The Caspian Airlines aircraft, which skidded off the runway and landed in the middle of the…
A Tehran-bound passenger plane was forced to return to Gorgan airport in northern Iran, as one of its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff. The aircraft made an emergency landing and the passengers have been evacuated at the end of the runway. The plane was carrying 85 passengers, none of whom were said to have…
An Iran Air flight from Tehran to Istanbul that left Imam Khomeini International Airport was forced to land at Mehrabad airport due to a technical failure, Mehr news agency reported. According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, the Airbus A300-600 passenger airliner operated by Iran Airtour bound for Istanbul had to turn back and land at…
The Avianca flight #AV693 from San Jose, Bogota performed an emergency landing in Panama City this January 23 in the morning. According to the airline, the aircraft encountered severe turbulences during its flight, which forced the crew to divert to Panama for an emergency landing at 4:41 am. Upon arrival, the 108 passengers and 5…
