A tour helicopter with seven people aboard disappeared in Hawaii, and a search is under way, the US coast guard said. The owner of the helicopter contacted the coast guard about 45 minutes after the aircraft was due back from a tour of Kauai’s Na Pali coast on Thursday evening, a news release said. The…
A plane carrying 100 people has crashed at Almaty airport, in Kazakhstan, killing at least nine people. On Friday morning Almaty airport said there were survivors and emergency workers were on site. Footage from the scene of the accident appeared to show the plane had collided with a building. Please reload the page for updates……
An All Nippon Airways plane from western Japan bound for Tokyo’s Haneda Airport had to turn back to Fukuoka Airport for an emergency landing. Fukuoka Airport officials say crew on board the Boeing 767 reported engine trouble shortly after 9:50 a.m. Thursday Japan time. The aircraft made an emergency landing at 10:15 a.m. It then…
Cabin overhead luggage panel on LATAM Airbus A350 fell down on passengers just after landing at Frankfurt airport, Germany. The incident took place after the flight from Sau Paulo landed at Frankfurt on 13 December 2019. No injuries were reported.
A passenger on a recent S7 Airlines flight allegedly became aggressive in the middle of the trip and demanded to “have a word” with the pilot. When the man attempted to storm the cockpit, his fellow passengers took matters into their own hands. The incident occurred on a flight from Mineralnye Vody to Novosibirsk in…
A United Airlines flight #UA366 from San Diego was forced to make an emergency landing in Albuquerque after flames were seen shooting from one of the plane’s engines. The Chicago-bound flight landed safely in New Mexico early Monday and United arranged for a different plane to get customers to their destination, the company said in…
United #UA986 from Paris to Chicago suffered fuel leak and made an emergency in Manchester. A United Airlines Boeing 767 out of Paris en route to Chicago faced a mid flight issue. A fuel leak forced the crew to abandon the transatlantic crossing and divert to Manchester. Emergency response vehicles met the aircraft upon arrival.…
An El Al Boeing Dreamliner 787 hit a power pole at Las Vegas Airport on Saturday, causing severe damage to one of the wings, in addition to a power outage at the airport. The El Al Dreamliner (reg. 4X-EDH) flew Friday night from Ben-Gurion Airport, landing in Las Vegas. An investigation found that following the…
Passengers on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth evacuated via slides after the Airbus A330 was forced to return as the cabin filled with smoke. Qantas said flight 575 returned to Sydney shortly after takeoff on Sunday morning due to a hydraulic issue. “Once back at the gate, the captain made the decision to…
Ethiopian Airlines aircraft has skidded off the runway at Juba Airport. Ethiopian Airlines DHC-8-400 has skidded off the runway during takeoff in adverse weather conditions at Juba Airport, South Sudan. The DHC8-Q402 was performing flight #ET355 on runway 31. The left main gear gave way causing damage to the left wing. The left propeller was…
Liverpool airport has been closed after a plane came off the runway. A spokesman for Liverpool John Lennon Airport said no one was injured when the private jet, carrying three crew and one passenger, came off the runway after landing at about 6am on Wednesday. UPDATE Involved aircraft is a Bombardier Global 6000 (reg. 9H-VJM).…
A man suffering a panic attack tried to open the door of a British Airways flight to Saudi Arabia in midair but was stopped by fellow passengers, including the brother of the boxer Dillian Whyte. The incident occurred on Monday night about an hour before BA flight 263 from Heathrow to Riyadh was due to…
