Airports across Europe warned of disruptions on Tuesday (Apr 3) after a technical problem at Eurocontrol, the agency that runs the EU’s air traffic control system. The Agence France Presse news agency is now reporting that Eurocontrol has said that around half of all flights in Europe are facing delays. UPDATE Eurocontrol: As from 1520…
Stansted Airport’s terminal was partially evacuated after a bus caught fire close to the main building. At least one fire engine rushed to the scene and police diverted traffic away from the terminal. UPDATE 21:00 UTC All departing flights until midnight have now been cancelled and passengers are asked to leave the Airport. UPDATE 19:32 UTC…
Two Mexican Aeromar ATR aircraft collided on ground at the Mexico City International Airport in Mexico on Thursday early morning. The Aeromar ATR 72-600 with registration XA-UYY collided with the tail of a parked Aeromar ATR-42-500 with registration XA-UAV during a engine run up test. XA-UYY’s port engine propeller, rudder and rear fuselage of of…
The tyre of an IndiGo ATR-72 from Tirupati burst during landing at the Hyderabad airport on Wednesday night, forcing the airline to evacuate the 77 people on board. The IndiGo flight took off from Tirupati at 8.50 pm and landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad around 10 pm, The Hindu reported. The…
According to reports, an Airbus A319 has struck a ground crew member at Gatwick airport during pushback. Passengers were stuck onboard the Russia-bound aircraft for more than two hours as emergency services attended the scene. The Rossiya aircraft to St Petersburg was suddenly halted moments before take-off and kept on the tarmac. Twitter user Flora…
In a bid to save a passenger’s life, a China Eastern Airlines pilot decided to dump 30 tonnes of jet fuel in the air last Friday (March 23) in order to make an emergency landing. Chinese media reports said that a 60-year-old woman had felt unwell and complained of breathing difficulties while on flight #MU587…
S7 Airlines Flight #GH173 to Novosibirsk had to abort take-off late on Tuesday, when the pilots of the Boeing 737 plane noticed smoke in the cockpit. The runway was immediately closed off and passengers were ordered to leave the plane via inflatable slides. The evacuation took place in total darkness, lit only by the flashing…
A Germania flight #GMI4915 set to take off for Berlin-TXL, collided Wednesday morning at Ben-Gurion Airport with an El Al plane flight #LY385 to Rome just minutes later. The German Boeing 737-700 (reg. D-ABLB) suffered severe damage to its vertical stabilizer, which was almost completely cleaved off with the Israeli Boeing 767-300 (reg. 4X-EAK) horizontal…
Air France Hop! flight from Paris to Aurillac Sunday, March 25th suffered fuselage damage while on approach to Aurillac. Passengers on board flight #A5235 heard a loud noise during the flight. The pilot then indicated that a goose may have been struck, as there are many migratory birds at this time or the possibility of…
A large hole (1x1m) in the nose cone was discovered after an Air China Boeing 737-800 it landed in Hong Kong from on Thursday March 22. Air China said in a statement on its Weibo page that the plane had been hit by a bird while on its journey from Tianjin city in north-east China…
Video shows US-Bangla Airlines flight #BS211 during go around after attempting to land on runway 02 at Kathmandu Airport. The accident happened a few minutes later killing 51.
A crew member of a Boeing 777 due to depart Entebbe International Airport has opened the emergency exit door and fell from the plane sustaining serious injuries. The Emirates flight #EK730 had just delivered passengers to Entebbe, Uganda and was preparing to load other passengers for Dubai when the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon, said a…
