A pilot spilling coffee in the cockpit of a plane flying over the Atlantic Ocean forced it to turn back and land in Ireland. The hot coffee damaged an audio control panel, which gave off an electrical burning smell and smoke, an accident report found. It created significant communication difficulty for the pilots flying the…
Finnair flight #AY1571 made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff due to the death of a passenger. A Finnair Airbus A319 was forced to make an emergency landing in the Finnish city of Turku due to the death of a passenger on board. The flight #AY1571 was heading to Paris CDG when it diverted only…
A runway was closed at Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport in in Saudi Arabia after an incident with a Boeing 767. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 rejected take-off following an engine failure. The incident resulted of the explosion of 8 out of 10 tires. The runway was closed for 8 hours before the aircraft was…
The Eurowings flight EW8855 had been on its way from Lamezia Terme in Italy to Berlin on Monday at the time of the disturbance. A spokesman for the German budget airline confirmed the incident, which occurred about 20 minutes from Berlin-Tegel Airport in the north of the city. “At an altitude of about 9000 metres,…
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s election plane sustained some damage in Victoria (CYYJ) after a media bus drove under one of its wings Wednesday night. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. C-GTQB) landed in the British Columbia capital after transporting Trudeau, his team and several journalists travelling with the campaign across the country for day one of the…
An emergency on board an early Monday morning flight from Kalispell caused a plane to be diverted to Missoula. Delta flight 2544 departed from Glacier Park International Airport at 5:47 a.m. on Monday en-route to Salt Lake City but was forced to be diverted to Missoula International Airport and make an emergency landing. A Delta…
The captain of a Cayman Airways flight bound for New York City was forced to make an emergency landing in Orlando on Sunday afternoon after smoke was detected in one of the jet’s cargo holds. According to a news release from Cayman Airways, flight KX792 from Grand Cayman to JFK International Airport was diverted to…
Passengers at Birmingham Airport was evacuated today after a ‘gun’ was discovered in a traveller’s suitcase – but it turned out to be a replica antique. The scare unfolded at Terminal 2 of the airport, near Solihull, this afternoon when security staff discovered the ‘weapon’ and became suspicious. Police were called and passengers in the…
A catering truck has hit a TUI plane at Schiphol on Friday afternoon. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. PH-TFF) was supposed to takeoff to via the Greek Samos to Dalaman in Turkey. Passengers on the plane have been offered a hotel stay and will probably fly to their destination tomorrow.
AirAsia flight #FD178 to Bangkok has made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Velana Airport in Maldives. Flames and loud bangs were noticed from engine during takeoff of the Airbus A320 (reg. HS-BBT).
A Tap Air Portugal Air bus A320 suffered engine failure at the beginning of takeoff from runway 03 at Lisbon. The aircraft (reg. CS-TMW) was taking off to Venice but aborted takeoff after the left-hand engine vented a jet of flames. This A320-200 (reg. CS-TMW), is 18 years old powered by CFM56-5B engines.
Flights were delayed at Yangon International Airport Thursday morning after a Y-8 military plane skidded off the runway around 10:30 a.m. The plane skidded off the runway due to an engine failure but no one was injured, said military spokesperson Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun. “As the plane was taking off for training, it skidded…
