An Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Seattle was diverted back to Anchorage early Wednesday due to a naked passenger on board the jet, airport police said. “There was a subject on the aircraft that had locked himself naked in the the lavatory” Airport Police said. A flight status page on Alaska’s website said the…
A Southwest aircraft plane skidded during takeoff at Baltimore–Washington International Airport. The Boeing 737 is now partially in the grass on taxi way. 149 passengers on board, no injuries.
An aircraft that was taking part in the Singapore Airshow caught fire following an accident at Changi Airport on Tuesday (Feb 6) afternoon. An aircraft from the Black Eagles aerobatic team from the Republic of Korea Air Force skidded and crashed into the grass verge at the side of Changi Airport’s Runway 1 and caught…
Rotterdam Airport is closed due to fire in main terminal building. Shortly before 16:30 the main building terminal was evacuated. Fire brigade responded to a fire alarm and smoke was spotted. The tower was also evacuated and flight operations are halted. More to come… British Airways #BA4479 is returning to London.
Passengers were disembarked as a precautionary measure on a flight to Amsterdam this morning. All was handled in line with operating procedures with normal operations continuing at the airport. Passengers were allowed back on to the aircraft around 7.30am, once the incident had been dealt with. The Amsterdam flight has now been re-boarded ready for…
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident in which someone apparently piloted a drone right above a jet landing at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. The footage, uploaded to social media, shows the drone taking off from Whitney Park, a little more five miles away from the airport, but doesn’t detail when the…
A passenger on an American Airlines flight was charged Thursday after federal authorities accused her of attacking three crew members aboard the flight as it approached Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. Wednesday, as the flight fromDallas Fort Worth began to descend at the Charlotte airport, Harriott, who was seated at the rear of…
A passenger took a video of a plane filled with smoke as a power bank caught fire onboard after landing in the Russian city of Volgograd. The Aeroflot A320 (reg. VQ-BPU) from Moscow was evacuated via emergency slides. The video shows passengers passing water through the cabin before flight attendants come with water and remove…
An elderly man traveling from Dubai to Chicago on flight #EK235 on Tuesday had to be restrained for unruly behavior. Emirates said cabin crew confined the passenger and later handed him to authorities at O’Hare International Airport. “Emirates can confirm that a passenger on flight #EK235 from Dubai to Chicago on 23 January had…
The right engine on flight #PC8622 gave full thrust after landing, which caused the aircraft to overrun the runway. After the Boeing 737-800 (registration TC-CPF) touched down at Trabzon Airport in Turkey, the thrust reverse on the right engine did not activate. Instead the engine was switched into ‘go-around’ mode and gave full thrust, this…
A Norwegian flight from Fort Lauderdale to Copenhagen was diverted to Shannon Airport on Wednesday after the pilot became incapacitated following a number of seizures. Norwegian flight #DY7042 was west of Ireland when the co-pilot of the aircraft issued a pan-pan call, advising the ATC that a “crew member” had fallen ill. According to The…
