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…
The Boeing 737-800 belonging to Pegasus Airlines involved in accident at Trabzon Airport is declared out of service. After the plane was lifted by with cranes few days ago and moved to a safe area, the aircraft was inspected. According to reports, the right engine was totally broken and the left engine stuck into the ground.…
A small propeller aircraft has collided with a rescue helicopter near Philippsburg, Germany at around 1 PM local time. The small sport aircraft was flying from Basel to Speyer when it collided with a rescue helicopter, operated by DRF Luftrettung, Germany’s civil air rescue service, which was currently on a test flight. Karlsruhe police has confirmed…
A mass brawl involving around 180 people broken out at Hannover Airport on Monday, police says. German Newspaper Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ) reports the fight broke out at the Turkish Airlines check-in area in Terminal B at 16:10 local time. A protest over Turkish military action in Syria was taking place in the city, and…
