Russian experts say the accident may have been caused by ice on speed probes which led to faulty information on the craft’s airspeed. “A factor in the development of a special situation in the flight could be the wrong data about flight speed on pilots’ indicators which was likely due to iced pitot tubes (speed…
Passengers and crew members aboard a Southwest Airlines jet at John Wayne Airport were ordered to evacuate after smoke was detected in the cabin Monday, leading to minor injuries. The airline said flight #WN2123 was pushing back from the gate when the ground crew observed a possible fire near the rear exterior of the aircraft.…
Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Ryanair flight that temporarily lost all contact with air traffic control at the weekend. Ryanair flight #FR9525 took off from Lublin Airport in Poland on Saturday night bound for London Stansted when it suffered a radio communications failure around two hours into the flight. Two F16 fighter jets…
Saratov Airlines An-148 (reg. RA-61704) crashed around the village of Argunovo shortly after takeoff from Moscow. Sixty-five passengers were on board the plane, along with six crew. Later on Sunday, the Emergencies Ministry published the full list of all 71 people killed in the crash. Among them were three children and three foreigners, reportedly citizens…
Three people were killed and four others were injured after a helicopter with seven aboard crashed in the Grand Canyon Saturday, authorities said. The aircraft suffered “substantial damage”, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Authority said. It was in the Grand Canyon West area when it came down at around 17:20 local time (00:20 GMT)…
Aer Lingus ATR 72-600 was surrounded by fire crew due to engine warning. Passengers were disembarked normally and the aircraft joined stand. Flight #EI3227 took off at 15:32 UTC from Glasgow and reported engine warning after landing in Dublin at 16:18 UTC.
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…
