Stowaway found alive on cargo plane from Johannesburg on a cargo flight from South Africa, a stowaway was found alive at Schiphol on Sunday morning. A stowaway was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa on Sunday, Dutch military police have…
Two IndiGo planes avert mid-air collision over Bengaluru airport. Two IndiGo planes averted a mid-air collision over the Bengaluru airport just after their take-off on the morning of January 9, senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said. Officials of Directorate General of Civil Aviation said that two IndiGo planes (flight #6E455 from Bengaluru to Kolkata…
A plane slid off taxiway at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Friday night as winter weather hit parts of the southeast. There were no injuries in the 9 p.m. incident in which Delta Flight #DL5501 from Washington D.C landed safely N272PQ and rolled into the mud while taxiing. There were 13 passengers on the flight, which…
Police confront possibly armed man at San Francisco International Airport terminal. Police confronted a man apparently causing a disturbance and possibly armed in or near the International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport on Thursday morning, authorities said. UPDATE the man was armed with two guns. UPDATE Armed man has been shot dead by police…
A Maldivian Dash-8 was evacuated on the runway after the windshield shattered. The de Havilland Dash, 8-200, was rolling to depart as flight Q2-247 from Hanimaadhoo to Malé with 35 passengers and crew members on board. However, the aircraft suffered a right-hand cockpit windshield crack after it was cleared for departure. After the windshield shattered,…
Dubai’s Emirates suspends flights to several U.S. destinations on 5G concerns. Emirates announced on Tuesday that it will suspend flights to several destinations in the United States as of Jan. 19 until further notice because of concerns over 5G mobile deployment. The move is “due to operational concerns associated with the planned deployment of 5G…
An Olympic Air ATR 42 suffered a runway excursion after landing at Milos Airport, coming to a stop in the grass. The ATR 42-600, with registration SX-OAY, was landing as flight OA-24 from Athens-Elefthérios Venizélos International Airport to Milo Airport in Greece when it was involved in the incident. The aircraft stopped on soft ground,…
A second serious incident occurred in less than a month at Dubai International Airport on January 9, 2022. An Emirates Boeing 777 accelerated for take off at Dubai – *without air traffic control clearance* – meanwhile another Emirates jet was crossing runway. A Boeing 777-300 performing flight #EK524 to Hyderabad was lined up for departure…
The biggest aircraft in the world suffered a technical incident on landing yesterday. On January 10,2022,while the Antonov An-225 aircraft landed at Rzeszow airport in Poland from Istanbyl in Turkey. On landing, the main landing gear strut the bolts fixing the landing gear position sensor “flight-ground” which were cut. The detected malfunction did not affect…
A SpiceJet Bombardier DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 took off from Rajkot Airport without ATC clearance last week on 30th December 2021. The aircraft with registration VT-SUQ was performing flight SG-3703 from Rajkot Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport when the incident took place. The aircraft took off without taking the mandatory ATC clearance. It landed in…
A Caspian Airlines Boeing 737-400 suffered a left main gear collapse at Isfahan International Airport, Iran, on 5th January 2022. The aircraft with registration EP-CAP was landing as flight RV-6904 from Mashhad International Airport to Isfahan International Airport when it suffered the main gear collapsed shortly after touch down. The aircraft came to a stop…
An Aviastar Tupolev Tu-204F caught fire during pushback at Hangzhou International Airport on Saturday, 8th January. The aircraft with registration RA-64032 was scheduled to depart Hangzhou International Airport as flight 4B-6534 to Novosibirsk in Russia when a fire started in the cabin while it was being pushed back for departure with eight crew members on…
