A Qatar Airways Airbus A321 (reg. A7-AIB) parked at a remote stand in Hamad International Airport (HIA) caught fire while under maintenance this morning, a statement from the airline said. The fire inside the cabin was extinguished immediately and no injuries were reported. According to JADEC, the fire is understood to have originated in IFE/Satcom antenna…
On December, 8th British Airways flight #BA288 from Phoenix to London Heathrow suffered engine #3malfunction on takeoff runway 08. The crew and climbed to 10,000ft to enter holding pattern to dump fuel for a safe return runway 08. Dumping fuel is a standard procedure that occurs when planes need to make an emergency landing because it…
A plane at San Jose International Airport on Wednesday was evacuated due to an apparent security incident, according to an airport spokesperson. The spokesperson said there was an apparent WiFi message indicating that there was some sort of bomb threat declared, but no credible threat was found. After being escorted off the plane, passengers were…
An Air Baltic plane arriving from Riga, Latvia has skidded off a runway at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. The incident has resulted in the runway being closed. The Boeing-737, with 52 passengers on board, landed at Sheremetyevo Airport this afternoon, Interfax reports, citing a source in the airport’s emergency services. However, the plane missed a…
Engine issues have forced an Air New Zealand flight to Japan to return to Auckland International Airport on Tuesday morning. An Air NZ spokeswoman said the pilot elected to shut down one of the plane’s engines as a precaution during flight #NZ99 to Narita, Tokyo. “The aircraft carrying 268 passengers and 14 crew landed shortly…
Close call at New York JFK airport after Volaris flight attempts to land on runway 13R, dedicated for takeoffs. A Delta plane was rolling down runway 13R when a Volaris A319 flight #Y4880 mistakenly lined up on the same runway. The Volaris flight was supposed to land on a parallel runway, runway 13L. The crew…
Indian media reports claimed the Mumbai-bound flight of Singapore Airlines mistakenly made an approach to land at the Juhu airport on Monday morning but it looks as a safe go-around procedure. According to an Indian source “the Singapore pilots were in touch with the Mumbai air traffic control and were supposed to make an approach…
On December 1, flight #U27124 was travelling from the Spanish resort of Alicante last night when the incident occurred. Staff on board claimed the small blonde female was being disruptive and was drinking her own alcohol. easyJet claim the flight made an emergency landing at Bordeaux airport after the woman, who was sat near the…
Finnair flight #AY86 from Helsinki to Gothenburg diverted to Turku due to smoke in cabin. The Embraer ERJ-190 (reg. OH-LKE) was climbing to 30,000 ft when passengers reported smell of smoke in the cabin. Pilots decided to divert immediately and turned right to Turku Airport, Finland for a safe landing runway 26. Passengers were evacuated via slides. The…
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