A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency diversion on Thursday when flight crew detected a mobile Wi-Fi network named “Bomb on Board.” The flight from Nairobi to Istanbul diverted to Khartoum, Sudan, when flight staff noticed the suspiciously named Wi-Fi network. After the emergency landing, all 100 passengers had to leave the aircraft for inspection.…
An AirAsia Airbus A320 skidded off runway 15 at Subang Airport, Malaysia during a training flight The Airbus A320-216 with registration 9M-AHM was undergoing a training session, when it suffered a runway excursion at Subang’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) in Malaysia. Four crew members and no passengers were on board the aircraft, the…
A tow tug caught fire as it was pulling a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200 to a departure gate at Singapore Changi Airport at around 4am on Wednesday (Nov 29). There were no passengers on board the aircraft at the time, SIA’s spokesman said. The plane was being moved from a remote parking bay to Terminal…
London City Airport is evacuated due to fire alarm. UPDATE 16:48 UTC False alarm, end of incident. Passengers are evacuated from the terminal. This is the second time in 2 weeks that fire vehicles are scrambled due to suspected fire. Tracking
Sixteen passengers, including a pilot, were injured when a DHC-6 Twin Otter of Tara Air crashed during take-off at Simikot Airport in Humla on Tuesday. Province 6 police chief AIG Rana Bahadur Chand said the plane, flying to Surkhet, attempted to take-off from the runway but failed after its tyre burst. The aircraft with call sign…
Last night at JFK Airport, an Egypt Air Flight #MS986, a Boeing 777 on its way to Cairo, was moving on a taxiway when its right wing touched the left wing of Virgin Atlantic Airlines Airbus A333 flight #VS4 to London Heathrow. #PAPD ARFF Unit responded to Taxiway K, JFK, at 7:05 pm, Monday, 11/27/17.…
Passengers were stranded on the tarmac of Newark Airport for hours Sunday after some of their plane’s tires blew out while landing, officials said. United Airlines Flight #UA961 was landing in Newark around 1:30 p.m. from Frankfurt, Germany when the Boeing 777-222 “experienced tire issues,” a spokesperson for the airline said. Runway 22L was temporaly…
According to Russian authorities, while preparing for take-off, the Antonov An-24 skidded off runway. The incident took place on November 27, at Evensk in the Magadan Region, around 13:57 local time. On board, the 47 passengers were not injured and the aircraft also was not damaged. According to preliminary information, the reason for the incident…
A flight from Munich, Germany to Newark was forced to divert to London Heathrow after several passengers became unwell and started feeling light headed. Flight UA-31 left Munich at 9:30am local time and was scheduled to arrive in Newark at 12:50pm local time. But, after several passengers complain of feeling unwell, the crew of…
Eight injured flight attendants and three injured passengers were taken to the hospital. A total of 11 people were injured after a plane from Taipei to Chicago was hit by massive turbulence on Wednesday. Eva Air flight number BR56 carried 178 passengers including four babies, and 21 crew members. The Boeing 777 departed Taiwan Taoyuan…
A British Airways Airbus A319 has collided with a tug at Glasow Airport on Friday evening. The aircraft with registration G-DBCH was pushing back from its gate when it hit an airport tug in icy conditions. The incident occurred at around 20:45pm local time. Emergency services quickly responded to the incident and all flight and…
Source: David Clark/News Corp The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released an interim report into the emergency descent of Air Asia QZ535 on 15 October 2017. The flight was on a A320-216, registration PK-AXD with 2 flight crew, 4 cabin crew and 146 passengers on board. The emergency descent brought the flight down from…
