A plane that had just landed in Toronto was evacuated after it was struck by an empty aircraft pushing back from a gate, the airline said. WestJet airlines said its Boeing 737-800 carrying 168 passengers and six crew was waiting for a gate when it was hit by a Sunwing plane. Video showed the Sunwing…
The captain of a Gulfstream G150 died in Turma at Kittilä airport on Thursday afternoon. The accident happened at about 16:00 LT according to the police. The captain of the Gulfstream G150 (OE-GKA) registered in Austria, was outside the aircraft when the airplane’s door hit him. The plane was preparing to taxi. The pilot, a German…
Delta flight 284 took off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, but was turned around after pilots heard a mysterious noise coming from the plane. The plane, which was flying over North Carolina at the time of the diversion, landed back in Atlanta just before 9:30 p.m. And again, landed…
Jet Airways has grounded two of its senior pilots following a mid-air fight on a London-Mumbai flight on January 1, in which the male commander allegedly slapped his female co-pilot. The incident took place this Monday, when the aircraft was over the Iran-Pakistan airspace, and was 2.45 hours away from its destination, an airline source…
Bored by the delay, a passenger of Ryanair flight opened the emergency exit to leave the aircraft. The Ryanair flight #FR8164 was initially delayed one hour at London Stansted and 30 minutes further at Malaga with passagers on board without any explanation from the crew. A passenger decided to open the overwing emergency exit to…
Two cabin crew and one passenger were injured during Batik Air #ID6575 from Surabaya to Jakarta. The Boeing 737-900 (reg PK-LBJ) departed Surabaya at 06:45 UTC and landed one hour later at Jakarta.
A SilkAir passenger Boeing 737-800 (reg. 9V-SGG) was struck by a service truck at low speed at Medan Kualanamu International Airport in Indonesia while it was parked there. No passengers were injured during the incident involving flight #MI233, which was supposed to leave Medan, Indonesia, at around 9am Singapore time on Saturday (Dec 23) when…
Virgin flight #VA1507 from Melbourne is said to have hit the runway too hard at the Sunshine Coast airport on Tuesday december 26. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. VH-VUX) diverted to Brisbane where an inspection on the aircraft took place, Sunshine Coast Daily reported. The magnitude of the impact was so severe a handful of passengers…
Aer Lingus flight #EI145 diverted to Shannon after fire indication on engine #2. The Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200 departed runway 28 from Dublin and reported a fire indication. The crew decided to shut down the engine #2. The plane took off at 15:41 UTC and headed to Shannon before holding during 15 mins to burn…
An other Air France A380 suffered a new engine problem in flight to LAX. The Airbus A380 (reg. F-HPJG) landed at Los Angeles LAX airport after engine #2 shut down in flight. UPDATE Air France confirmed to AIRLIVE the engine was shut down in flight due to low oil pressure. The flight safely continued to LAX…
A Dassault Falcon 7X was blown off the airport apron on Wednesday night, ploughing through a perimeter fence and into the road before crashing into a building. No injuries were reported at the incident in Malta International Airport. Officials believe the strong winds moved the plane from its wheel chocks, pushing it into the road before…
