Citing airport officials, News18 reported that the 63-year-old pilot, Captain Silvio Diaz Acosta complained of acute chest pain to his co-pilot when he was about to land his flight from Imphal to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. The pilot also began sweating profusely. In spite of having painng in his chest, he landed the…
JetBlue Airways said late Tuesday that one of its flights originating from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport experienced a radio issue impacting the crew’s ability to communicate. A JetBlue pilot accidentally reported that his plane was being hijacked at JFK, triggering a massive response of cops and firefighters who surrounded the craft on…
A Korean Air plane was damaged by an Asiana aircraft on Tuesday morning at Seoul-Gimpo Airport (GMP). The tail Korean Air Boeing 777-200ER (reg. HL7764) was damaged by the right winglet of an Asiana Airbus A330-300 (reg. HL8286) at Seoul-Gimpo Airport (GMP). An official explained to YTN: “The Korean Airline aircraft was waiting to taxi before to…
An Ellinair aircraft on Wednesday slid off the runway at the Heraklio Airport on the island of Crete. Ellinair Airbus A320 (ER-32002) ran off tarmac when about to taxi to the departure runway at Heraklion-Intl Airport(HER, LGIR), Greece. There were no injuries. Flight #EL700 to Moscow was cancelled. “During the launch process of flight ELB 700 from Heraklion to Sheremetyevo in Moscow,…
Engine fire were reported on a Transavia plane which just landed from Ibiza. Fire services rushed to the Boeing 737 and passengers had to be evacuated. All flights were holding. Operations are now resuming.
Norwegian Boeing 737-800 (reg. EI-FHD) diverted to Birmingham Airport (BHX), UK after reporting hydraulic issue this week end. Tire of left inner main gear tire blew up during landing. On touchdown, large tire fragments came loose causing damage. All 152 on board were safe.
Right engine of plane carrying the Saudi Arabia national football team suffered technical issue on approach to Rostov. Flames were seen from the right engine of the Rossiya Airbus A319 (reg. VP-BNB) while the team was en route to Rostov where they take on Uruguay on Wednesday. The aircraft was initially purchased as new by…
A Ryanair flight was forced to divert to Paris over allegations up to 20 holidaymakers were involved in a drink-fuelled disturbance. Three passengers were removed from the Dublin to Ibiza flight by police after it landed at Paris Beauvais on Saturday morning. The captain of the return flight from the party island to Dublin on…
A man from Finland was stopped from boarding a plane at Heathrow Airport and arrested under the Terrorism Act. The 29-year-old was stopped by police at the airport at 11.05pm on Sunday (June 10) as he attempted to get on a connecting flight. The man was arrested on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act…
Qantas Airways said on Thursday one of its Airbus A380 experienced a short burst of wake turbulence from another A380 flying ahead and above it. No passengers were injured and there was no aircraft damage from the incident which involved an A380 taking off from Los Angeles late on Sunday LA time bound for Melbourne,…
Due to heavy thunderstorm, a Bravo Airways MD83 (reg. UR-CPR) made an emergency landing at Kiev-Zhuliany Airport (IEV). The landing gear was damaged and passengers were evacuated through the emergency slides. The airport is closed until 21:00 UTC. All flights are diverting to KBP.
