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…
Just experienced a bird strike shortly after takeoff from OR Tambo. You can spot the damage to the Mango airbus engine. @Traveller24_SA @News24 pic.twitter.com/wEqj1GbUs5 — Sergio Davids (@SergioDavids1) November 19, 2017 A Mango Boeing 737-800 flight #JE147 from Johannesburg to Cape Town suffered a birdstrike on takeoff. The left engine (CFM56) cowling was damaged and…
Four people have died following a mid-air collision involving an aircraft and a helicopter in Buckinghamshire. A Cessna 152 (reg. G-WACG) and a Gumibal Cabri G2 (reg. G-JAMM) are aircraft involved. Both aircraft are believed to have taken off from Wycombe Air Park, also known as Booker Airfield. At 12:09pm the emergency services received a…
An American Airlines flight bound for South Florida was able to land safely Tuesday after a bird slammed into the front of the plane. American Airlines flight #AA1498 was approaching runway 09 at Miami International Airport, Florida at about 11 a.m. when it struck a bird. The bird impacted and penetrated the radome of the…
Six people died when a Let L-410 Turbolet twin-engine short-range passenger plane crashed while performing a landing in Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk Region. “According to updated information, six people were killed in the crash, including two crew members. The three-year-old girl was saved,” the spokesman said. The girl will be taken to a regional hospital…
An 81-year-old man has died after falling ill on board Jet2 flight #LS518 from Tenerife last night. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. G-JZHN) diverted to Cork airport when the man became distressed and his condition began to deteriorate, within the first hour of the flight. When the aircraft landed at 19:15 UTC in Cork, the man…
Copenhagen police is investigating a threat made against European planes belonging to Turkish airline Atlasglobal. The city’s airport closed 10 gates after being alerted of the threat by police. UPDATE The airport is now back to normal, only a few delays. One airplane was prevented from taking off due to the incident, according to an airport…
British Airways Boeing 777-200ER (reg. G-VIIJ) made an emergency landing at 13:04 local time on runway 27R at London Heathrow following technical issue. According to reports, crew sounded like they had oxygen masks on while talking to ATC. British Airways statement: The flight landed normally. The safety of our customers and crew is always our priority,…
A cargo plane operating for Saudi Arabian Airlines suffered a runway excursion at Maastricht Airport tonight. The Boeing 747-400F was taking off from runway 21 at Maastricht Airport when it exited the runway. According to first reports, the aircraft suffered engine failure then rejected takeoff, leading some of the wheels into the grass. The aircraft…
An Aerolineas Argentinas plane was hit by a drone today while landing at Buenos Aires Aeroparque Airport. Aerolinas Argentinas flight #AR1865 from Trelew was hit by the drone during final approach to runway 13. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. LV-GKS) suffered damages near at the nose, close to the radome and is now out of service…
A camera battery exploded at Orlando International Airport on Friday night causing people to panic and the airport to be evacuated. Shortly after the 5 p.m. incident, passengers were ordered to de-plane and people waiting at their gates were forced to be re-screened through TSA checkpoints. According to the Orlando Police Department, the incident…
Multiple airports in Ukraine have been evacuated due to bomb threats today. The vast majority of bomb threats turn out to be false. Airports evacuated: Zaporizhia International Airport (OZH) Rivne International Airport (RWN) Kharkiv International Airport (HRK) Kherson International Airport (KHE) Threats were also reported at lvano-Frankivsk International Airport (IFO), and Odessa International Airport (ODS),…
