A number of passengers received medical attention after a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Croatia was forced to make an emergency landing in Frankfurt. The flight to the coastal city of Zadar landed at Frankfurt-Hahn airport at around 11.30pm due to an inflight depressurisation. Oxygen masks were released for passengers. Around 30 passengers were admitted…
A massive explosion has occurred in the vicinity of Cairo International Airport. Civil defense authorities deployed to the scene are battling to bring the blaze under control. Ambulances, police vehicles and security services also rushed to the area of the incident. The explosion, which happened around 10:30 pm local time, occurred at two fuel storage…
Air China flight flight #CA106 from Hong Kong to Dalian made emergency descent after a sudden loss of cabin pressure. Air China Boeing 737-800 (reg. B-5851) made an emergency descent to 10,000ft after a sudden loss of cabin pressure. The plane dropped 25,000 feet in 10 minutes, triggering the release of oxygen masks from the cabin…
Two Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews rescued 11 people after a floatplane crashed 39 miles south southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island, Tuesday. The Jayhawk crews arrived on scene, and were able to safely hoist all 11 people from the side of a mountain, approximately 2,000 feet in…
A plane has crashed near Pretoria, South Africa. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE One person was killed while nineteen people were injured. UPDATE Pilot in critical condition. The plane involved could be an old Convair CV-340 (reg. ZS-BRV) recently repainted in the classic livery. The plane was supposed to fly to the Aviodrome Lelystad in the Netherlands.…
A fuel truck crashed into a United Airlines plane Monday at Washington Dulles International Airport. The truck struck a Boeing 777, which was parked at Gate D5. No passengers were on board the plane at the time of the incident and no injuries were reported. Airport officials say “preliminary reports indicate minor damage to the…
A Ryanair flight to Edinburgh was grounded this evening after a ‘threatening letter’ was discovered on board. Passengers were evacuated from the aircraft at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands which was scheduled to take-off at 8:30pm. A threatening letter has been found in the plane, the Marechaussee reports. According to local media, the letter is…
An United Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Washington, D.C., changed when a ceiling panel fell on a passenger while the plane landed on Wednesday. The rough landing into Dulles International Airport caused the loose ceiling panel to fall. One passenger told FOX5 that the “top came off” and was “falling on people.”’ The same witness…
As we are all in the football season fever there was almost to be a sombre mood. The Airbus carrying the Saudi Arabia’s football team almost crashed on June 18th when one of its engines burst into flames. However, none of the players were injured. That day the focus was supposed to cover the game…
Passengers on a Thomas Cook flight from Zante to London were forced to wait in a delayed aircraft for three hours in such bad conditions that some people vomited and passed out from the heat and lack of air conditioning. People on board included pregnant women and mothers with young children who began to ‘melt’…
An EasyJet passenger was pinned to the ground after headbutting an air steward while being removed from a delayed flight to Mallorca. Shocking footage shows the man lying on the ground at the plane entrance as several security guards pull on him in an attempt to remove him. It is believed the flight was delayed for two…
A critically ill passenger died during a Qantas flight from London to Sydney in the early hours of Friday morning. A Qantas spokesperson confirmed that the female passenger, who received treatment from medics and cabin crew including CPR, has died. The flight made an emergency landing in Adelaide at about 3:50am due to the incident,…
