Passengers aboard a Haiti-bound Delta airline are stranded after the aircraft had to make an emergency landing. The Airbus A320 from the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, touched down at Florida’s Daytona Beach International Airport on Monday because the aircraft’s windshield and cone head were struck by hail. A cracked windshield as well as chipped…
This morning, Qantas #QF1 from Dubai to London diverted to Larnaca due to medical emergency on board. The Airbus A380 (reg.VH-OQD) landed shorty after 07:00 UTC at Larnaca after a pregnant woman had complications. The medical condition of the passenger is still unknown.
An Air Canada plane touching down at San Francisco International Airport almost landed on a taxiway crowded with four other planes, now under federal investigation. On July, 7th, Air Canada flight #AC759 en route from Toronto was cleared to land just before midnight Friday at runway 28R, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. But the pilot…
A disruptive passenger tried to open emergency door of Air Asia Airbus A320 (reg. VT-ATF). At about 21:50 local time, a disruptive passenger traveling onboard Air Asia #I5546 from Delhi to Ranchi – Kolkata (seat no. 24A) tried to open the emergency door (R2) just before landing. He injured few other passengers and crew members when…
A passenger died on Sunday after suffering from emergent health problem onboard an Iranian flight, which made emergency landing in northern Iran. The passenger, onboard Iran’s Mahan Air Flight #W585 en route from Moscow to Tehran, died despite efforts made to save his life. The Airbus A310 (reg. EP-MNF) made an emergency in the Rasht Sardar…
Traffic was stopped during few hours this afternoon at Eindhoven Airport (NL) after the control tower was evacuated. Flights to and from Eindhoven Airport were suspended for nearly two hours after an ‘unusual smell’ was detected in the air traffic control tower. The tower was evacuated as a precaution at around 12.30pm while firefighters investigated the…
A Thomson flight to Spain was forced to make an emergency landing before it had even left the UK – to eject three rowdy passengers. The Thomson flight from Glasgow to Alicante was forced to touch down at Bristol Airport amid concerns over the behaviour of three men. A fleet of police vehicles swarmed onto…
Three cabin crew members have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire allegedly started on board a Thomson flight this morning. Passengers were escorted from the plane at around 9am shortly after take off from Manchester. According to reports, an oven caught fire on route to Girona in Spain. The flight then made an…
According to Düsseldorf Airport, an incident occurred with an Airbus A340 of the Mahan Air, which also led to a temporary shutdown of the airport. On Thursday at 9:46 local, a technical problem on the landing gear resulted in an incident during landing of an Airbus A340 of the Mahan Air, the airport reported. There was…
Two passengers and one crew member were injured Thursday night when a person on a Delta Air Lines flight stormed the cockpit. Soon after leaving Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Beijing-bound Boeing 767-300(ER) (reg. N174DZ) was forced to turn back due to a “security incident with a passenger,” Delta said in a statement. The airline did not…
The tail of a China Airlines Boeing 777 was surrounded by smoke today at Jakarta Airport. A visually spectacular incident due to APU low oil pressure. The aircraft departed later with no other issues. The auxiliary power unit APU is a device on a vehicle that provides energy for functions other than propulsion. They are commonly found on large aircraft and naval ships…
