A mobile phone of a passenger caught fire during a Delhi-Indore Jet Airways flight on Friday. The Samsung J7 belonged to Delhi resident and was kept in her handbag under the seat. About 15 minutes into the flight, she noticed smoke from the bag and called the crew for help. She added that the fire…
Five people are feared dead after the chopper they were flying in crashed into Lake Nakuru minutes after taking off. The five including the pilot of the 5Y-NMJ, were heading to Narok where President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Jubilee brigade are expected to hold a rally. Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika says 3 passengers in Lake…
Aer Lingus flight #EI141 to Miami is doing a U-turn over Atlantic after being contacted by Shannon ATC. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 17:34 LT #EI141 landed safely runway 10. UPDATE 17:33 LT No push back for 20 mins due to the emergency landing. According to Spotflying, the Airbus A330-200 (reg. EI-DAA) has been…
A Virgin Australia flight from Melbourne to Brisbane has declared an emergency and returned to Melbourne shortly after departure on Friday Morning. Flight VA-319 departed off Runway 27 (RWY27) at 9:26am, climbed to only 4,600ft when the pilots noticed abnormal engine vibrations. The engine vibrations are believed to have come from engine #1 and the crew…
A Virgin Atlantic flight from London diverted to Bermuda Monday night with an ill little passenger on board. The Boeing 747-400 (reg. G-VROM) made an unscheduled emergency landing at the LF Wade International Airport on Monday night with 429 passengers and 14 crew members on board, including an 18-month child who needed immediate medical assistance.…
Flybe flight was surrounded by fire engines after it landed runway at Manchester. The Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (reg. G-ECOT) suffered tire deflated on departure from Dusseldorf. Flight #BE7212 landed safely on runway 05R at 11:15 local time and stopped on runway for inspection. It was able to taxi to terminal.
On October 14th, the flight #7W4912 has been delayed due to important fuel leak before take off from Antalya. The Airbus A321 (reg. SX-BHT) was about to takeoff from Antalya when an important fuel leak was spotted from the right wing. Fire trucks rushed to spray water due to fire risk. The aircraft had to…
A Boeing 737-800 was escorted at Stockholm on Tuesday morning after smoke was reported coming from the cockpit. The incident took place shortly before 8.30 am on Tuesday morning at the Arlanda airport north of the Swedish capital. The 145 passengers aboard disembarked quietly. “We have escorted the aircraft to the gate where passengers were…
Main waiting area of terminal C at London Heathrow was evacuated due to fire alarm.
Several flights made “precautionary” emergency landings after “strange smells” were detected in their cockpits. Ophelia developed over the eastern tropical Atlantic and moved north. As a result dust from the Sahara and smoke from wildfires occurring over northern Iberia has been brought northwards to the atmosphere at our latitudes. These emergency landings may be linked to…
Melbourne-bound flight #QF467 was on push back from its gate about 7.30pm yesterday when it collided at low speed with the catering truck, Qantas has confirmed. The Qantas Boeing 737’s right-wing eceived minor damage. No injuries were reported among plane passengers or truck driver. Passengers were transferred to the next available flights, and Qantas engineers…
Maylaysian Airline Airbus A380 (reg. 9M-MNB) suffered an incident earlier this morning. After landing, one of the nose gear was missing and the remaining wheel was twisted. It’s still unclear if the incident happened during the landing or if the A380 lost the wheel during approach. The flight #MH3 from London Heathrow landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport landed…
