A United plane caught fire today during landing at Denver Airport. The left engine of the Bombardier CRJ-701E (reg.N796SK) was on fire during landing at Denver. Passengers were immediately evacuated on the runway and the emergency crew quickly reacted to extinguish the fire. The United flight #UA5869 took off from Aspen at 1:45 pm local and landed at 2:20…
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) said Saturday that one of its planes was slightly damaged as it suffered a bird hit while landing at Cairo International Airport Friday. The collision damaged the Airbus A330-343 radome while landing runway 05R at Cairo International Airport, Egypt. Flight #SV311 from Riyadh to Cairo was later flown to Jeddah for…
A drone flying close to Gatwick airport has led to the closure of the runway. A spokesman for the airport said the runway was closed for two short periods of nine minutes and five minutes on Sunday evening. easyJet #U28534 to London Gatwick had to declare an emergency and divert to London Stansted due to low…
A shuttle bus hit a Nok Air Boeing 737-800 at Don Mueang airport on Friday. The Boeing 737-800(reg. HS-DBK) was parkedat the apron No.35 at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport on Friday night when a shuttle bus hit its nose and the front left part at 10.55pm. While no one was injured, the incident caused some damage to…
An American Airlines flight was canceled Thursday night after it was damaged by a vehicle on the ramp at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Flight #AA675 was scheduled to depart Honolulu at 10:50 p.m. for Phoenix. All passengers were re-accommodated on other flights. According to American Airlines, the incident occurred a few hours prior to the…
An American Airlines plane’s wing clipped another aircraft at O’Hare International Airport while taxiing on the runway Friday night, American Airlines confirmed. The wingtip of American Airlines flight #AA1162, an Airbus A321 came in contact with SkyWest Airlines American Eagle aircraft flight #AA3047, according to statements from American Airlines and the Chicago Department of Aviation.…
An Indigo plane was evacuated at Patna Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport (India). An aircraft of Indian Indigo Airline had to be evacuated by emergency slides this afternoon at Patna Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport (India). The Airbus A320 to Delhi rejected takeoff with 174 passengers onboard after crew noticed smoke inside the cabin. In a statement…
The pilot of a passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing following a bird strike. Easyjet flight #U2864 to London Gatwick was diverted back to Inverness Airport shortly after takeoff on Thursday afternoon after a bird hit the plane’s engine. The aircraft landed safely and passengers were disembarked to await a later flight.…
Part of a terminal at Kennedy Airport was evacuated and screening was shut down after a kitchen caught fire on Thursday afternoon, filling the area with smoke, officials said. Officials said there was a heavy smoke condition at Gate B23, and photos show smoke filling part of the terminal as firefighters douse the blaze from…
Qantas flight #QF93 bound for Los Angeles has landed safely in Sydney, after being diverted when an alert light came on about an hour after its departure from Melbourne. The A380 was forced to circle off the east coast of Australia to dump fuel, before returning to land at Sydney Airport, where engineers will assess…
A power outage is affecting flights at Edinburgh Airport. UPDATE 0853 UTC Power is returning to the terminal and runway is now open. All inbound flights were holding as traffic is stopped. Passengers at the airport have reported long delays at security, while a video posted by one traveller shows the security hall in near-total darkness.…
