A man from Middlesbrough has slammed an airline after his oxygen mask failed to drop during a plane’s 30,000ft dive to an emergency landing. John Hatfield was forced to frantically rip down a metal panel to access his safety mask when the Jet2 plane he was travelling on was forced to land 35 minutes into…
An Emirates Airbus A380, flying from Dubai to Mauritius last Friday, had been cleared to descend to 38,000 feet by Air Traffic Control on its approach to the Indian Ocean island, with an Air Seychelles Airbus A330, Flight #HM54, having taken off from Mauritius travelling in the opposite direction. However, the crew of the Emirates…
It’s hard to imagine just how close an Air Canada pilot came to crashing into four fully-loaded passenger jets on a crowded SFO taxiway after mistaking it for a runway. The altitude sounds low. The distance above planes appears very short. The audio rings alarm bells.
A pilot flying a Cessna 206 plane was forced to make a daring emergency landing on a Long Island highway Wednesday, dodging traffic among other obstacles. Drivers on the motorway managed to capture amazing footage of the extraordinary moment on camera. Pilot Jim O’Donnell had just taken off from Brookhaven Calabro Airport in Shirley when…
United Airlines flight #UA125 was travelling from Athens, Greece to Newark in the US. The Boeing 767-300 jet was about 150km west of Donegal when the crew reported an issue with the number 2 engine at around 2.20pm. The crew did not declare an emergency until just minutes before they were due to land, when they the…
A Saudia flight had to circle Manchester Airport for more than four hours due to a flaps issue. Flight SV123, which was due to land at the airport at 8.30am this morning, was reportedly unable to land due to flaps stuck at mid range. The Boeing 787-9 had to circle and burn fuel to reduce weight before…
Holidaymakers were injured as they were evacuating a London-bound Thomas Cook plane in Egypt after smoke started rising from beneath a passenger’s seat. Emergency slides were deployed from the Thomas Cook Boeing 757-300 (reg. G-JMOG) from Hurghada on Egypt's Red Sea coastline to London Gatwick, at around 1.40am local time on Wednesday. One passenger was taken…
A Smart Wings plane from Brno skidded off the runway at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria. The Airbus A320 aircraft (reg. sx-org) flight #QS1482 skidded off on right of runway 04 into the grass. Passengers were disembarked right on the grass. The bad weather (heavy rain) is probably the cause of the incident.
Tri MG Asia Airline plane skidded off runway at Wamena Airport, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua. The Boeing 737-300F came out of the runway after the landing. The plane slipped toward the grass that was right next to the runway. The wheel of the plane was released from the fuselage and found not far from the aircraft. Two 2…
Korean Air flight #KE917 from Seoul to Zurich was escorted to Stuttgart after loss of communication. Two German Airforce Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Saturday evening at 20:45 LT after Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER declared communication failure. The Boeing 777-300ER (reg. HL8011) safely landed at 22:05 LT. Two loud bangs frightened many people due to the fighter…
A disgusted easyJet passenger has complained after having to sit next to a man and woman while they had sex. Gary Power posted his gripe to the airline’s Facebook page after boarding his flight to Alicante from Manchester Airport. The tourist said he boarded #U21917 at 7.10am on Monday and was revolted when the man…
