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…
A video showing an Emirates flight attendant of flight from Dubai to Barcelona pouring a glass of champagne back into the bottle has caused a stir after it was posted online. The footage was recorded by Russian passenger Yevgeny Kaymov who unknowingly filmed the incident on a business class flight to Dubai. He posted the video to…
Germany’s military is launching a new “aviation cyber expertise” as an urgent measure in response to a government-funded research revealing that hackers would be able to seize command of a military aircraft with equipment worth just a few thousand dollars. The new initiative, propelled by the head of the German Military Aviation Authority, Major General…
A New Zealand tourist died on Wednesday afternoon after hitting her head on a concrete block behind the Princess Juliana International Airport SXM fence on the Maho Beach side. Tourists gather on a daily basis to experience jet blasts from aircrafts taking off from the runway. Reports suggest that the woman was holding onto the…
A spectacular stovepipe tornado formed on a severe isolated supercell near Vienna, Austria last Monday. No significant damage has so far been reported, but the passengers at the Vienna airport were treated to a spectacle – and likely a somewhat uneasy feeling about flying.
