Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Car runway incursion at Milan-Malpensa, aircraft takes the sky again

Milan, Italy - Possibility of a voluntary action has not been ruled out

Fear and disconcert yesterday at Milan-Malpensa airport when an Airbus A-320/200 aircraft, performing a Vueling flight from Barcelona with 130 passengers on board, was forced to abruptly take the sky again when it had almost landed, due to a sanitary car runway incursion. The maneuver was performed safely and the airplane landed without further problems some minutes later. The car's driver has been...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1111984
Rome, Italy, 11/30/2009 13:47
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

OccurrencesProblems with Ethiopian B-777/300ER airliner, recently delivered

Reversal of route and safe landing due to technical problem. Perhaps the engine

An Ethiopian Airlines B-777/300ER (registration ET-BBG) passenger aircraft, last Saturday, taking off from Addis Ababa-Bole Airport bound for Dubai, reversed route and landed at the airport of departure... more

AccidentsUS Defense: V-22 Osprey tiltrotors grounded again

Investigation underway after incident. Focus of investigation on premature wear of metal components

For security reasons, the Pentagon has temporarily suspended the operations of its global fleet of V-22 Osprey tiltrotors again in recent hours, after some metal components had probably played a decisive... more

AirlinesTwo Latam Airlines Airbus planes collide on the ground

The event occurred at the airport of Sao Paulo-Congonhas, Brazil. Damage -VIDEO

No one was hurt. Only minor damage was reported to both Latam Airlines aircraft, an A-319 (registration PT-TMA) and an A-320neo (registration PR-XBG), which collided on December 3 at São Paulo-Congonhas... more