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OccurrencesWater landing for helicopter of financial police close to Taranto, Italy
Taranto, Italy - Due to an engine failure
This morning the crew of a NH-500 helicopter belonging to "Aerial maneuver section" of the Financial police of Grottaglie, part of the naval air command of Taranto, made a water landing in the artificial... more
OccurrencesJetBlue Airbus A-320 aircraft makes and emergency landing in Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica - All 149 passengers aboard are reported safe
Authorities in Jamaica said a JetBlue airliner made an emergency landing in the capital Kingston. The director of the island's civil aviation authority, colonel Derby, said all 149 passengers aboard the... more
OccurrencesSIA investigates on the smoke in the cargo hold of an A380-800 plane descending to Singapore
Singapore, Singapore Republic - On Monday, January 31st
Singapore Airlines is currently investigating on the occurrence happened, on January 31, 2011, to one of its A-380/800 airplanes, registration number 9V-SKD. The aircraft, coming from Hong Kong, China,... more
OccurrencesNew Jersey, small plane makes an emergency landing
Hackensack, USA - For technical problems
According to reports from international press, yesterday afternoon a small airplane of federal property, and more exactly owned by Justice Department, used by Bergen County's prosecutor office for a training... more
OccurrencesQantas Boeing 737/400 airplane, loss of cabin pressure
Melbourne, Australia - The occurrence happened yesterday, during a flight from Adelaide to Melbourne
It doesn't seem to be a favorable period for Qantas, whose planes in recent months have suffered a series of occurrences that could to have dispelled, at least for now, its reputation as a carrier with... more
OccurrencesNTSB investigates on brakes after plane run off Wyoming runway last Dicember
Jackson Hole, Usa - A component was missing from a cockpit mechanism
Aviation investigators are looking into two braking systems on an American Airlines plane that ran off a runway while landing at the Jackson Hole Airport (see AVIONEWS). The National Transportation... more
OccurrencesAir New Zealand aircraft makes an emergency landing at Dunedin Airport
Dunedin, New Zealand - Following a bird-strike
An Air New Zealand 737/300 plane with 115 people on board landed safely today at Dunedin International Airport (southern island of the country) this evening (local time) following bird strike shortly after... more
OccurrencesLondon-bound flight diverted after threat. A terrorist has been arrested
London, UK - A passenger claimed to have a bomb
British fighter jets escorted a passenger plane to a London airport following a bomb threat made by a passenger onboard. British police said that a 37-year-old British national was arrested after making... more
OccurrencesInconvenience during refueling for A-330 tanker aircraft
Madrid, Spain - Of Royal Australian Air Force, which involved also a F-16 of Portoguese Air Force
Airbus Military and some important European military airworthiness authorities have opened an investigation regarding a mishap which occurred yesterday, January 19, 2011, at around 17:00 local time, to... more
OccurrencesQantas, another occurrence: 747 airplane suffered an engine failure
Sydney, Australia - While it is about to take-off from Sidney to Los Angeles
On Saturday, January 15, 2011, a Qantas Boeing 747 airplane with 344 passengers on board suffered a failure in the engine number 1 while it was preparing to take-off from Sydney, Australia, in the direction... more
OccurrencesAirAsia conducts investigations into the incident where one of its aircraft veered off the runway at Kuching International Airport
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Initial report says that the visibility was good enough for approach and landing
AirAsia is to conduct a full investigation, with the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), into the incident where one of its aircraft veered off the runway upon landing at the Kuching International Airport... more
OccurrencesRyanair airplane departs from Cagliari to Treviso with a 10 hour delay
Cagliari, Italy - Maybe because of the fault of a spy
According to local press, yesterday the departure of a Ryanair airplane from Cagliari to Treviso, scheduled for ten o'clock in the morning, was delayed for ten hours, with imaginable inconveniences for... more
OccurrencesAmerican Airlines aircraft skids off runway in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Jackson Hole, Usa - None of 181 people aboard the jet were injured
An American Airlines jet arriving from Chicago skidded off the runway and into a snow bank in Jackson Hole, Wyoming late on Wednesday morning, airport officials said. None of 181 people aboard the aircraft... more
OccurrencesNew York's airport, passengers stranded for 9 hours in an airplane
New York, USA - Already on the runway when "JFK" was declared closed. Some American airports will be re-opened during the afternoon
As we have already mentioned (see AVIONEWS), many North-East American airports were closed because of the snowstorm that raged from yesterday in the Country. Among these, there are New York airports... more
OccurrencesAngola: TAAG, grounded the Boeing 777's fleet due to engine's problems
Luanda, Angola - Following two emergency landing in just more than two weeks
Last Friday, on Christmas Eve, the Angolan flag carrier TAAG Angola Airlines, established to ground its Boeing 777 airplanes. The decision was made after the carrier has experienced problems with the engines... more
OccurrencesTwo Ryanair planes had technical problems and passengers were stranded in the airport
Bergamo, Italy - And left to Cagliari almost 12 hours late
There was certainly a fun public holiday that of yesterday for the 149 people forced to wait nearly 12 hours at the airport of Bergamo a plane to carry them to Cagliari. According to the original program,... more
OccurrencesTwo lightnings struck a Boeing Ryanair airplane
Rimini, Italy - It landed in Rimini but didn't re-depart to London
Yesterday afternoon, two lightnings struck a Boeing 737/800 Ryanair plane, departed from London and preparing to land at the "Federico Fellini" airport of Rimini. The pilot had to overfly the airport for... more
OccurrencesBoeing 737 airplane makes an emergency landing in the Zimbabwe's capital
Harare, Zimbabwe - For a fire alarm on board
Yesterday, Monday, December 6, 2010, a Boeing 737 of the state-owned airline Air Zimbabwe made an emergency landing at the airport in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. The reason, explained to AFP, Agence... more
OccurrencesPortugal, parts of a flying airplane falls down just out from the capital
Lisbon, Portugal - At about the same hour a Boeing came back to Lisbon's airport for a mechanical problem
Portuguese investigators yesterday opened an investigation on the facts reported by ordinary citizens, regarding the fall of a dozen pieces of metal, about ten cm long, from a plane flying over Almada,... more
OccurrencesAirplane forced to make an emergency landing in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, USA - Because of a dog on board
On Monday, a US Airways plane which had departed from Newark, New Jersey, in the direction of Phoenix, Arizona, was forced to make an emergency in Pennsylvania due to the presence on board of a small dog,... more
OccurrencesQantas airplane struggled with more than a dozen system errors after the engine fault
Sydney, Australia - It is unveiled by ATSB in the today's media briefing
On Friday, 3 December 2010, was held the media briefing convened by ATSB, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (see AVIONEWS), to accompany the release of the 53-page-report about the preliminary investigation... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing in Kazakhstan for a Boeing airplane
Karaganda, Kazakhstan - Of the Cathay Pacific airline, from Amsterdam to Hong Kong
On November 28, a Boeing 747/400 of Cathay Pacific airline, from Amsterdam to Hong Kong was forced, about 6 hours after take-off, to make an emergency landing in the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, due... more
OccurrencesIndia: co-pilot of an airliner adjusts the seat and risks to crash
New Delhi, India - The reconstruction of the occurrence of May 26th in the report published by "DGCA"
A document published during the week-end by the Indian "DCGA" (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) reports the dynamics of the incident occurred on May 26th to a Boeing 737-800 airplane of the low-cost... more
OccurrencesEngland, Boeing airplane skids off the runway while landing
Newcastle, England - No one injured among the 189 passengers
Last evening, a Boeing 737/800 plane belonging to the charter airline Thomsonfly, registration number G-FDZR, skidded off the runway while landing at the airport of Newcastle, England. The aircraft, arrived... more
OccurrencesNew York, emergency landing for a Delta Air Lines' airplane
New York, USA - Flying to Moscow
On Sunday evening, a Delta Air Lines' Boeing 767 airplane, departed in the direction of Moscow about 50 minutes earlier from "John F. Kennedy" International airport of New York, had to reverse its course... more
OccurrencesQantas: airplane lands in emergency in Johannesburg for a bird-strike
Johannesburg, South Africa - It's the 5th occurrence for the Australian airline in the last 2 weeks
November 2010 seems to be definitely not a good month for Qantas, the Australian airline, which until this period had always enjoyed an excellent reputation for safety. Last night, another occurrence... more
OccurrencesLufthansa Florence/Frankfurt airplane makes an emergency landing in Pisa
Pisa, Italy - Because of a bird-strike
Yesterday morning, an Embraer 190 aircraft of the airline Lufthansa flying from Florence-Peretola to Frankfurt was forced to make an emergency landing in Pisa due to a bird-strike occurred during the phase... more
OccurrencesAnother emergency landing for a Qantas airplane
Sydney, Australia - It's the fourth occurrence of this kind in just more than 10 days
Further troubles for the Australian airline "Qantas": on Monday, 15 November 2010, a Boeing 747 aircraft took-off at 11:11 am (local time) from Sydney, Australia, in the direction of Buenos Aires, Argentina,... more
OccurrencesFurther details from Boeing on the occurrence happened to the 787 Dreamliner airplane registered ZA002
Washington, USA - In Texas
"Boeing continues to investigate Monday's incident on ZA002. We have determined that a failure in the P100 panel led to a fire involving an insulation blanket. The insulation self-extinguished once the... more
OccurrencesBoeing suspends 787 Dreamliner flight tests
Seattle, USA - After yesterday's emergency landing
Yesterday a Boeing Dreamliner 787, employed in a flight test in the skies over Texas, made an emergency landing next to Laredo, after smoke was discovered coming from the back of the aircraft. Still... more