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OccurrencesWater on the plane for a Qantas flight
Perth, Australia - No troubles for passengers
QF480 flight of Qantas, from Perth (Australia) to Melbourne, was obliged to return to Perth airport due to a technical problem to water tank, leaving toilets without water. Boeing 767-300 passengers were... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Usa - Smoke on board
Yesterday an aircraft Boeing 757 of American Airlines was obliged to an emergency landing at Los Angeles airport, due to smoke in the cabin one hour after taking off. Around 180 passengers, heading to... more
OccurrencesQantas: probably the accidental explosion of illegal material embarked and not registered
Manila, Philippines - It is waiting for confirmation by the competent authorities
Investigations have begun into an incident today involving a Qantas Airways Boeing 747/400, VH-OJK code, that was forced to make an emergency descent and diversion to Manila after a large section of its... more
OccurrencesPhilippines: come close to tragedy for a Qantas Boeing 747/400 airplane
Manila, Philippines - A gaping chasm opened up in flight
A Qantas Airways plane made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after part of its undercarriage blew off, triggering a loss in cabin pressure during a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne. A big hole... more
OccurrencesUSA, Obama's charter aircraft had an emergency landing
New York, USA - The MD-80 plane was flying to Charlotte
Pilot of a Midwest Airlines MD-80 airplane carrying the candidate to the US presidency, Barak Obama, has made an emergency landing at Saint Louis, Missouri (USA). The aircraft was leaving from Chicago,... more
OccurrencesQantas plane makes an emergency landing
Weipa, Australia - It was bounding to Cairns
A Qantas plane has made an emergency landing in Weipa after one engine stopped ten minutes after take-off from Horn Island. More than 60 passengers and crew bound for Cairns (Australian east-coast)... more
OccurrencesSouth Africa, a Comair flight overshoots runways at the Durban International Airport
Durban, South Africa - Due to the bad weather
Flight BA/MN6203 operated by Comair, a British Airways franchisee, overshot the runway at Durban International Airport, South Africa, on Wednesday during bad weather causing the airport to close. No... more
OccurrencesEtihad Airways, a 23 hour odyssey for a flight from Abu Dhabi to Mumbai
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emitad - Asked for compensation for ordeal and ill treatment
250 passengers travelling by Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi to Mumbai endured a six-hour wait inside the aircraft without food or water, after a harrowing nine hour delay in departure. The passengers,... more
OccurrencesSouthwest Airlines, emergency landing due to fire coming from wheels on the back right landing gear
Phoenix, USA - No injured among 127 passengers
A Southwest Airlines flight out of Austin landed at an airport in Phoenix yesterday with flames coming from a right rear wheel. Fire crews quickly doused the smoking wheels on the runway, Phoenix's... more
OccurrencesPilot doesn't speak English, plane close to incident over London-Heathrow
London, United Kingdom - That's been unvealed one year later
A LOT airlines Boeing B-737 plane came close to hitting another aircraft over London-Heathrow airport because it had the wrong co-ordinates entered into the flight computer after the electronic navigation... more
OccurrencesVenice, ground collision between two planes at "Marco Polo"
Venice, Italy - It's happened around 8:00pm
Moments of scare, yesterday around 8:00pm, at "Marco Polo" Venice airport, when a NetJets International private airplane has hit the wing of a Lufthansa Boeing 737 aircraft, ready to leave to Frankfurt. According... more
OccurrencesBelgium, cargo airplane split in 2 while taking-off
Brussels, Belgium - No after-effects for the 5 people on board
A Boeing 747 cargo aircraft owned by American airline Kalita Air, has split in 2 while trying to take-off, yesterday afternoon, at Zavernen airport, nearby Brussels: fortunately the 5 people on board didn't... more
OccurrencesMD-80 SAS Airlines hit by lightning
Venice, Italy - It's happened on last Sunday, no matters for the airplane's occupants
The news has been confirmed yesterday, but the fact's happened last Sunday, when a MD-80 belonging to the Scandinavian airline SAS has been hit by a lightning while landing to "Marco Polo" Venice airport. The... more
OccurrencesItalian Air Force helicopter falls in the sea during a training
Rome, Italy - It's happened yesterday around 10:15pm
An Italian Air Force HH-3F helicopter has crashed into the sea, yesterday, around 10:15pm, during a training mission after take-off at Pratica di Mare military base. The 5 occupants were rescued by... more
OccurrencesRyanair, emergency landing in Brno
Brno, Czech Republic - No passengers and crew were injured
A Ryanair 737 Boeing, had to make an emergency landing at Brno airport in the Czech Republic after a bird was sucked into one of its jet engines. The aircraft, departed to Brno and bound to London-Stansted,... more
OccurrencesLinate, SAS aircraft's comes back just after take-off
Milan, Italy - Flight was bound to Stockholm
Pilot of a Scandinavian SAS airplane, bound to Stockholm, has had forced to back at Linate airport a few minutes after take-off, around 5:30pm, yesterday. It seems the decision has been due to the presence... more
OccurrencesRyanair: airplane off the run at ?ód? airport
?ód? , Poland - Air station closed
A Ryanair aircraft has gone off runway while it was moving to the runway for its take-off towards Nottingham. One of the undercarriages is probably sunk in the ground stopping the airplane and causing... more
OccurrencesMalpensa, emergency landing for a A-319 easyJet aircraft
Milan, Italy - Fortunately the operation has ended with no occurrences for passengers and the crew
Pilot of an easyJet A-319 airplane, left around 13:30pm from Milan-Linate to fly to Paris-Orly, has asked today for an emergency landing around 14:00pm on a strip of Malpensa airport. Rescues have immediately... more
OccurrencesFiumicino, AS Roma's flight to Manchester on late
Rome, Italy - Unpleasant beginning for the Roman team on the eve of the hard Cup's match
The As Rome's mission in England has not started in a good way. The airplane which should had carry the team to Manchester had to stop itself in Frankfurt's airport because of unknown troubles, compelling... more
OccurrencesBangkok, emergency landing because of a man armed with a knife
Bangkok, Thailandia - Arrested and examined, it seems the man has mental troubles
At 09:30 local time (04:30 in the morning Italian time), the pilot of a Gmg Airlines's airplane (Bangladesh carrier), flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Dacca (Bangladesh), with 60 passengers on board,... more
OccurrencesVenice, emergency landing at "Marco Polo" airport
Venice, Italy - No bad consequences for passengers and the crew
A Lufthansa Airbus airplane has been forced, yesterday night, to make an emergency landing at "Marco Polo" airport, in Venice, because of an engine's failure. After the pilot has wasted 4700 fuel's... more
OccurrencesBangladesh: emergency landing for a Saudi Arabian Airlines' flight
Dhaka, Bangladesh - The airplane took off from Riad. Unhurt the 323 people aboard
A Saudi Arabian Airlines' plane caught fire as it landed at Dhaka's Zia International Airport, in Bangladesh. The Boeing 747 was flying from Riad and it was carrying 307 passengers plus 16 members of... more
OccurrencesCrew neutralizes an hijacking on Chinese airliner: two Islamic terrorists imprisoned
Beijing, China - There is now real risks to flight in China?
Also China, after the last events, could be considered as a nation with heavy risks involved in flights operation. According to Qin Gang, the China's Foreign Affair Ministry, two people arrested after... more
OccurrencesCrew neutralizes an hijacking on Chinese airliner (2): further information
Peking, China - A less severe warning
According to China's government sources, the flight CZ6901 operated by China Southern Airlines, which has landed in emergency at Lanzhou, has been not under a real hijacking. The crew has decided to land... more
OccurrencesCrew neutralizes an hijacking on Chinese airliner
Beijing, China - The hijackers attempted to crash aircraft
A China Southern Airlines operated aircraft from the airport of Urumqui, China, has been hijacked by an undetermined number of passengers, according to Xinjiang region governor, Nur Bekri, those passengers... more
OccurrencesA B-737/400 of Adam Air off the runway
Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia - Five passengers wounded
Adam Air, Indonesian low-cost, has been involved in an off the runway that has interested an its Boeing 737/400 aircraft, following to which five passengers would be remained injured. The carrier,... more
OccurrencesKenya: charter flight with Italians on board carries out an emergency landing
Mombasa, Kenya - They were all reprotected in hotels of the area
The pilot of a charter flight with about 190 Italians on board changed course and carried out an emergency landing in the airport of Mombasa apparently due to a technical hitch in one engine. The airplane... more
OccurrencesSiberia: emergency landing for a S7 Airlines Airbus A-310
Novosibirsk, Russia - Due to a technical failure
An Airbus A-310 with 251 passengers and 9 crewmembers on board made an emergency landing in Novosibirsk, a spokeswoman for the Siberian airport said on Thursday. The aircraft, owned by S7 Airlines,... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing in Fiumicino: the flight left again to Madrid
Rome, Italy - Reported to AVIONEWS by official sources
The Tarom flight left from Bucharest bound to Madrid has carried out an emergency landing at the Rome-Fiumicino intercontinental airport due to an indisposition of the captain. Official sources have... more
OccurrencesEmergency for a Bulgarian Presidential aircraft
Sofia, Bulgaria - The official visit in Mexico postponed
The Bulgarian Transports Minister, Petar Moutaftchiev, unveiled a regrettable event that has impeded to the Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov to make an official visit in Mexico: the Presidential aircraft,... more
OccurrencesB-777 Air France carries out emergency landing in Milan-Malpensa
Milan, Italy - No passenger was wounded in the evacuation through the emergency slides
Just a little fear for the passengers of the flight Paris-La Reunion left on Saturday evening from the "Charles De Gaulle" airport shortly after 9 pm. The pilot of the airplane, a Boeing 777/300 Air France,... more
OccurrencesCompensation for Air Canada flight passengers caught in turbulence
Calgary , Canada - Causes of the occurrence still unknown
Air Canada, the Canadian national carrier, is taking contact with passengers and victims of the serious turbulence which last week hit flight AC-190 from Victoria to Toronto (see AVIONEWS), to agree upon... more
OccurrencesWounded on board of an Air Canada flight due to turbulences
Calgary, Canada - 6 still in hospital
People wounded and fear on board of an Air Canada flight bound from Victoria, British Columbia, on the Canadian West coast, to Toronto, on the Eastern coast of the country. As they were passing over the... more
OccurrencesA Singapore Airlines A-380 aircraft rolled off the runway
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - Light damages and no injured
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) super jumbo A-380 accidentally ended up on the grass verge off the tarmac at the Changi International Airport's new Terminal 3 (inaugurated on January 9th, see AVIONEWS), when... more
OccurrencesVenezuela, new accident verged on
Caracas, Venezuela - Aircraft forced to emergency landing
While several families are still under shock for the disappearance, in the northern sea of Venezuela, of a twin-engine airplane on which 14 people were travelling, with 8 Italian tourists among them (see... more
OccurrencesLivingston: broken glass provokes an emergency landing in Cairo airport
Cairo, Egypt - An injured during the landing
An Italian Livingston airplane has been forced to carry out an emergency landing in the international airport of Cairo following the crack of a cockpit glass that has provoked the aircraft depressurization. The... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing for a Meridiana airplane
Bologna, Italy - Due to braking system trouble
Emergency landing for a Meridiana flight operating in the late morning of today the route Palermo-Bologna: the pilot, presuming the braking system had some trouble, alerted the airport of destination in... more
OccurrencesAirbus: sudden depressurization causes 6 injured on A-330
Toulouse, France - Second safety problem in two weeks
After last week an Airbus A-340-600 airplane destined to Etihad Airways had hit an anti-noise barrier, causing ten wounded among the passengers on board (see AVIONEWS), yesterday a new episode involved... more
OccurrencesFrance: an Airbus aircraft against an anti-noise barrier
Toulouse, France - Ten injured
An Airbus A-340/600 airplane crashed against a barrier and rammed into a wall during tests of the plane at the Toulouse-Blagnac airport, in France. The crash has left 10 people injured, three of whom seriously. The... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing for an airplane with onboard Andrew, Duke of York
Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Extraordinary security services at the Edinburgh airport
The pilot of an English private airplane carried out today an emergency landing in the airport of Edinburgh: seven firemen teams (all those available) were waiting for it. The extraordinary security... more
OccurrencesSouth Africa: aircraft loses engine during takeoff
Cape Town, South Africa - The airplane belongs to the Nationwide airline
Yesterday, a Nationwide Boeing B-737 aircraft lost an engine soon after the takeoff from the international airport of Cape Town, bound for Johannesburg. "That's our engine that's just fallen off", said... more
OccurrencesUS pilot reveals: "I slept during the flight"
Washington , USA - The episode took place in 2004
He was at the third night flight in a row, the pilot that in 2004, as he has recently confessed, fell asleep during the last 45 minutes of the three-hours flight from Denver to Baltimore, in the United... more
OccurrencesAlitalia: emergency landing for flight Rome-Madrid
Rome, Italy - The airplane turns back for suspected engine trouble
This morning, shortly after the takeoff from Rome-Fiumicino around 10, an Alitalia flight bound for Madrid has changed its route and carried out an emergency landing in the departure airport. The pilot... more
OccurrencesUS fighter drops dummy bomb on Virginian town
Virginia Beach , USA - Minor damages reported
No one got hurt, but after the recent episode of the "Atomic flight" cost the career to various US Air Force officials (see AVIONEWS), this is not a very reassuring signal in regard to the safety measures... more
OccurrencesTaking off Tuifly Boeing airplane forced to land because of a birdstrike
Olbia , Italy - Fear and 1h 1/2 delay for the 120 passengers on board
It is certainly not a nice death, being grinded by the engine of an airplane. But most of all it can create serious problems to the aircraft and put the safety of all transported persons in danger, as... more
OccurrencesAlghero: the ramp hits the fuselage of an AirOne plane
Alghero, Italy - A small crash causes a two hour delay of the flight bound to Rome
Two hour delay in the last days for an AirOne Boeing plane (number of flight AP-5509) from Alghero bound for Rome. There was a small occurrence: the ramp hits the fuselage with excessive force, provoking... more
OccurrencesFear in Heathrow, two planes in light collision
London, England - Luckily there were no wounded
Yesterday night in the London airport of Heathrow during taxiing, two aircraft, a British Airways Boeing 747 bound to Singapore collided with a Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A-340, shortly before reach the... more
OccurrencesPlane missing in Colombia, 18 on board
Bogota, Colombia - They are 15 soldiers and 3 crew members
An aircraft with 18 people, among which 15 soldiers and three crew members, is missing near Uribe, 150 kilometres far from Bogota, the capital of the Colombia. The National de Aviacion airplane took... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing for an Italian AB-212 helicopter
Kabul, Afghanistan - Three of the crew of seven lightly injured
During a normal reconnaissance mission, an AB-212 helicopter of Italian Air Force, was forced to an emergency landing, for still unknown causes, in a zone at about 12 km from Kabul. The helicopter overturned... more
OccurrencesAnother car-racing leading figure involved in helicopter occurrence
London, United Kingdom - David Richards luckily escaped though
24 hours after the disaster which caused the death of rally-pilot Colin McRae, of his son and of two other people in Scotland, yesterday David Richards, chief executive of the Prodrive team, which will... more