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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