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OccurrencesNordWind aircraft aborts takeoff with about 180 on board
At the Moscow-Sheremetyevo airport: passengers and crew evacuated; wounded
It happened at 00:45 this morning on July 19, when the commander of a B-737 aircraft of the NordWind Airline company bound for Yerevan had to interrupt the take-off run on the runway of the Moscow-Sheremetyevo... more
OccurrencesOut of mind passenger forces plane to reverse course
For security reasons, return to New York
A passenger began to heavily insult the crew and passengers on the plane that took off from New York's "JFK" airport and headed for Malpensa. The pilot was forced to make the decision to safeguard the... more
OccurrencesEmbraer on occurrence to E-190 aircraft
Occurred yesterday to the flight UB103 by Myanmar National Airlines
Embraer was informed, yesterday, of the occurrence with an Embraer E-190 aircraft operating the flight UB 103 by Myanmar National Airlines at the airport of Mandalay, in Myanmar. All passengers and crewmembers... more
OccurrencesUK: a Piper PA-46 airplane has disappeared during flight over the English Channel
On board there seems to be Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala
A Piper PA-46 Malibu plane that took off last night from Nantes and destined to Cardiff disappeared from the radar of French flight controllers while flying over the English Channel, specifically in the... more
OccurrencesBrazil: helicopter falls and kills man on the ground
Safe the three people on board -VIDEO
Fatal misfortune for a 42-year-old Brazilian who was killed yesterday in the crash of a Robinson R-44 Raven II helicopter, which crashed into the ground during a scenic flight while walking down the street,... more
OccurrencesGermany. Emergency landing for Merkel's aircraft
Technical problem?
The State aircraft used to transport Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to Buenos Aires for the G20 summit had to make an emergency landing yesterday evening at Cologne airport after taking off from Berlin... more
OccurrencesUSA: F/A-18F Super Hornet plane crashes into the sea
Mechanical problem forced the two pilots to eject
A US Navy's F/A-18F Super Hornet took off from the USS "Ronald Reagan" aircraft carrier crashed this morning in the Philippine Sea during a routine flight. The aircraft would have had an unclear mechanical... more
OccurrencesLion Air: new accident for a carrier plane
A B-737/900 collided with a pole during taxiing -VIDEO
New incident for a plane of the Lion Air carrier, but fortunately without any loss of life. After the B-737 MAX 8 crashed on October 29 shortly after take-off killing 189 people on board, in this case... more
OccurrencesCanada: runway excursion for B-747/400F airplane
Injured the 4 crewmembers and semi-destroyed aircraft -VIDEO and PHOTO
A Boeing B-747/400F airplane used by the carrier Skylease Cargo made a runway excursion last night after landing at Halifax airport in Canada, causing the minor injury of the 4 crewmembers. To cause the... more
OccurrencesIreland: today flights at risk due to strong winds on airports
Passage of a first storm. A second one is scheduled for Sunday
Ireland's four major airports expect the storm "Ali" will have a heavy impact on planes taking off and landing today, as the predicted winds are very strong and the alert level is "orange", providing gusts... more
OccurrencesTerrorism: Paris-Beijing plane turned around route after take-off
Air China: strong suspicions of a possible attack
Terrorism alert on the Paris-Beijing Air China flight CA876 operated with a B-787/9 aircraft of the Chinese airline. The airplane shortly after taking off from the "Charles de Gaulle" airport made a turnaround... more
OccurrencesBritish Airways: emergency landing for an A-320 to Gatwick
The airplane from Naples has suffered a technical failure
Tonight at Gatwick Airport in London, a British Airways Airbus A-320 from Naples made an emergency landing, due to a technical failure.No problem for the passengers of the flight that fell all uninjured... more
OccurrencesAgung eruption, Java's Airport closed
For civil aviation, the smoke column doesn't make flights safe
Due to the eruption of the Agung volcano on the island of Bali (Indonesia), the Banyuwangi airport on the island of Java was closed because of the 5 km high ash column emitted by the volcano.The closure... more
OccurrencesWorld Cup Russia 2018: fear on the Saudi football players' plane
Burning engine, flames from a wing
The plane on which yesterday the Saudi National Team was travelling to Rostov for the next World Cup match (see AVIONEWS article connected) against Urugyay had a malfunction in one of the engines while... more
OccurrencesBomb threat on a Rome-Chicago plane
Suspicious messages in the bathroom. Emergency landing in Ireland
The United Airlines Boeing 767-300 taken off yesterday at 10:30 am from the Rome-Fiumicino Airport and headed to Chicago was forced to an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, in Ireland, for "potential... more
OccurrencesDelta Air Lines: dog dies in the hold during the flight
The carrier starts an investigation
Last week an 8 year old Pomeranian dog was found dead in the hold of a Delta Air Lines plane taken off from Phoenix in Arizona and headed to Newark in New Jersey (United States). The animal named Alejandro... more
OccurrencesStinky passenger forces plane to landing
Decision motivated by "medical reasons"
A Transavia aircraft taken off from Gran Canaria in Spain and bound for Amsterdam in the Netherlands was forced to land in Faro, Portugal, after a passenger's bad smell caused the physical illness of some... more
OccurrencesFalse bomb alarm on Lion Air plane before take-off
At least 10 injured passengers-VIDEO
Panic aboard a Lion Air B-737 aircraft. The plane, departing from Pontianak and going to Jakarta, Indonesia, was about to take off in the night when a passenger, later identified as 26 year-old Frantinus... more
OccurrencesJapan: emergency evacuation from Ana plane
Smoke in the cabin due to a loss of oil from the Apu
The All Nippon Airways' aircraft Boeing 767/300 ER (registration: JA625A) should have departed this morning from Tokyo-Narita international airport, in Japan, to reach Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok airport in... more
OccurrencesRussian plane takes off 28 hours late
AOC validity for Saratov extended only until the end of May
A Russian company Saratov Airlines Embraer-190 aircraft was delayed for 28 hours due to some technical problems. The aircraft had lo leave at 7:50 am on Saturday but took off only the following day at... more
OccurrencesChina Southern: Passenger opens plane's emergency door before teke off
"It was too hot"
A passenger on the China Southern CZ3693 flight opened the aircraft's emergency door while the plane was preparing to take off from the Mianyang airport in Sichuan province, China. Departing for Urumqi,... more
OccurrencesMan under arrest on an American Airlines plane
Sexually harassed woman: the offender was hit with a taser gun by the police officers (VIDEO)
A man was arrested on Sunday on American Airlines flight 2446 departing from Miami airport and headed to Chicago. It seems that 28-year-old Jacob Garcia started to harass a couple on the plane, bothering... more
OccurrencesAir China plane makes an emergency landing
Flight attendant taken hostage by a passenger
The Air China Airbus A321-213 (registration: B-6555) taken off yesterday at 08:41 (local time) from the "Changsha-Huanghua" airport in the Hunan province, was forced to an emergency landing. As explained... more
OccurrencesGround collision at "Ben Gurion": no injured passengers
Two Boeing airplanes involved - VIDEO
A Germania Boeing 737/700 (registration: D-ABLB) was involved in a ground collision accident with an El Al Boeing 767/00ER (registration: 4X-EAK) at "Ben Gurion" airport at 6:20 am this morning (local... more
OccurrencesFlames to the engine: US F-16 airplane unhooks external tanks
In the lake of Ogawara, Japan. Diplomatic "clutch"? -VIDEO
The Fighting Falcon based on the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base more
OccurrencesNigeria: Delta plane diverts route in emergency
5 wounded in evacuation on slides at the Lagos airport
The measure taken for a technical problem at an engine more
OccurrencesAirplane loses engine-covering in flight
The United aircraft was en route to the Pacific Ocean -2 VIDEO
Took off from San Francisco, it has landed in emergency in Honolulu. The occupants are uninjured more
OccurrencesCalifornia: plane lands on the freeway: save
For an engine failure; no wounded on the ground -2 VIDEO
A Beech F33A Bonanza tourism plane due to an engine failure was the protagonist in the late afternoon of yesterday of a spectacular and dangerous emergency landing on the Freeway 55 of Costa Mesa, near... more
OccurrencesLufthansa jetliner plane diverts route due to flames at engine
Nice, France - This morning shortly after take-off from Nice airport towards Frankurt
An A-319 airplane of Lufthansa with 134 people on board inverted route at 6:00am of today, shortly after departure for an occurrence. It was taken off from Nice-Cote d'Azur and towards Frankfurt, flight... more
OccurrencesAircraft and occurrences. Off runway at Bolzano Airport (Italy)
Bolzano, Italy - People on board of the airplane (with German registration) unhurt
Luckily none consequence for the people on board of a tourism airplane Corvus Phantom with German registration (D-MDTK), off runway at Bolzano Airport while after midday of today was in landing phase coming... more
OccurrencesTechnical occurrences for two Qantas airplanes. Crews and passengers unhurt
Sydney, Australia - Two changes of direction to taking-off airport, for a failure to flaps and for collapse of a windshield
Two technical problems today that Qantas faced and reported. The first one occurred to a A-380 airplane while it was in flight from Sydney to Dallas forcing the captain to divert route to departing airport.... more
OccurrencesAirplanes. Harrison Ford, pilot, fell back into: he got wrong runway and touched lightly airliner - 2 VIDEO
Santa Ana, Usa - The last crash before yesterday in 2016, when he landed in emergency on a golf course
The news has made quickly around the world due to the celebrity of the personality. The famous actor Harrison Ford, aircraft pilot keen, while he was piloting his Aviat Husky, a twin seat light at high... more
OccurrencesEngine problem for A-400M plane, German minister has to change aircraft
Kaunas, Lithuania - The inconvenience happened yesterday. German Army had just said they wanted to order more A-400Ms than those already planned
German minister of defence Ursula von der Leyen was coming back from Lithuania -where she went to see the German military contingent stationed in the Baltic Country- when she was obliged to change her... more
OccurrencesRussia. Runway excursion for Aeroflot's A-320 airplane
Kalingrad, Russia - It happened yesterday evening at the Kaliningrad airport. Three injured
A runway excusion yesterday evening for a A-320 airplane, flight SU1008 took off from Moscow-Sheremetyevo, at the landing on the Kaliningrad airport. The airplane, registration VP-BES transported 167 passengers... more
OccurrencesAircraft occurrences in India at the Delhi and Goa Airports -2 VIDEO
Delhi, India - An aborted take-off and a risk of collision at ground
The two serious occurrences happened this morning at GOA and Delhi airports, in India, could have heavy consequences. All it has begun shortly before the dawn when a Boeing B-737/85R scheduled airplane,... more
OccurrencesA-320 Afriqiyah Airways aircraft hijacked to Malta with 118 people on board
Valletta, Malta - The airplane is now parked on the runway. Local authorities are taking care of the event.
An A-320 airplane of the Libyan airline Afriqiyah Airways -flight number 8U209- was hijacked today at the international airport of Malta. The aircraft with 111 passengers and 7 crew members on board had... more
OccurrencesB-747/400 airplane of Lufthansa lands in emergency in Terranova: 363 on board
Terranova, Canada - Smoke in the cockpit convinced pilot to a safety manoeuvre. The aircraft was taken off from Frankfurt to Orlando, in Florida
A smoke in the cockpit has persuaded the captain of a B-747/400 airplane of the German Lufthansa with 363 people on board (345 passengers and 18 crewmembers) to divert from the scheduled route for a safe... more
OccurrencesTanker rams A-380 airplane parked at Zurich Airport: annulled departure
Kloten, Switzerland - All passengers re-protected
Unscheduled event yesterday morning for passengers ready to take off from Zurich-Kloten Airport to Singapore. Around at midday the A-380 airplane of Singapore Airlines while was at ground, in refuelling... more
OccurrencesAir France's airplane engine ingests piece of tyre: emergency landing at Paris-Roissy
Paris, France - The pilot has discharged the fuel on the Ile de France's forest: the citizens and the ecologists livid
A B-777/200 aircraft of Air France (AF) just taken off yesterday at 10:30am from Paris-Orly airport when -according to that some passengers report who have seen something to enter inside the left engine-... more
OccurrencesIndonesia: cargo airplane landed in emergency without undercarriage: it transported fuel. Anxiety... -VIDEO
Wamena, Indonesia - Moments of worry while it slided with two engines at contact with runway, given out sparks and smoke
A B-737/347 cargo airplane (registration PK-YSY, TGN-7321 flight) served by Trigana Air Service with three on board this morning (at 07:33am local hour) undergone substantial and irreparable damages in... more
OccurrencesAircraft. Notice on MRJ’s ferry flight abort
Nagoya, Japan - Due to the anomalies detected
The flight tests of the first test aircraft of the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet) carried out on August 27 and 28 were aborted when anomalies were detected in the signals generated by sensors monitoring... more
OccurrencesEmirates airplane on fire (2). The nationalities of passengers and crew on board are mainly Indians
Dubai, UAE - Dedicated telephone lines are now active
Emirates can confirm that today, 3rd August 2016, flight EK521 travelling from Trivandrum International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram, India to Dubai has been involved in an operational incident upon landing... more
OccurrencesB-777/300 airplane of Emirates: emergency landing at the airport of Dubai -VIDEO
Dubai, UAE - Technique problem; everyone safe on board
The airplane Emirates flight EK 521 from the airport ““Trivandrum International” in Thiruvananthapuram (India) flying to Dubai had an emergency landing because of a problem to the landing gear which did n... more
OccurrencesF-15C USAF fighter aircraft returns in emergency to the base in Japan. It was committed to military operations
Komatsu, Japan - A problem to the hydraulic system discovered by the pilot
It has been a problem to the hydraulic system the cause of the return in emergency on the air base at the Komatsu airport, in Japan, made today by the pilot of a F-15C fighter airplane of the USAF, committed... more
OccurrencesKorean Air aircraft evacuated at Haneda Airport in Japan
Tokyo, Japan - The left engine of Korean carrier's Boeing 777 took fire just before its take-off
A Boeing 777 of Korean Air was evacuated this morning at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, after one of the engines of the aircraft took fire shortly before the take-off. 302 passengers and 17 crew members... more
OccurrencesLufthansa airplane Munich-Vancouver diverted to Hamburg because of agitated passenger
Hamburg, Germany - The man was panicking and started screaming and trying to open aircraft back-door
The Lufthansa LH476 flight Munich-Vancouver has made an emergency landing in Hamburg because of a frantic passenger. The man once get on on the airplane was in an obvious state of anxiety, as reported... more
OccurrencesAirplanes. Increasing aiming of laser pointers at aircraft
Cape Town, South Africa - This year the Civil Aviation Authority of South Africa has received 105 reports
Since the beginning of the year South African Civil Aviation Authority has received 105 reports of laser aimings against aircraft, most of which occurred in Durban and Cape Town and at the week-end in... more
OccurrencesAirplanes and security. Kosovo, Pristina Airport closed after a Turkish Airlines flight runway excursion
Pristina, Kosovo - B-737/800 couldn't stop on landing
Last night an airplane of Turkish Airlines suffered a runway excursion on landing at Pristina Airport "Adem Jashari" in Kosovo, ending up on the grass; the airport was temporarily closed as a result of... more
OccurrencesUTair's B-737/800 airplane inverts the route and lands in emergency in Moscow
Moscow, Russia - Due to the supposed technical problems signalled by the instrumentation on board. But passengers report lightning and strong bangs on the fuselage
The pilot of another B-737/800 airplane yesterday -the same model of the Rostov tragedy that last Saturday (March 19) has provoked the death of 62 people on board on the 981 flight of Flydubai (see for... more
OccurrencesUkraine: occurrence forced B-767/322ER airplane to reverse course
Kiev, Ukraine - All links of today to Tel Aviv by the airline have been delayed
An occurrence has interested this morning a Boeing B-767/322ER airplane in a scheduled flight of the Ukraine International Airlines, took off from Kiev-Boryspil airport, Ukraine, and bound for Tel-Aviv.... more