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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