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OccurrencesBelle Air's aircraft lands in emergency at Venice-Tessera due to bird-strike
Venice, Italy - The flight, after the technical checks, continued to Tirane
A pilot of an A-320 aircraft of the Albanian carrier Belle Air, took off from Milan-Malpensa to Tirane, in Albania, has decided yesterday afternoon to make a safety landing after to have launched the mayday... more
OccurrencesRussia: a B-737/800 aircraft of Orenair went off-track
Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia - All 147 occupants unharmed
A B-737/800 aircraft of Orenair (or Orenburg Airlines), flight 9542, this morning went off-track by 40-50 metres when it landed at the airport of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It seems that the aircraft was... more
OccurrencesHelicopter inconvenience in Kathmandu: it was directed towards one of the most dangerous airports in the world
Kathmandu, Nepal - Luckily no one was hurt
Yesterday, November 29, at 9:00 am (Italian time) at Kathmandu, near Mount Everest in Nepal, an AS-350B helicopter operated by Fishtail Air and directed towards the airport of Lukla (considered as one... more
OccurrencesB-767 aircraft lands without landing gear: Warsaw Airport closed (VIDEO)
Warsaw, Poland - Around 60 LOT flights have been cancelled
Yesterday at around 2:35pm, the captain of a B-767/35DER aircraft, code SP-LPC, operated by LOT made ??a belly landing at the airport of Warsaw-Okecie. The aircraft had departed with 220 passengers and... more
OccurrencesDutch charter plane forced to abort take-off because of a bird-strike
Goa, India - No-one was injured
A Dutch charter plane -Boeing 767 with 263 passengers on board- en route to Sri Lanka was forced to make an emergency landing soon after take-off because of a bird-strike. The bird, that was tucked... more
OccurrencesLufthansa. Emergency landing in Russia
Yakaterinburg, Russia - Smoke from the gallery, the cause
Yesterday a Lufthansa plane made an emergency landing in Russia after smoke was found spreading from the gallery. The Airbus, a Frankfurt-bound A-320 plane carrying 116 passengers and six crew members,... more
OccurrencesQatar aircraft violated Slovak airspace because of radio failure
Bratislava , Slovakia - Two Slovak jet fighters escorted the airplane to Hungary
Diffused only yesterday the news that on October 22, in the morning, a Qatari passenger liner en route from London to Doha entered the Slovak airspace with no permissions of the Slovak air traffic controllers... more
OccurrencesRyanair: window repaired by adhesive tape
London, UK - The emergency landing for safety reasons twenty minutes later
New occurrence for Ryanair, one of the most important low-cost airlines, based in Dublin, this time accused for having authorized a Riga-bound aircraft from London-Stansted to take off with a cockpit window... more
OccurrencesIndia. Emergency landing for an Emirates A-380 airplane
Hyderabad, India - It's the second time in a few months
Emergency landing for an Emirates A-380 airplane from Bangkok and bound for Dubai: the pilot had to face a deviation to the "Rajiv Gandhi International Airport"in Hyderabad after detecting a technical... more
OccurrencesLufthansa's A-320 airplane lands in emergency: three crew-members intoxicated
Zurich, Switzerland - A sharp smell coming from kitchenette of the airplane
The captain of an A-320 airplane of German Lufthansa, took off this morning from Frankfurt to Madrid, has been forced to change the route and to land on Zurich's airport, after that there was a sharp and... more
OccurrencesQantas and Cathay Pacific have experienced technical problems in their aircraft
Rome, Italy - Yesterday, emerging landing for a Boeing 727 Iran Air plane
Technical problems for Qantas Airlines, based in Sydney, and Cathay Pacific of Hong Kong. Both have experienced malfunctions in engines of one of their aircraft and have resorted to emergency operations.... more
OccurrencesTU-134 aircraft makes emergency landing with flamed engine
Moscow, Russia - No injuries among the 74 persons on board
Another Tupolev TU-134 airplane in the centre of Russian news: this time an emergency landing with an engine on fire. The incident occurred this morning and was announced by the Russian ministry of emergencies. The... more
OccurrencesAntalya: occurrence at landing for B-737/4Q8 Sky Airlines' airplane
Antalya, Turkey - No consequences for 156 on board
The website of the Antalya's airport, Turkey, reported yesterday that a B-737/4Q8 airplane served by the Sky Airlines, while it was in landing phase has had a blowout of one of the tyres: "Due to adverse... more
OccurrencesSudan Airways aircraft forced to make an emergency landing
Khartoum, Sudan - For a wheel problem
The authorities in Sudan have reported that yesterday a failure involving an aircraft Fokker 50 registration ST-ASD operated by the flag company Sudan Airways forced the pilot to abort the flight SD-312... more
OccurrencesItalian ANSV: serious occurrence this morning on an ATR-72 aircraft in Florence
Rome, Italy - Agency sends inspector
"The Italian air safety board (ANSV) announced that it has initiated a safety investigation on this morning's grave event that took place at the airport of Florence-Peretola, where, one minute after takeoff,... more
OccurrencesAn ANA B-737 aircraft came close to tragedy
Tokyo, Japan - For a co-pilot's error
The Japanese authorities announced yesterday of an occurrence which has involved a B-737/700 aircraft of All Nippon Air (ANA), carrying 117 passengers plus crew; according to reports from the ministry... more
OccurrencesTyre of an A-380 aircraft exploded during take-off
Singapore, Singapore - 8-hour delay for the flight
401 passengers on Flight SQ229 departing from Singapore and directed to Melbourne, Australia, suffered an 8 hour delay and remained on ground because of an exploded tire during takeoff; the accident occurred... more
OccurrencesRussia: emergency landing for Rossija Airlines aircraft
Moscow, Russia - No damage caused to passengers
The Chinese news agency "Xinhua" reported that an Airbus 139 operated by the Russian carrier Rossija Airlines today at around 3:30pm local time made ??an emergency landing at the international airport... more
OccurrencesCrew members aboard US Airways interrupt New York-Phoenix flight
Washington, USA - Due to suspected behavior of passengers
Official sources announced that on September 13 a US Airways plane made ??an emergency landing during the flight New York-Phoenix on request by crew member aboard due to suspicious behavior of three passengers;... more
OccurrencesWheel tyre burst while an Air India aircraft was landing
Panaji, India - No damage caused to passengers
Local sources reported that an Air India Airbus airplane had problems during the landing due to the explosion of the two front tires; according to some press declarations, the tires were worn out by friction... more
OccurrencesDifficult landing for the Iranian Mahan Air's aircraft
Mashad, Iran - Tyre explodes
According to local sources, on the night between Saturday 3rd September and Sunday 4th, the tire of an aircraft carrier Mahan Air from Iran exploded while landing, injuring 11 passengers; hospital officials... more
OccurrencesSwerve off Mumbai runway by a Turkish Airline aircraft (VIDEO)
Mumbai, India - Main runway closed
This morning at 4:15 am local time, an airliner operated by Turkish Airlines flight TK-720 flying from Istanbul to Mumbai, swifted off the runway after it landed at "Chhatrapati Shivaji" in the Indian... more
OccurrencesRyanair aircraft made emergency landing
Rome, Italy - Safe all the passengers
Nobody injured and no damages for passengers and the crew further to an emergency landing happened yesterday night. The flight FR4342 Palermo-Bologna operated by Ryanair that at 07:05 pm landed at "G.B.... more
OccurrencesFirst flight for Air India 787 plane had to return the airport
Washington, USA - The aircraft was on a standard check flight
It has been postponed to the last quarter of 2011 the delivery of the first aircraft Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Air India, after the airplane turned back for an emergency landing at the manufacturer's facility... more
OccurrencesF-16 aircraft overrun runway at Oshkosh air show (VIDEO)
Oshkosh, USA - The first serious occurrence during the air show
Not much details have been furnished on the occurrence happened yesterday July 28 to an F-16 plane joining the static display at the annual "AirVenture" event in Oshkosh (see AVIONEWS). As is possible... more
OccurrencesEmirates aircraft made an emergency landing in Mumbai
New Delhi, India - Same kind of inconvenience for a Sydney-Vancouver flight
On July, 27 an Airbus A-330 of carrier Emirates was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport in Mumbai (India). Dubai-Mumbai flight EK507 had just taken off from the airport when a technical... more
OccurrencesEva Air aircraft forced to abort take-off
Taipei, Taiwan - Injured 15 passengers
Taiwan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) sources have reported that this morning, Monday, July 25 at 09:19 local time, a McDonnell Douglas 90 aircraft of Uni Airways on behalf of Eva Air bounded from Taipei... more
OccurrencesPlane from Amsterdam standstill on the Florence's airport runaway
Florence, Italy - The airstation was closed
It has been reported today Thursday, July 21 by the local press the news of an aircraft operated by Alitalia coming from Amsterdam that was stuck in the night between yesterday and today on the runway... more
OccurrencesJet2's airplane lands in emergency at Palma de Majorca's airport
Palma de Majorca, Spain - Due to a fire to one of the engines. No consequence for 186 people on board
AENA, the Authority for the Spanish airports and air navigation, unveiled in a note that at 12:56 of today the pilot of a B-738 (737/800) plane of the Jet2.com's airline, EXS170 flight, has had to make... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing for Urals Airlines airplane
Yekaterinburg , Russia - No problem for passengers or for the crew
According to reports from Russian news agency "Ria Novosti", an Airbus A-320 plane operated by Urals Airlines company was forced last night to make an emergency landing at the airport Koltsovo, a town... more