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OccurrencesVirgin airplane emergency landing: 15 people taken to hospital from Gatwick airport
London, UK - Fire on-board forced the captain to perform a U-turn
The Virgin Atlantic flight which paralyzed air traffic at Gatwick yesterday afternoon (AVIONEWS) resulted in unpleasant consequences after the emergency landing. Local press reports some 15 people were... more
OccurrencesRAF surveillance planes grounded due to technical issues
London, United Kingdom - The aircraft have been suspended pending further investigation
A squadron of seven Boeing Sentry E-3D surveillance aircraft (one of the most well-known AWACS aircraft currently in service and with the largest number produced) was grounded due to a technical issue... more
OccurrencesRyanair aircraft made an emergency landing in Frankfurt: three people detained in hospital
Frankfurt, Germany - Pressurisation warning and the captain repeats "Mayday, mayday"
On last Wednesday a Ryanair flight from Bergamo was diverted to Frankfurt, Germany, after the captain indentified a pressurisation warning in the aircraft cabin. The airplane was forced into a fast descent... more
OccurrencesJAL Boeing 777/200ER aircraft seriously damaged in tailstrike
Tokyo, Japan - None of the 296 passengers were injured
A Japan Airlines Boeing 777/200ER which had left Shanghai-Hongqiao International Airport suffered serious damage after it struck a runway at Tokyo-Haneda Airport, destroying part of the rear fuselage. The... more
OccurrencesTwo emergency landings in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - A ministry airplane and a helicopter landed after technical problems
The Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and other federal ministers were involved in an emergency landing due to a technical problem of their special aircraft while flying to the Sindh province... more
OccurrencesElectrical failure at Birmingham airport has been solved
Birmingham, UK - Many passengers walked through passport control without being checked
An electrical failure has shut down the immigration control system at Birmingham airport causing delays for hundreds of passengers. The UK Border Agency staff had to resort to manual passport checking,... more
OccurrencesPassengers immobilize ranting pilot on a JetBlue flight (VIDEO)
New York, USA - "A medical situation which involves the captain"
Panic on board a JetBlue flight yesterday. The pilot, in the grip of a psychological crisis for unknown reasons, was expelled and sealed out the cockpit by the rest of the crew, which landed the aircraft... more
OccurrencesHMS Illustrious helicopter carrier ends "Cold Response" exercises
London, United Kingdom - The unit has finished just half of the operation before going home
The HMS Illustrious, an English 22,000-tonne helicopter carrier and Royal Navy's flagship since 2005, has participated in the training operation "Cold Response" (the same one where a Norwegian C-130 crashed,... more
OccurrencesBoeing 737 aircraft lost control in Atlanta
Atlanta, USA - Brake failure and the plane runs free
A strange accident happened yesterday at Atlanta airport, United States, the hub with the biggest passenger attendance in the world. During maintenance, two workers were operating on the engines of... more
OccurrencesAircraft out of runway due to bad weather at Djerba airport
Rome, Italy - It seems to be a Dutch's Transavia aircraft
According to many rumors, a Boeing 737 aircraft property of the low-cost Dutch airline "Transavia", after landing at Djerba's airport in Tunisia from Paris and Monastir, went out of the runway due to the... more
OccurrencesProblems during the first USAF flight of the LM F-35 Lightning II aircraft
Eglin, USA - "We are trained for this"
As announced days ago, the maiden flight of the F-35 "Joint Strike Fighter" has been operated in official USAF dress, from the Eglin air base, Florida. "Our first sortie is truly a milestone for the... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing for a private airplane in Swansea
Swansea, United Kingdom - The air club didn't release declarations
A small private single-engine Piper aircraft, from the PA-38 family, has been forced to an emergency landing yesterday afternoon (February 26, 2012) after a malfunctioning not even clarified. Once landed,... more
OccurrencesItaly: general strike for airplanes, railways, ships and public transports on February 24, 2012
Rome, Italy - General protest against the liberalization approved by Government
The strike on next February 24, 2012 which is going to concerns many airlines and Italian airports has been confirmed by Infrastructure and Transportation Ministry. The airlines which will join the... more
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