Category: ACCIDENTS & INCIDENTS

Mid-air Crash Between Two Indigo Aircrafts Averted

Reading Time: < 1 minute Two Indigo aircraft miraculously escaped colliding with one another over Guwahati, leaving some passengers and crew members shaken and needing medical aid. At least four passengers and two cabin crew were shaken by the near disaster, a spokesman for Indigo Airlines said. The passengers complained of giddiness while the cabin crew needed first aid. The […]

Warning Light Turns Back Qantas A380 Flight from Sydney to Dubai

Reading Time: < 1 minute Qantas flight from Sydney to Dubai has been turned around an hour into its trip. The aircraft’s cabin heating systems registered an error forcing the A380 to return to Sydney International Airport shortly after departing at 4pm. A Qantas spokesman said the pilots were alerted by a flashing “warning light” on the dashboard about 5pm. […]

Emirates Boeing 777 Crashlands at Dubai DXB Airport

Reading Time: 1 minute Dubai International Airport has closed until further notice after an Emirates Airline flight crash landed and burst into flames. Footage of the incident showed a tower of flames bursting from the front of the aircraft with plumes of thick smoke pouring from its upper section. Emirates EK521 had travelled from the southern Indian city of […]

Bomb Threat: Passengers Evacuated From AirAsia Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute A bomb threat onboard a AirAsia flight at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) forced the evacuation of passengers from the aircraft. AirAsia, in a statement today, confirmed that flight AK423 bound for Banda Acheh, Indonesia, from klia2 was grounded for security check following a disruptive guest onboard the flight. “As a precautionary measure, […]

3 Volcanoes Erupt, Disrupting Some Flights

Reading Time: < 1 minute Eruptions at three volcanoes in Indonesia have darkened skies in parts of the archipelago and disrupted some flights. Mount Rinjani in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, the Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra and Mount Gamalama in Ternate, North Maluku have all erupted in the past couple of days. No one has been injured, but flights at […]

Delta Plane Blows Tire After Landing at LaGuardia Airport

Reading Time: < 1 minute Passengers on a Delta flight had a scare Monday afternoon after one of the plane’s tires blew out at LaGuardia Airport. The FAA reports Delta flight 2143 landed safely just before 3 p.m. The plane, which arrived from Tampa, then reported a blown tire. Passengers were removed from the plane and bussed to the terminal. […]

Executive Jet Crashes In South Brazil, Killing 8

Reading Time: < 1 minute Eight people were killed when an executive jet crashed into an industrial warehouse in southern Brazil, barely missing a nearby church holding service. The twin-engine Piper Navajo jet crashed onto the facility belonging to the Excellence transportation company Sunday night in Cambe, Parana state, hitting a bus and exploding on impact. Local residents who witnessed […]

Russian Military Mi-8 Downed in Rebel-Held Idlib Province

Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters, citing the Russian Defence Ministry, report that a Russian military helicopter carrying five people was shot down in the north of Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Monday. According to the information provided by the Russian Defence Ministry, Russian military personnel on board a helicopter are dead. They died a “heroic death” on a humanitarian mission, Kremlin spokesman […]

Airlines Suspend Flights Through Hong Kong Due to Typhoon Nida

Reading Time: < 1 minute Flight departures and arrivals at Hong Kong International Airport will be suspended from 10pm on Monday (Aug 1) till 2pm on Tuesday (Aug 2), Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair said in a joint press statement.  A check on the Hong Kong International Airport website showed that a large majority of flights from other airlines departing […]

4 Killed After Private Plane Crashes at Northern California Airport

Reading Time: < 1 minute Authorities say a small private plane crashed at the airport in the Northern California town of Columbia, killing all four people on board. The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department says the plane crashed as it tried to land on the runway but veered to the left. It says the Cessna 310 was fully engulfed in flames […]