Tag: Incident

Flights suspended at Shannon Airport following an aircraft runway incident

Shannon Airport, in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, has issued an alert that all flight operations are to be suspended following an aircraft incident on the runway. The Omni Air International Boeing 767 was thought to be taxiing on the runway when air traffic controllers noticed fire and smok...

Manchester Airport: Driver ‘seriously’ injured following collision with aircraft tug

An accident on the ramp of Manchester Airport has seen one apron worker airlifted to hospital with limb injuries. The North West Air Ambulance was called to the scene on the apron following a collision between the tug and another vehicle. According to those present at the airport at the time o...

CAA calls for crackdown on violent and intoxicated passengers

The UK Civil Aviation Authority today reveals that it had already received more than 200 incident reports about disruptive passengers from UK airlines in 2018 - before the busy summer flying season had even begun. The CAA published figures that demonstrated reported incidents have skyrocketed fro...

easyJet: Passenger says he was forced off flight ‘at gunpoint’

A retired doctor flying with easyJet has stated he was forced off a flight in Amsterdam with machine guns pointed at him by armed police officers. Sam Ramsey Smith, 72, was flying back to London following treatment for a medical condition in the Dutch city. The passenger had reportedly pad for ex...

Frankfurt Airport: Staff security error led to terminal evacuation

Source: Twitter/@jimenezroy. The evacuation of Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday was due to a security error as a family of four were let through clearance despite testing positive for explosives. Federal Police, whom searched for the French family in the terminal after it was evacuated...

Two dead, dozens injured after blast close to Bologna Airport

Source: Twitter/@GenFarina. An explosion close to Bologna Airport in Italy has killed at least two people with dozens injured. Seventy people have been reported as injured so far, with the explosion claiming the lives of two people. A petrol tanker was apparently the cause of the explosion af...

UK: Drunk passengers can face fines up to £80,000

In a new campaign to stamp out drunken behavior on-board aircraft that can lead to disruptions and diversions, the UK government is backing a campaign that could see fines of up to £80,000 levied on offending passengers. Ministers in the UK government has backed a campaign in the industry to ta...

Emirates apologises after epileptic child asked to leave plane

Emirates has offered an apology after it was reported that the airline asked a child with epilepsy to abandon the flight they were on. The child, of 17, was on a flight with family between Dubai and France. According to Gulf News, the family were asked to disembark the flight after learning that ...

Chemical factory explodes near Cairo Airport

Source: Associated Press. A huge explosion and fire emitting from a petrochemical storage warehouse close to Cairo International Airport lit up the sky in the Egyptian city last night. It was reported by state news agency MENA that twelve people were injured in the blast following the Heliopolis...

Poor flight plan led to Quebec airport collision

In its investigation report (A17Q0059) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that inadequate flight planning led to an aircraft colliding with runway lights after landing at the Montreal/St-Hubert Airport, Quebec. On 15 May 2017, a U.S.-registered Bombardier Globa...

Thomas Cook passengers stuck on Zante Airport apron with no AC

A Thomas Cook passenger plane was left stationary on the apron of Zante Airport recently as the passengers of the aircraft were left in high heat with no air conditioning. Passengers reportedly vomited and fainted due to the heat on board as the aircraft remained on the tarmac. The Thomas Cook...

JetBlue plane swarmed on apron of JFK after hijacking fear

A JetBlue aircraft was swarmed by authorities earlier this week on the apron of JFK airport after a communications error led to fear that the plane had been hijacked. The plane, due to take off from New York City's JFK airport and land in Los Angeles experienced a radio problem while taxiing pre-...

Jet Airways ground staff hit by lightning

A Jet Airways ground handler went into shock recently after a lightning strike close to Kolkata Airport. The ground handler - a baggage loader - was sent into shock following the incident although he did not suffer any external injuries, the Times of India reported. The ground handler was driving ...

Aircraft ablaze at Frankfurt Airport as tow truck catches fire

A Star Alliance aircraft was photographed on fire at Frankfurt Airport recently as a truck towing it burst into flames. The Airbus A340, operated by Star Alliance on behalf of Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines and Brussels Airlines sustained what looks like considerable fire damage after the tow burst ...

Southwest Airlines plane struck by truck on apron at Baltimore airport

Source: South China Morning Post. A Southwest Airlines plane was recently struck by a pickup truck on the apron at Balitmore-Washington International Airport as the plane pulled into its gate. It was reported that no injuries were caused on the plane - a Boeing 737 - when the incident happened. ...

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