Flight emergencies & flight incidents
A plane bound for London from Belfast has been diverted due to an emergency onboard. A spokesperson for Flybe said: “Flybe can confirm that the above flight has diverted to Liverpool John Lennon Airport this afternoon due to a passenger-related medical emergency on board.” Flybe’s De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 safely landed at Liverpool John […]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) met today (November 19, 2019) to determine the cause of an engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight last year. Flight WN1380, registration N772SW, from New York to Dallas had to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia due to engine failure on April 17, 2018. There were 144 passengers […]
A Yamal Airlines Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 which was heading from Tyumen (Russia) to Saint Petersburg (Russia) was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine failure on November 1st. Flight YC811 with 80 passengers and 6 crew members landed safely back in Tyumen. Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 reportedly lost an engine after striking a bird. […]
An IndiGo flight 6E1751 from Chennai (MAA) to Kuwait City (KWI) declared an emergency (squawk 7700) and returned to Chennai (MAA) on October 31st 2019. A spokesperson for IndiGo said, “IndiGo A320 was operating Chennai-Kuwait 6E-1751. After take-off from Chennai, the pilot observed a momentary message of the smoke detector in the aft cargo compartment.” […]