A Southwest Airlines flight to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its passengers was caught smoking in the plane’s toilet. The Southwest Flight 1250 from San Francisco had to divert and land in Mineta San Jose International Airport after the pilot reported a “mechanical difficulty,” airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes told Mercury News. The incident […]
An Accra bound Arik Air Flight W3304 from Lagos on Tuesday night caught fire 35 minutes after takeoff from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 55 minutes flight was operated by Bombardier Q400 (Dash 8) aircraft and it took off at about 7:20 pm Nigerian time. A passenger who narrated his experience in […]
An Air France A380 superjumbo jetliner taking more than 500 people from Paris to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Canada on Saturday following “serious damage” to one of its four engines, the airline said. “Flight 066 landed without further damage at the Goose Bay military airport in Canada and all of the 520 […]
A Singapore Airlines plane bound for Milan caught fire on the runway on Monday morning, shortly after returning to Singapore to make an emergency landing. Flight SQ368 left at about 2.25 a.m. local time, but the pilot was forced to turn back due to an engine oil warning message. When the plane landed at about […]
Witnesses say a loud bang was heard followed by flames, which left 2 passengers injured. Sources reported that the body of a person fallen from a plane was seen around Balcad town, Somalia. Experts say if the explosion had happened in higher altitude, it would have been an explosive decompression. It could have been a […]
