Tag: Incident
NEWS Jan 30, 2026 Amazon Prime Air Airbus A330 Emergency Landing in Cincinnati After Bird Strike Triggers Engine Fire Aviation safety investigators are analysing the remnants of a dramatic mid-air emergency after an Amazon Prime Air freighter was forced into a harrowing return to Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) on Wednesday, 28th of January, 2026. The incident, involving a widebody Airbus A330-300, underscores the persistent threat of bird strikes in high-density cargo hubs. Read More →
STORIES Jan 28, 2026 Why British Airways BA274 Braved the Atlantic After Losing a Tire Aviation investigators and social media sleuths are today, January 28, 2026, dissecting a remarkable trans-Atlantic crossing that saw a British Airways widebody aircraft shed a main landing-gear wheel shortly after takeoff Read More →
NEWS Jan 18, 2026 Bomb Threat Forces Emergency Diversion of IndiGo Flight A security scare mid-air forced an IndiGo flight traveling from Delhi to Siliguri to make an emergency landing at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport on Sunday morning. The diversion was triggered after a handwritten bomb threat was discovered in one of the aircraft's lavatories. Read More →
NEWS Jan 07, 2026 LATAM Boeing 767 Immobilised in Atlanta After Catastrophic Eight-Tire Blowout There is a fragile physics to the moment a 150-ton machine transitions from the grace of flight to the friction of the earth. On the evening of January 6, 2026, that transition turned violent for LATAM Airlines Peru flight LA2482. Read More →
NEWS Jan 06, 2026 Smoke in Cockpit Prompts Urgent Diversion of Transavia Boeing 737 A Transavia France Boeing 737-800, operating as Flight TO8098, was forced to make an emergency landing at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS) on the afternoon of Monday, January 5, 2026. The crew declared an in-flight emergency after reports of "suspicious smoke" Read More →
NEWS Jan 06, 2026 Qatar Airways Airbus A350 Immobilized at London Heathrow Following Nose Gear Steering Failure A Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1000 was immobilised on a primary runway at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) on Sunday, January 4, 2026, following a critical steering malfunction during its arrival from Doha. Read More →
NEWS Jan 01, 2026 Emirates A380 Makes Emergency Return to London Heathrow After New Year’s Eve Gear Failure A high-capacity Emirates Airbus A380-800 was forced to make a precautionary return to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) on the afternoon of December 31, 2025, after encountering a technical malfunction with its landing gear system shortly after departure. Read More →
NEWS Oct 28, 2025 Lufthansa Flight Diverts after Passenger Stabs Teens with Fork A Lufthansa flight diverted following a disturbing assault where a passenger attacked two teenagers with a fork. This incident raises critical questions about aviation safety and security protocols, prompting discussions on necessary changes to prevent future violent episodes onboard flights. Read More →
NEWS Dec 29, 2024 Second Jeju Air Landing Gear Failure Forces Boeing 737 to Make Emergency Diversion in South Korea As recovery efforts are underway for the flight that crashed yesterday, December 29th, another aircraft of the same airline made an "emergency diversion" today, December 30th, due to a landing gear issue. Read More →
NEWS Nov 09, 2024 34 Passengers Sick After Suspected Food Poisoning on Tokyo-Bound United and Japan Airlines Flights On two separate flights from Guam to Tokyo, 34 passengers experienced symptoms of suspected food poisoning, including severe vomiting and nausea. Read More →