A Qantas flight from Melbourne has been diverted over regional Western Australia after a mechanical issue. QF1050 departed Melbourne-Tullamarine airport shortly after 9am on Wednesday, but was diverted before reaching its destination of Broome in WA. According to online tracker Flightaware, the Boeing 737-800 instead landed in Karratha, about 800kmContinue Reading
A globally qualified Australian pilot with 60 years experience says the terrifying situation that unfolded at Newcastle Airport on Monday, where a plane was forced to land on its belly, is more common than you might think. About 12.20pm on Monday, a 13-seater commercial charter plane skidded to a stopContinue Reading
Police are investigating an “aviation incident” after an unknown aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Queensland’s Southern Downs. Officers were called to The Head, southwest of Brisbane, about 9.30am on Tuesday following reports of an aviation-related incident. In a statement, police said initial information suggested the aircraftContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: In a harrowing incident, passengers aboard a United Airlines flight experienced moments of terror as one of the aircraft’s engines caught fire shortly after takeoff. United Flight 1677, carrying 179 passengers and 8 crew members bound for Amsterdam, which had initially departed from Houston, was forced to makeContinue Reading
A transatlantic long haul flight had to divert to a small US airport after two seemingly drunk passengers “became disruptive” in the cabin, triggering a “Level 3” warning. United Airlines flight UA883, which was travelling from London Heathrow Airport in the UK to New York’s Newark Airport, made an emergencyContinue Reading
An international flight bound for Colombo has been forced to make an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport following reports of smoke entering the cockpit and cabin. Sri Lankan Airline Flight UL605 took off from Tullamarine shortly after 6:30pm Monday but declared an emergency within half an hour of take off.Continue Reading
Horrifying footage captured the moment three survivors fled the burning wreckage of a private jet that crashed into a Florida highway, killing two. Crew member Sydney Ann Bosmans, 27, and passengers Aaron Baker, 35, and Audra Green, 23, were seen narrowly escaping the inferno on Friday, The Sun reports. TheContinue Reading
A few weeks on from a terrifying mid-air incident on a Boeing plane, airline executives, aviation experts and whistleblowers have raised concerns about safety practices at the manufacturer. In footage which horrified the world, a door plug suddenly blew off an Alaska Airline flights from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, CaliforniaContinue Reading
Amid growing headaches for airline manufacturer Boeing, a number of loose bolts has been found by carrier United Airlines just days after an Alaska Airlines plane of the same model lost a door plug mid-air. According to reports, America’s United Airlines said in a statement they had found loose boltsContinue Reading
As if red-eye flights weren’t gruelling enough: A US flyer experienced the trip from hell after her neighbour used a flashing light-up charger for the duration of the six-hour overnight flight, as seen in a video glowing up online. “Who does this?” wrote the passenger in a Reddit post detailingContinue Reading