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Domestic Squabble and Bomb Threat on Pia Flight
Flight Aware On May 24, 2013, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-340ER was en route from Allama Iqbal Int’l to Manchester when a stewardess told the Captain Nadeem Sufi that a passenger had threatened to bomb the plane. Sixty miles east of their destination, the pilot diverted to Stansted Airport with a British fighter... »
Stormy Weather Leads to Emergency Landing in Tocumen
On May 21, 2013, a Copa Airlines Boeing 737-7V3 a flight from Guayaquil, Ecuador landed in the rain at Tocumen International Airport in Panama. The plane skidded off the runway, and sustained damage getting mired in soft ground. Engine 2 sustained damage as the right engine impacted soft ground The plane was towed to... »
Emirates Emergency Landing in Singapore due to Turbulence
On May 17, an Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-eoo en route from Dubai to Jakarta suffered turbulence while en route. Three crew and ten passengers were injured by turbulence over the Nicobar Islands. The pilots diverted to Singapore where they made a safe landing with 374 passengers aboard. The injured were hospitalized. The pilots arrived... »
Air Astana Emergency diversion to Shymkent
On May 10, 2013, an Air Astana Boeing 757-200 en route from Tashkent to Almaty diverted to Shymkent with cabin pressure problems. Oxygen masks deployed when the air conditioning system failed. A replacement Airbus was provided to take the 136 passengers to Almaty. »
UTAir Emergency Landing
UTAir Boeing 757 flight UT5179 with 237 passengers and eight crew en route from Yekatarinburg to Anatalya had to divert to Moscow when it developed depressurization in the cabin. Oxygen masks deployed. The flight made a safe landing with emergency services on standby. No injuries were reported. Most injuries after an emergency landing occur... »
Cargo Boeing Crashes in Bagram
Contact photographer Shawn Byers A National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400 on a cargo flight from Bagram to Dubai Al Maktoum crashed with 7 crew (including 4 pilots, 2 mechanics,) and cargo shortly after takeoff. The National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400 had just lifted off and was climbing when it crashed. The crash resulted in... »
Lion Air Compensation
Lion Air is compensating the passengers of the plane that crashed in Bali on April 13. The 101 passenger (we don’t know if the 7 crew are included) is handing out $5600 to each passenger. Lion Air is working with Jasa Raharja, an Indonesian insurance company to cover the medical bills for five injured... »
Plane Hits Airbridge
On April 22, 2013 at 10:30am, a Los Angeles-Sydney-Melbourne flight damaged its wing while on the ground. The United Airlines Boeing 747-400 was pulling into an air bay when it struck the airbridge of a parking bay at the airport in Melbourne. Passengers disembarked by stairs. There were no injuries but the plane required... »
Biplane Crashes in Santa Rosa California
On April 20, 2013, a Boeing A75N1 Stearman took off from Petaluma airport and lost power at 2,000 feet before making a hard landing in a Santa Rosa vineyard near 6500 Jamison Road. Witnesses heard a plane flying low around 10 a.m.. The pilot, Patrick Bell, circled looking for a place to land before... »
FAA Approves Boeing 787 Battery System Design
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today took the next step in returning the Boeing 787 to flight by approving Boeing’s design for modifications to the 787 battery system. The changes are designed to address risks at the battery cell level, the battery level and the aircraft level. Next week, the FAA will issue instructions... »
