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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... »
Onur Airbus Escorted Over Germany
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Sebastian Lukasiewicz What: Onur Air Airbus A321-200 en route from Manchester to Cyprus Where: Germany When: Aug 20 2011 Why: The airbus was a source of concern when it lost communication for a quarter of an hour while over Germany, during which time a... »
Possible Contraband Cargo Flight Escorted to Turkey
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Josh May What: Yas Air Ilyushin IL-76TD en route from Tehran Mehrabad to Aleppo Where: Diyarbakir When: Mar 16th 2011 Who: crew of freight flight Why: Told that the plane was carrying nuclear weapon parts, the flight was escorted to Diyarbakir Turkey by Turkish... »
RAF Escorts Etihad with Unruly Passenger
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Marvin My What: Etihad Airlines Airbus A340-600 en route from Abu Dhabi to Heathrow Where: Stansted airport, north of London. When: Jan 24, 2011 Who: 37-year-old British man Why: After a passenger made threats, the flight was provided two Royal Air Force jets as... »
Tunis Air: Armed Escort over France
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer William Verguet What: Tunis Air Airbus A300-600 en route from Tunis to Paris Where: French Airspace When: Aug 19 2010 Why: Over France, the Tunisian flight was met and escorted to Orly by French Fighters. Then there’s a discrepancy: Tunis Air says they were... »
TAP Air Portugal Airbus loses Communication-Gets Fighter Jet escort
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Stefan Sonnenberg What: TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320-200 en route from Lisbon to Copenhagen Where: Belgium When: Oct 18th 2009 Why: Flying into Belgium, the flight lost communication with ATC for about 35 minutes. When ATC could not regain communication, two German fighters intercepted... »
Mooney Crash over Indiana
Pictured: A Mooney M20M Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Gary Chambers What: Mooney M20M en route from Grand Rapids to Traverse City Where: northwestern Randolph County three miles east of Albany When: Wednesday at 12:43 p.m. Who: David J. Eyde Why: Speculation is that Eyde lost consciousness of hypoxia... »
Miniliner sans Radio Escorted to France
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact Photographer Carl Hendriks What: Miniliner Fokker 27-500 (Dutch Air Cargo) en route from Madrid to Liege Where: near Troyes France When: Aug 13th 2009 Who: 2 crew Why: While en route, the flight lost radio and transponder. The French Air Force provided two two Mirage... »
