Hawaiian Airlines Tokyo to Honolulu Flight Makes U-Turn Amid Mysterious Odour
Wednesday June 25th, 2025 TOKYO- A Hawaiian Airlines (HA) Airbus A330-200 encountered an unusual odour in the cockpit shortly after takeoff from Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) on June 23, 2025. The flight, HA864, was en route to Honolulu (HNL) when the crew halted the climb and opted to return. VIEW ARTICLE
Avianca flight makes emergency landing due to thermal runaway of passenger’s phone
Thursday, July 18th 2024 An Avianca Airbus A320-200N, registration HK-5410 performing flight AV-249 from Bogota (Colombia) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) with 161 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Bogota’s runway 14R when the crew stopped the climb at about FL240 and decided to return to Bogota reporting a passenger’s phone had suffered […]
Crew of Jetblue flight from Cancun reports smoke in the cockpit before landing in Boston
Friday, July 19th 2024 Emergency crews met a JetBlue flight landing in Boston from Cancun on the runway on Friday afternoon after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. The Federal Aviation Administration said JetBlue Flight 772 landed safely at Boston Logan Airport around 5:10 p.m. after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit. VIEW […]
Qatar B788 near Basra on Jul 20th 2024, smoke in cabin
Sunday, July 21st 2024 A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8, registration A7-BCC performing flight QR-20 from Dublin (Ireland) to Doha (Qatar) with 270 people on board, was enroute at FL410 about 130nm northnorthwest of Basra (Iraq) when the crew decided to divert to Basra reporting smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Basra’s runway […]
Crew of Aerologic flight observes smoke from windshield and dons oxygen masks
Monday, July 22nd 2024 An Aerologic Boeing 777-200 freighter, registration D-AALN performing flight 3S-585 (sched. dep Jul 14th, act. dep Jul 15th) from Anchorage,AK to Cincinnati,KY (USA) with 3 crew, was enroute at FL330 about 60nm southeast of Peace River,AB (Canada) when the crew observed smoke from the captain’s aft side window. The crew donned […]
Firefly AT72 at Kuala Lumpur on Oct 3rd 2024, smoke in cabin
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024, On **October 3rd, 2024**, Firefly flight FY-1424, an ATR-72 aircraft en route from Kuala Lumpur to Penang, returned to Kuala Lumpur shortly after takeoff due to smoke in the cabin. The crew halted the climb at 4,300 feet and safely landed about 20 minutes after departure. The airline later reported that […]
Smoke alert: Muscat-bound Air India Express flight aborts take-off at Thiruvananthapuram airport
Monday, October 4th, 2024 On **Friday, October 4th, 2024**, an Air India Express flight (IX-549) bound for Muscat aborted its take-off at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport after the pilot detected smoke in the aircraft while taxiing at around 10:30 a.m. The plane was immediately diverted to an isolated parking bay, where all 142 passengers and crew […]
Flight from San Diego bursts into flames during emergency landing at Las Vegas airport
Monday, October 7th, 2024 On **Saturday, October 7th, 2024**, Frontier Airlines Flight 1326 from San Diego made a hard emergency landing at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas after the pilots reported smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, landed around 4:20 p.m., with passengers experiencing severe turbulence during the descent. Following […]
United Express ERJ-175 Returns to Chicago Due to Smoke in the Cockpit
Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 On October 3, 2024, United Express flight UA3707, operated by a Republic Airways Embraer ERJ-175, returned to Chicago O’Hare shortly after takeoff due to smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft, bound for Indianapolis, terminated its climb at 5,000 feet and made a safe landing on runway 10L, just 15 minutes after […]
Brussels Airlines flight from Dakar makes emergency landing at Vitoria Airport, Spain, due to smoke in cabin
Saturday, October 12th, 2024 Brussels Airlines flight SN204 from Dakar to Brussels made an emergency landing at Vitoria-Gasteiz’s Foronda Airport in Spain after smoke was detected in the cabin while flying over the Cantabrian Sea. The Airbus A330, carrying 260 passengers, landed safely at 03:35. Passengers were kept on board for nearly six hours while […]