This is How Seriously Airlines Are Taking Lithium Batteries: An Air France Plane With 375 Passengers Onboard Diverted Because Someone Lose Their Phone
Friday, March 21th, 2025 The 17-year-old aircraft departed Paris at around midday on March 21 and immediately headed westwards for its transatlantic crossing, but just as it passed the coast of Portugal, the plane entered a short holding pattern – presumably as cabin crew made one last attempt to locate the errant device. When the […]
Air France A321 Makes Emergency Landing in Venice, Reporting Burning Odour Onboard
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 Air France flight AF1532, operated by an Airbus A321-200, had departed from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). The aircraft was performing a routine scheduled service to Athens International Airport (ATH). As the aircraft transited Italian airspace en route, flight crew declared an emergency, reporting a burning odour on board. VIEW […]
Virgin Atlantic A330 to Manchester turned around after pilots reported smoke in cockpit
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 The 17-year-old aircraft departed Paris at around midday on March 21 and immediately headed westwards for its transatlantic crossing, but just as it passed the coast of Portugal, the plane entered a short holding pattern – presumably as cabin crew made one last attempt to locate the errant device. When the […]
Smoke-Filled Cabin Forces United Airlines Plane to Declare Emergency and return to Heathrow
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 A United Airlines flight bound for New York was forced to declare an emergency and return to London Heathrow Airport this afternoon after smoke was reportedly seen filling the cabin mid-flight. Flight UA147, a Boeing 767-300 carrying 70 passengers and 11 crew, took off from Heathrow at around 3.45pm, en route to Newark Liberty International Airport. VIEW ARTICLE
Delta flight diverts to Columbus due to smoky odor in cabin
Monday, March 31st, 2025 A United Airlines flight bound for New York was forced to declare an emergency and return to London Heathrow Airport this afternoon after smoke was reportedly seen filling the cabin mid-flight. Flight UA147, a Boeing 767-300 carrying 70 passengers and 11 crew, took off from Heathrow at around 3.45pm, en route to Newark Liberty International Airport. VIEW ARTICLE
American Airlines flight evacuated at Augusta Regional Airport
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 An incident has surfaced involving a regional American Eagle flight in which the aircraft cabin was filled with haze upon landing. Any indication of a possible fire inside an aircraft can be extremely dangerous, and the American Eagle flight was promptly evacuated. Thankfully, no passenger injuries were reported. VIEW ARTICLE
Passengers evacuated after false fire alert on Olympic flight
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 An Olympic Air airplane taxiing on the tarmac of Mytilene’s airport had to be evacuated on Tuesday morning, after a fire indicator started flashing, owner Aegean Airways said in a statement. The captain of flight OA 250, which had just arrived from Athens with 59 passengers and four crew members onboard, […]
Alaska flight returns to PDX on reports of fumes in the plane, nine people evaluated
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — An Alaska Airlines flight from Portland to Las Vegas had to return to PDX just minutes after takeoff when passengers and crew members reported “fumes in the cockpit and cabin.” VIEW ARTICLE
FAA to investigate after fire in cabin of United Airlines Boeing flight
Friday, April 4th, 2025 The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it will investigate after the crew on a United Airlines-operated Boeing 737 flight from Florida to Newark airport reported a fire in the cabin. VIEW ARTICLE
American Airlines Flight Evacuated in Georgia After Smoke Reported in Cabin
Friday, April 4th, 2025 Passengers on an American Airlines flight were evacuated Tuesday after crew members reported smoke in the cabin shortly after landing at Augusta Regional Airport in Georgia. VIEW ARTICLE