Plane forced to land at Burlington International Airport due to smoke in cockpit
Monday, October 28th, 2024 SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — It was all hands on deck at Burlington’s airport Saturday afternoon. Police, firefighters and EMS were on scene for what police say was a Phase 5 situation on one of the flights. Officers on scene said they were called to the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport because […]
Embraer E195 belonging to the Lufthansa subsidiary Air Dolomiti had to abort its flight to Frankfurt due to smoke in the cockpit
Monday, October 28th, 2024 The plane took off from Florence, but noticed a problem while in Italian airspace and reported smoke in the cockpit. The pilots then decided to turn around to Verona, where the plane landed safely. According to initial reports, no one was injured in this incident. The exact cause of the smoke […]
Delta Air Lines: Airbus A321 returns to Fort Lauderdale due to smoke in the cockpit
Thursday, October 31st, 2024 In the early hours of October 30, 2024, a security incident occurred on board a Delta Air Lines Airbus A321 scheduled to fly from Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Florida to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York. Shortly after takeoff, the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit and aborted […]
KLM B737-900 Returns to Amsterdam After Reporting Smoke on Board
Thursday, October 31st, 2024 A KLM Boeing 737-900 departing for Barcelona, Spain made a precautionary return to Amsterdam after flight crew detected smoke in the cockpit on 28 October 2024. KLM flight KL1511, operated by a Boeing 737-900, had conducted a departure from runway 24 Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS). The flight was a scheduled service […]
Emergency landing at BER: Qatar Airways flight turns back due to burning smell in the cockpit
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 An incident in international air traffic caused a stir at Berlin’s BER airport last Thursday. A Boeing 787-9 of the airline Qatar Airways, en route on the afternoon flight QR82 from Berlin to Doha, had to turn around shortly after takeoff and land safely back in Schönefeld. The reason: the smell […]
United Boeing 777 APU Catches Fire at San Francisco Airport
Friday, November 8th, 2024 An incident in international air traffic caused a stir at Berlin’s BER airport last Thursday. A Boeing 787-9 of the airline Qatar Airways, en route on the afternoon flight QR82 from Berlin to Doha, had to turn around shortly after takeoff and land safely back in Schönefeld. The reason: the smell […]
Pilots Escape Burning Cargo 737 In Brazil
Saturday, November 9th, 2024 The two crew members aboard a Total Cargo Boeing 737-400 RS managed to get the burning aircraft on the ground in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Saturday before rappelling to safety from a window using the emergency escape rope. The drama unfolded on a short flight from Vitoria. The crew declared an […]
Cellphone battery sparks fire, evacuations on Southwest flight at Denver International Airport
Friday, November 15th, 2024 A Southwest Airlines flight at Denver International Airport was evacuated safely Friday morning after a cellphone battery ignited. It happened on board Flight 3316 before 7 a.m. as the plane was getting ready to depart for the William P. Hobby Airport in Houston. According to Southwest, the aircraft was still at […]
Smoke in the cabin forces Wizz Air flight to divert to Stockholm Arlanda
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 A Wizz Air Airbus A321neo (registered 9H-WNC) carrying 193 passengers was forced to divert to Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden due to reports of smoke detected in the cabin. The aircraft, originally en route from Gdask, Poland, to Tromsø, Norway, landed safely at Arlanda shortly after 19:00 local time on Saturday […]
Jet2 B737-800 Diverts to Santiago due to Smoke in the Cabin
Friday, November 22nd, 2024 A Jet2 Boeing 737-800 operating a service from Fuerteventura, Spain to Glasgow diverted to Santiago, Spain after reporting smoke in the cabin on 18 November 2024. Jet2 flight LS138, a Boeing 737-800, was conducting a scheduled service from Fuerteventura Airport (FUE). The flight was enroute to Glasgow International Airport (GLA). VIEW ARTICLE