Tag: incident
NEWS Sep 05, 2023 Air Canada Apologizes After Vomit Incident Two women were escorted off an Air Canada event after refusing to sit in unclean seats. The seats were vomited on and it was obvious that they weren't cleaned well, but unfortunately both women were still escorted off the plane for refusing to sit Read More →
NEWS Aug 26, 2023 Alaska Airlines Aircraft Damaged After Hard Landing in Stormy Weather No one was injured when an Alaska Airlines flight made a rough landing at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana/Orange County, CA (KSNA) at 23:15 local time in the midst of the remnants of Hurricane Hilary. The 14-year-old Boeing 737-800, registered as N516AS, was operating flight AS1288 from Seattle with 106 passengers and six crew members. Read More →
NEWS Aug 24, 2023 This United 767's Landing Was Probably its Last The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report on a recent hard landing incident involving a United 767. The information shared in this report reveals some important insights into why this hard landing was most likely the aircraft's last. Read More →
NEWS Aug 17, 2023 Child Burned on Vistara Flight, Airline Responds Airlines commonly provide passengers with compensation and reimbursement for a variety of incidents...but what about for spilling hot water? This exact scenario unfolded on a Vistara flight where a young child was accidentally burned with hot water. Read More →
NEWS Aug 11, 2023 Tragic Brazilian Plane Crash Linked to Intoxicated Pilot Putting 11-Year-Old Son at the Controls A tragic and shocking video recently surfaced across social media showing a father and son duo flying a private propeller plane in Brazil. The video showed the father drinking a bottle of beer as he recorded his 11-year-old son piloting the aircraft. Read More →
NEWS Aug 06, 2023 Flight Attendant Threatens No-Fly List to Passenger Over Catering Mishap A United Airlines elite frequent flyer was threatened by a flight attendant after an incident relating to an extra serving of Manicotti. Read More →
NEWS Jul 26, 2023 SpiceJet Q400 Catches Fire During Routine Maintenance in Delhi A SpiceJet aircraft caught fire at Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) in Delhi on July 25 while undergoing engine maintenance. During a ground run at idle power at bay, an aircraft maintenance engineer noticed a fire in one of the engines of the Bombardier Q400 aircraft. This resulted in a fire extinguisher being discharged and firefighters being called to the scene. Read More →
NEWS Jul 22, 2023 United Express E145 Overruns Runway in Lake Charles, Louisiana On July 22, 2023, a United Express Embraer E145XR — operating flight UA4293 for CommutAir — was operating a short regional flight when it overran the runway at Lake Charles airport in Louisiana (LCH, KLCH). Read More →
NEWS Jul 03, 2023 Passengers and Crew Injured as Hawaiian Airlines Flight Encounters Turbulence Most flyers hate turbulence and for good reason. The bumps can make some sick and can cause disruptions to inflight service. However, most passengers don’t imagine turbulence so severe that it results in injuries. Sadly, this is exactly what happened on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu Daniel K. Inouye Airport (HNL) to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD). Read More →
NEWS Jun 29, 2023 Delta Boeing 717 Lands Safely Without Nose Gear A Delta Boeing 717 made an emergency landing in Charlotte after its nose gear failed to deploy. The aircraft was carrying 101 occupants from Atlanta. Read More →