SpiceJet, IndiGo aircraft in near collision at VaranasiA major accident involving a SpiceJet and an Indigo aircraft was averted at Varanasi airport's runway on Tuesday, said a report. Both planes were scheduled for take-off, with the Indigo flight carrying 178 passengers set to go More… |
Emirates plane in 'near miss' mid-air incidentAn Air Seychelles pilot and his co-pilot have been commended for avoiding what would have been a fatal mid-air collision with an Emirates A380 plane last week, reports said. Captain Roberto Vallicelli and First Officer Ronny Morel More… |
Oman Air Tehran flight delayed due to runway incidentOman Air flight WY 432, due to depart today from Tehran to Muscat, has been delayed as a result of an incident on the runway, the airline said in a statement. The wings of the stationary Oman Air aircraft were clipped by another a More… |
Lufthansa jet, drone nearly collide over LAThe pilot of a Lufthansa passenger jumbo jet reported a drone aircraft nearly collided with the airliner on Friday on its landing approach to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), according to the Federal Aviation Administration. More… |
Qatar Airways flight 'damaged' after hitting runway lightsA Doha-bound Qatar Airways Boeing 777 suffered “substantial damage” as it hit the approach runway lights during take-off from Miami International airport, said a US government report. However, the carrier continued its journ More… |
Medevac plane ‘may have collided with Boeing’A Senegal-bound medical evacuation plane with seven people aboard appears to have collided with a much larger Boeing plane shortly before vanishing from radar screens, Senegal's aviation authority said. The private Senegalair More… |
Lufthansa flight misses collision with drone near WarsawA Lufthansa plane with 108 passengers on board nearly collided with a drone as it approached Warsaw's main airport on Monday afternoon, the airline said on Tuesday. The drone came within 100 m of the Embraer plane when the Munich to More… |
Swiss trains collide, 17 injuredTwo Swiss trains collided on Thursday, injuring 17 people, none of them seriously, and closing the line near the German border, police said. The two local trains, one travelling from Winterthur and the other from Schaffhausen, cra More… |
36 dead in Hong Kong ferry collisionAt least 36 people died and dozens were injured when a ferry carrying more than 120 people on a company outing collided with another ferry and sank near an island south of Hong Kong on Monday night in one of the city's worst maritime acciden More… |
Tanker collides with US navy ship in GulfAn oil tanker collided with a US navy ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, but no one was hurt, the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet said. "The collision between USS Porter (DDG 78) and the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker More… |