A TACA Peru Airbus A320-200, flight T0-9 from Lima to Cuzco (Peru) with 90 passengers, was on approach to Cuzco when smoke began to emanate from one of the windshield heating systems. The crew accelerated the approach into Cuzco for a safe landing.
The airline reported a short circuit in the windshield heating system caused the smoke but no flames.
Algunos pasajeros creyeron que había un incendio en una de las turbinas del ala derecha del avión
AndesSMF wrote:TAME E190 w/o in a landing incident at UIO...guess what RWY?
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... errun.html
miamiair wrote:A write off. Just like IB's A346...
Witnesses said that the aircraft touched down well beyond the first third of the runway.
JLAmber wrote:As well as the usual rain issues, are there unusual winds at Quito?
Some flights have been grounded and a terminal evacuated following a security alert at Manchester Airport.
An airport spokesman said a suspicious bag was discovered at the main security search area at Terminal 1 at 08:30 BST.
As a result, police said Terminal 1 has been closed while the device is examined and bomb disposal experts had been called.
An Air Canada Boeing 777-200, registration C-FNNH performing flight AC-33 (dep Sep 17th) from Vancouver,BC (Canada) to Sydney,NS (Australia) with 269 people on board, was enroute, cabin crew serving coffee and tea, when the aircraft encountered turbulence causing coffee and tea to leave the cups unexpectedly and spill over passengers and crew causing minor burns to 4 passengers and 2 crew. The aircraft continued to Sydney for a safe landing on runway 34L, where an Australian news helicopter filmed the arrival. Nobody needed to be taken to a hospital.
The airline confirmed 4 passengers and 2 crew received minor injuries from spilled beverages and were attended by a doctor on board.
A PAL Philippine Airlines Boeing 747-400, registration RP-C7475 performing flight PR-104 from Manila (Philippines) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was enroute over the Pacific Ocean about 4 hours prior to estimated landing in San Francisco, when a loud cry filled the cabin followed by applause of passengers and cabin crew needed to adjust the passenger manifest and to produce an inflight incident report. The aircraft continued to San Francisco for a safe landing about 4 hours later.
The airline reported cabin crew noted in their inflight incident report (FIR) that a woman pregnant in her 35th week went into labour and assisted by three nurses on board and several cabin crew gave quick birth to a baby boy over the Pacific Ocean. The boy with good skin colour made a loud cry after arrival prompting other passenger to erupt in applause and started to breast feed. After landing in San Francisco both mother and baby were taken to a hospital.
ShanwickOceanic wrote:Media.
A Thomson Airways Boeing 737-800, registration G-CDZH performing flight BY-3350 from Doncaster,EN (UK) to Paphos (Cyprus) with 192 passengers and 7 crew, was on approach to Paphos' runway 29 cleared to land on runway 29 when the aircraft aligned with the parallel taxiway and touched down on that taxiway, no other traffic was on the taxiway at that time. The aircraft rolled out safely and taxied to the apron.
A Delta Airlines Airbus A319-100, flight DL-1380 from New York La Guardia,NY to Boston,MA (USA) with 27 people on board, departed La Guardia's runway 13 when the right hand engine ingested a bird prompting the crew to reduce the thrust on that engine. The aircraft levelled off at 4000 feet and diverted to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport for a safe landing on runway 22L about 15 minutes later.
Zak wrote:Aussies send a helicopter for a 777 landing because of spilled coffee?
Planes diverted as Mexico City airport power fails
MEXICO CITY—An unspecified number of flights have been diverted from Mexico City because a power failure darkened the capital's international airport.
Airport managers say power and flight service is expected to be restored before midnight.
Officials say the apparent failure of a transformer threatened to start a fire at the facility. But they stress that passengers and planes were never at risk.
The airport hasn't said how many incoming flights were diverted to terminals at Acapulco, Veracruz, Monterrey and elsewhere in Mexico as a result of Wednesday's outage
A Sky Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration TC-SKF performing flight ZY-8756 from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (Germany) to Antalya (Turkey) with 156 passengers, burst a right hand main gear tyre upon landing in Antalya followed by the collapse of the right main gear, slid to a stop on left main gear, nose gear and right engine pod and remained disabled on the runway. No injuries occurred, the passengers disembarked onto the runway.
Authorities are searching for a 14-year-old autistic boy who wandered out of Bob Hope Airport after his flight was delayed.
Cameron is described as white, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 118 pounds with brown hair. He was wearing a white, long-sleeved sweater, light blue jeans and brown penny loafers.
Smith was described as a white boy, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing about 118 pounds, with brown hair. He was last seen wearing a white, long-sleeve sweater with the initials "C.S." on it, brown loafers with no socks, blue jeans, a silver band ring and a silver chain necklace.
The unaccompanied minor wandered out of the airport and boarded a parking lot shuttle, said Gill. Smith was last seen exiting the shuttle alone near the intersection of Hollywood Way and Thornton Avenue.
Authorities in Southern California have found a 14-year-old autistic boy who wandered out of Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif.
The boy, Cameron James Smith, was found unharmed outside of a restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif., around 6 p.m. PT, according to the Burbank Police Department.
Allstarflyer wrote:And even though the parents reportedly didn't pay the unaccompanied minor fee, and didn't explicitly share the kid wasn't older than 14, I think GQ might still be onto something. Somebody should be in deep in the stuff.