
Mumbai: There was a scare on Jet Airways' flight 9W 523 from Mumbai to Riyadh on Monday. The flight was asked to return to bay by the ATC just before take-off. Reports say the flight was asked to return to bay after smoke was spotted in one of the engines. The fire was extinguished and the passengers were evacuated. There were around 115 passengers on the flight and all of...

09:40 AM, May 28, 2012

New Delhi: A Chicago-bound Air India plane, with around 206 passengers and crew onboard, made an emergency landing in Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday after the cargo door warning went off. The Air India flight (AI 121D/127) to Chicago via Frankfurt had taken off from Frankfurt for Chicago and was flying over Romanian airspace when the cargo door warning went off in the cockpit. "Sensing the urgency, the pilot made...

11:04 PM, May 12, 2012

Kozhikode: An Air India plane with 150 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing at the Kozhikode airport in Kerala after being hit by a bird. The AI-973 Kozhikode-Dubai flight made an emergency landing at the airport shortly after the mishap on Monday morning. All the 150 people on board are reported to be safe. The bird hit was reported at 10:40 am with the pilot soon...

12:27 PM, Apr 30, 2012

Bangalore: Efforts will be on to dismantle the helicopter that made an emergency landing on the roof of a residential building in Bangalore. A trainee pilot of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Thursday made an emergency landing of a helicopter on top of a building in Bangalore. The trainer landed the helicopter on top of Maitri Apartment in Bangalore. The pilot and the co-pilot were safe following the emergency landing...

09:15 AM, Apr 13, 2012

Mumbai: A Ahmedabad-Chennai SpiceJet flight made an unscheduled landing at the Mumbai airport on Friday after the plane reportedly developed a technical snag. SpiceJet authorities said the flight made an emergency landing after a technical snag was discovered and was likely to take off shortly. The local authorities were, meanwhile, put on standby. The flight had 112 passengers on board. ...

08:52 AM, Apr 13, 2012

Bangalore: A trainee pilot of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Thursday made an emergency landing of a helicopter on top of a building in Bangalore. The trainer landed the helicopter on top of Maitri Apartment in Bangalore. According to reports, the pilot and the co-pilot are safe following the emergency landing of the helicopter. "The helicopter belongs to the rotary wing of HAL. There were many apartments and high tension...

06:07 PM, Apr 12, 2012

Chandigarh: A plane carrying Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi made an emergency landing at the airport in Chandigarh after it developed a technical snag, officials said. The pilot was forced to land the plane after its navigation system malfunctioned, they said. Modi along with BJP leader Smriti Irani and the crew were safe, they added. The Bihar Deputy Chief Minister was on an election campaign for the SAD-BJP...

04:32 PM, Jan 27, 2012

Hyderabad: The world's largest airplane Airbus A380 made an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Sunday, an airport official said. The Emirates flight, with 481 passengers on board, was on its way from Bangkok to Dubai. "The aircraft landed with 481 passengers safely at 3.40 am," an airport spokesman told IANS. The pilot cited a technical snag in the aircraft as the reason for making the emergency landing...

11:22 AM, Oct 23, 2011

Mumbai: A SpiceJet plane with 137 passengers and crew from Bangalore landed under emergency conditions at the airport in Mumbai this afternoon following a technical problem. "The ATC declared full emergency at the Mumbai Airport for the SpiceJet flight SG 344 from Bangalore at 1215 hrs. The flight made a safe landing at 1221 hrs. All the 137 passengers were deplaned safely," an airport spokesperson said. The airline could not...

07:42 PM, Sep 03, 2011

Mumbai: A disaster was averted at the Mumbai airport on Wednesday after an Air India flight landed under emergency conditions. The Jeddah-Mumbai flight had 260 passengers on board. All passengers disembarked safely, an Air India spokesperson said. Reports say that the flight developed a technical snag in its hydraulic control system, following which it made an emergency landing. (With additional information from PTI) ...

03:11 PM, Aug 31, 2011

Mumbai: A Dubai-bound Emirates flight, with 202 people on board, landed under emergency conditions on Wednesday at the airport in Mumnai soon after take-off due to engine failure. "Following a crisis call from the Mumbai-Dubai Emirates flight (EK507), the air traffic control declared a full landing emergency at the airport at 1558 hours," a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson said. He said the aircraft with 202 passengers and crew...

05:09 PM, Jul 27, 2011

The plane went down and burst into flames in Illinois on Tuesday. All the seven on board were able to walk away safe. ...

10:30 AM, Jun 14, 2011

Oswego: A World War II bomber made what appeared to be an emergency landing in a cornfield on Monday and all seven people on board escaped before it was consumed by fire, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. "The plane departed the airport, noted an emergency and the pilot made what appears to be an emergency landing, after which the plane was consumed by fire," FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory...

09:07 AM, Jun 14, 2011

New Delhi: Bangalore-bound GoAir plane, with 171 passengers and crew on board, had to make an emergency landing at the IGI airport soon after it took off from Delhi on Monday, an official spokesperson said. The pilot of the GoAir flight G8-201 asked for emergency landing after a smoke warning from the cargo compartment was on. The flight which took off at 9.23 am from Delhi landed safely at 9:41...

01:32 PM, Jun 06, 2011

Mumbai: A Spicejet Mumbai-Hyderabad flight made an emergency landing at Mumbai Airport on Friday after smoke was detected in the cabin, an official said. The incident occurred when the Hyderabad-bound flight SG-401 took off at 5:29 am. Lakshmi, a passenger on board, said, "It happened 20 minuts after take-off, there was burning smell and smoke rising from cargo area of plane. SpiceJet authorities didn't help us. My parents who are...

09:18 AM, May 27, 2011