Yangon: Two passengers have been injured when a plane landing in Myanmar shot past the end of the runway when its brakes failed. The Facebook page of Myanmar state radio and TV reported that a Fokker plane of Myanmar Airways carrying 55 passengers went 200 meters past the end of the runway at Monghsat in northern Shan state on Thursday before it hit a fence and stopped.
It said a wing and a wheel were damaged, and two passengers suffered broken arms. The two, who were not identified, were treated at a nearby military hospital.
The flight had departed from Heho, also in Shan State. A Fokker aircraft belonging to Air Bagan crash-landed in Shan State in December, killing two and injuring 11.
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09:44 PM, May 16, 2013
Kathmandu: All 22 people, including eight Japanese tourists on board a Nepal Airlines aircraft on Thursday escaped with minor injuries after the small plane skidded off the runway while trying to land and plunged into a river in northwestern Nepal. The accident occurred as the Twin Otter airplane on a flight from Pokhara skidded off the runway while trying to land at Jomsom Airport in a mountainous region and crashed...
04:22 PM, May 16, 2013
London: A passenger jet had to abort its landing at the last minute at Glasgow's Prestwick Airport after a deer was spotted on the airfield. A spokesman for the Ayrshire airport said the crew of the Ryanair passenger jet, which had flown from Faro in Portugal, were ordered to perform "a go-around". He said the aircraft landed safely shortly after the incident. The spokesman said the airport was investigating how...
08:18 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Airport Authority of India (AAI) is considering developing 20 airports in the next five years, according to a senior official. "Subject to cooperation from the respective state governments and access to suitable sites free of cost, AAI is hopeful of developing 20 airports in the next five years," GK Chaukiyal, member (operations), AAI told reporters here on Wednesday. ...
12:24 PM, Mar 28, 2013
A tyre of the Thai Airways International aircraft from India exploded while landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok early on Saturday morning. All 287 passengers and crew members were evacuated from the twin-engine Airbus 330-300 aircraft that had left Kolkata at 2.48 am, the Bangkok Post online reported. ...
09:59 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Airline passengers in the US will be allowed to carry small pocket knives and an array of sports equipment, banned in aircraft cabins after the 9/11 terror attacks, from April 25, authorities have announced. While razor blades and box cutters will still not permitted, passengers will be able to carry knives with folding blades 2.36 inches (6 centimetres) or shorter, as well as sporting goods such as golf clubs, hockey...
07:28 PM, Mar 06, 2013
A passenger plane crashed in thick fog near Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty on Tuesday and broke into pieces when it hit the ground, killing all 21 people on board. After several hours, rescue teams recovered the plane's flight recorder, the central communications service for Kazakhstan's president said on its Twitter page. ...
11:52 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Air India has put all its newly-acquired Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner planes for sale and leaseback, and invited bids from prospective lessors by February first week, even as all of these aircraft remained grounded across the world. Air India and other Dreamliner operators across the world have grounded their entire fleet of 50 B-787s delivered so far following a directive from the US Federal Aviation Authority after a fire risk reportedly...
10:00 PM, Jan 28, 2013
A Japanese government spokesman says a Chinese airplane has been spotted in Japanese airspace above southwestern islands controlled by Tokyo but also claimed by Beijing. The Defense Agency said four Japanese F-15 jets headed to the area Thursday morning, but no further action was taken. ...
12:22 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Aviation Safety Consultant Captain Mohan Ranganathan says the army official must be penalisd. ...
10:37 AM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: In a shocking incident, aviation rules were being flouted by a senior Army official. The incident took place on a GoAir flight from Leh to Jammu on Wednesday when Lt General Ravi Dastane entered the cockpit during the flight. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has reacted to the CNN-IBN report grounding both the pilots. The Chief Safety Officer has also been summoned by the DGCA. He...
08:26 AM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: A civilian plane crashed in the outskirts of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad near Chaklala airbase due to bad weather and all 127 people on board the flight are feared dead. The Bhoja Airlines-213, a domestic carrier that has just four planes and only resumed operations last month after suspending them in 2001 due to financial difficulties, was flying from Karachi to Islamabad. There were 127 people on...
08:04 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Washington: The largest solar flare in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. The sun erupted on Tuesday evening, and the effects should start smacking Earth around 7 am EST on Thursday, according to forecasters at the federal government's Space Weather Prediction Center. They say the flare is growing as it speeds outward from...
01:26 AM, Mar 08, 2012
Ahmedabad: The passengers of a Jaipur-Pune SpiceJet flight were deplaned at Ahmedabad and they were told that the plane had developed a technical snag. But the passengers cried foul as they later found out that the plane, that was meant to go to Pune, had in fact headed to Delhi. When the passengers confronted the officials of SpiceJet at the airport, they were told that the plane had been sent...
01:41 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Washington Pakistan's national career has placed a firm order for five 777-300ER Boeing airplanes valued at nearly $1.5 billion at list prices, the company said. The order also includes purchase rights to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for five additional 777-300ERs, Boeing said in a statement. "We are proud that Pakistan International Airlines is a special Boeing customer that continues to invest and trust in the industry-leading capabilities of the 777...
11:05 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Hanoi: A mom with a screaming child wanted a quick getaway from a plane on the tarmac in Vietnam and asked for help. The man next to her obliged by opening the emergency exit and triggering the escape slide. But that's as far as they got. A state media report on Tuesday's incident at Ho Chi Minh City airport says nobody used the slide. It wasn't clear if they got...
09:06 AM, Feb 17, 2012
Dubai: Emirates airline placed a blockbuster order for 50 Boeing 777 jetliners at the Dubai Air Show on Sunday, underscoring the confidence brimming among fast-growing Gulf airlines despite growing fears of stalling global growth. The Dubai government-owned carrier, expanding its role as the world's largest operator of Boeing's most profitable plane, said the deal was worth $18 billion, the largest commercial order by value in the US planemaker's history. Reuters...
12:11 AM, Nov 14, 2011
