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United Airlines B777-300 bound for SFO returns to Sydney after mechanical issues
A United Airlines flight bound for San Francisco International Airport (SFO) was forced to return to Sydney Kingsford…
2024-03-11
El Al Boeing 737 diverted to Greece after passenger subdued by sky marshal
A El Al flight en route to Israel was diverted to mainland Greece after a passenger was detained…
2024-02-09
Lufthansa sees two transatlantic flights make emergency diversions in 24 hours
The beginning of February 2024 was not the best of starts to a month for Germany’s Lufthansa. The…
2024-02-02
United Airlines B737-800 flight diverted after crack in windshield found
A United Airlines B737-800 aircraft was forced to divert to Denver after a crack in the plane’s windshield…
2024-01-31
Pegasus Airlines makes emergency diversion after cry for help heard from hold
A Pegasus Airlines flight from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) bound for King Khalid International Airport (RUH)…
2024-01-30
Singapore Airlines A350 squawks 7700 after missed approaches at MAN airport
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 squawked a 7700 emergency code after two missed attempts to land at Manchester…
2024-01-25
American Airlines flight diverted after passenger punched flight attendant
An American Airlines flight was diverted and forced to perform an emergency landing at Rick Husband Amarillo International…
2024-01-08
Lufthansa A380 forced to divert to Delhi after couple’s quarrel becomes unruly
A spat between husband and wife forced a Lufthansa A380 to divert to Delhi after the argument became…
2023-11-30
Emirates A380 diverts to Bengaluru while flying from Dubai to Sydney
An Emirates Airbus A380 flying from Dubai to Sydney has diverted to Bengaluru Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) while…
2023-11-13
Official report into Ural Airlines A320 cornfield landing dismissed
The Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia has dismissed an initial report published regarding the investigation of the…
2023-11-09
BA flight diverted to Alaska after overheated phone scorches business class seat
A British Airways flight bound for London Heathrow Airport (LHR) was forced to divert to Ted Stevens Anchorage…
2023-10-25
Couple gets kicked off EVA Air flight after unruly and dramatic argument
A couple’s quarrel on board a recent EVA Air flight ended up in a flight diversion, police involvement,…
2023-10-04
Frontier Airlines flight forced to return due to reported stench in cockpit
A Frontier Airlines flight departing from Denver International Airport (DEN) bound for Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North…
2023-09-22
Delta rep allegedly tells diverted pax to be ‘grateful’ plane did not crash
Passengers of a Delta Air Lines flight that diverted to Lajes Airport (TER) on Terceira Island, in the…
2023-09-13
Sydney airport emergency: man’s religious outburst forces plane to return
A Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to return to Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD) after a passenger’s…
2023-08-14
Turkish Airlines passenger takes own life while in lavatory; flight diverts
A Turkish Airlines flight was diverted to Houari Boumediene International Airport (ALG) in Algiers after a passenger was…
2023-07-28
AA flight diverted after business class passenger calls cabin crew ‘waiter’
Who knew that words have the power to divert a flight? An American Airlines flight from New York’s…
2023-07-25
KLM flight lands with extra passenger on board after woman gives birth
A KLM flight carried an unexpected load when one of its passengers gave birth mid-air. KLM Flight 588…
2023-06-21