A Boeing 737-300 plane carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at Senegal’s main airport, near the capital of Dakar. Ten people were injured in the crash, including the pilot, the country’s transport minister said Thursday. Passengers were evacuated
A Boeing 737 carrying 73 terrified passengers had a horrifying skid off the runway when its wing dangerously ignited within moments of take-off. The shocking scenes unfolded at Blaise Diagne International Airport near Dakar, Senegal, when the aircraft’s left wing and engine
Video footage has captured the terrifying moment a Boeing 767 crash-landed on its nose after its front landing gear failed. The craft was travelling between Paris, France and Istanbul, Turkey, when sparks flew as it nosedived down onto the runway at Istanbul
Dublin Airport’s operator, DAA, has been given permission to build a €200M (£171M) road tunnel beneath its crosswind runway despite opposition from Ryanair, it has been reported. The project involves constructing a new 1.1km road with two lanes in each direction, with
Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, was hit by flash floods on Tuesday, causing chaos as planes waded through the torrents on the tarmac. A video shows a Fly Dubai Boeing 737 ploughing through the several inches of water. The severe weather led to
Heathrow was plunged into crisis after two passenger planes crashed on the runway. Witnesses say a Virgin Atlantic plane – which was being pushed back by a tug – collided with the tail of a nearby British Airways aircraft. Pictures circulating online
An easyJet flight has been forced to divert after a runway at a major UK airport was forced to close. Flights can be seen circling above Edinburgh this morning, with the easyJet plane forced to land 72 miles away at Prestwick Airport.
A plane could be seen bouncing along the runway in terrifying footage shot at one of the world’s most dangerous airports. The TAP Air Portugal Airbus was coming in to land at Madeira Airport after travelling from Porto Santo when a cloud
Flying can make people a little uneasy at the best of times. Despite being statistically a very safe mode of transport, nervous flyers often talk about the fear of plunging thousands of feet to their deaths, crashing mid-air or even the possibility
A United Airlines flight has run off a runway following gear failure during landing at George Bush Airport in Houston, Texas. Flight UA2477 originated in Memphis, Tennessee. The Boeing 737 Max 8 plane appeared to suffer the gear failure during the last 30