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Category: Press
December 6, 2016
Press – November 2016
Date: 2nd November 2016
Flight: People’s Viennaline PEV102, Altenrhein/St Gallen – Friedrichshafen, Embraer E170, OE-LMK
Incident: First flight of world’s shortest international route.
Publication & Link: Yahoo! News
December 6, 2016
Press – December 2016
Date: 5th December 2016
Flight: Various
Incident: Diversions & holds due to fog at Inverness.
Publication & Link: Aberdeen Evening Express
Date: 2nd December 2016
Flight: Air Berlin AB7447 Punta Cana – Dusseldorf, Airbus A330 D-ABXD
Incident: Medical diversion
Publication & Link: Irish independent
December 6, 2016
Press – September 2016
Date: 28th September 2016
Flight: Ryanair FR817 Edinburgh – Dublin, Boeing 737 EI-EPC
Incident: Indication of oil overheating.
Publication & Link: Irish Examiner
Date: 12th September 2016
Flight: British Airways BA274 Las Vegas – London Heathrow, Boeing 747 G-CIVC
Incident: Squawked emergency code on radar, received priority landing with a medical emergency.
Publication & Link: Metro.co.uk – Daily Record
December 6, 2016
Press – October 2016
Date: 28th October 2016
Flight: American Airlines AA383 Chicago – Miami, Boeing 767, N345AN
Incident: Engine fire & explosion
Publication & Link: Fox25 Boston
Date: 17th October 2016
Flight: Singapore Airlines SQ345 Zurich – Singapore, Airbus A380 9V-SKD
Incident: Hit by ground vehicle at Zurich.
Publication & Link: China Aviation Daily
Date: 14th October 2016
Flight: British Airways BA4458 Rotterdam-London City
Incident: Duchess of Cambridge flies on BA after visit to Rotterdam.
Publication & Link: Hall of Fame Magazine
August 31, 2016
Press – August 2016
Date: 24th August 2016
Flight: Thomson Airways TOM7352, Boeing 737 G-FDZE, Birmingham – Pafos
Incident: Birdstrike after take-off. Returned to BHX.
Publication & Link: The Sun
Date: 29th August 2016
Flight: FlyBe BE1274, Bombardier DHC-8-Q400, Amsterdam – Manchester
Incident: Burst tyre on take-off. Diverted to Birmingham. runway closed for 1 hour.
Publication & Link: Coventry Telegraph – Birmingham Mail.
July 14, 2016
Press – July 2016
Date:Â 3rd July 2016
Flight: Air Algerie DAH1086, Boeing 737 7T-VJN, Tlemcen-Paris Orly
Incident: Diverted to Bordeaux with a medical emergency.
Publication & Link: Kabylie news
Date:Â 12th July 2016
Flight: United Airlines UAL929, Boeing 767 N642UA, London Heathrow-Chicago O’Hare
Incident: Diverted to Edinburgh with engine/fuel problem.
Publication & Link: Daily Star
Date: 14th July 2016
Flight: Lufthansa LH498, Boeing 747 D-ABYU, Frankfurt – Mexico City
Incident: Rudder system failure. Returned to Frankfurt.
Publication & Link: Rhein-Zeitung.de
Date:Â 31st july 2016
Flight: SunExpress XG3264, Boeing 737 D-ASXO, Varna – Stuttgart
Incident: Runway excursion after landing.
Publication & Link: UpInTheSky.nl
Date: 31st July 2016
Flight: Iraqi Airways IA443, Boeing 767 YI-AQM, Basra – New Delhi
Incident: Diverted to Kuwait City with one engine shut down.
Publication & Link: Ren.tv
April 12, 2016
Press – February 2016
Date:Â 12th February 2016
Flight: Alitalia AZA4000, Havana to Mexico City, A330 EI-EJK.
Incident: AW published an audio clip from LiveATC.net of Pope Francis’ flight into Mexico City being targeted by a laser from nearby hills. Other flights were similarly targeted. Hear the audio recording uploaded by AW. Story widely reported worldwide: Google Results
Publication & Link: Daily Mail
Date: 14th February 2016
Flight: Airbus ‘Beluga’ Super Transporter F-GSTD from Toulouse to Hawarden/Airbus UK Broughton.
Incident: Suffered flaps problem inbound to CEG so diverted to Liverpool John Lennon due to it having a longer runway.
Publication & Link: Deeside.com
Date: 14th February 2016
Flight: Virgin Atlantic VS25 London Heathrow to New York JFK, Airbus A340 G-VWKD.
Incident: Flight crew struck by laser from the ground while climbing out of LHR. Flight continued over Ireland before deciding to return. AW uploaded the audio edit from LiveATC.net, and it quickly went viral. It was already the top story on the next morning’s breakfast programmes and remained a major story all day, with interviews and questions posed from Government ministers to aviation experts. Hear the audio recording here. Incident was a major story worldwide: Google results.
Selected Publications & Links: Daily Telegraph – BBC News – ITV News – CNN – Guardian
April 11, 2016
Press – January 2016
Date: 22nd January 2016
Flight: SAS SK1530 Boeing 737 LN-RGK London Heathrow to Stockholm Arlanda
Incident: Diverted to Gothenburg following a bomb threat.
Publication & Link: Sputnik News
Date: 24th January 2016
Flight: Flights across SW and Central Japanese airports.
Incident: Heavy snow affected many airports. Tweet showed Kagoshima and Toyama Airports.
Publication & Link: Sputnik News
Date: 29th January 2016
Flight: Flights in & out of Shetland Sumburgh Airport.
Incident: Flights affected by Storm Gertrude.
Publication & Link: Glasgow Evening times
April 11, 2016
Press – December 2015
Date: 9th December 2015
Flight: American Airlines AA787, Paris CDG to Charlotte AA30 N287AY. Diverted to Dublin with woman in labour.
Incident: Irish press caught up with the woman after she gave birth to the baby.
Publication & Link: IrishCentral.com
Date: 14th December 2015
Flight: ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 JA873A in Star Wars colours.
Incident: First visit to London Gatwick with film stars on board for London premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Publication & Link: JediNews.co.uk
Date: 23rd December 2015
Flight: Numerous flights to New York-area airports.
Incident: Tweeted on severe delays, closures and diversions regarding thick fog in the New York area.
Publication & Link: Gothamist.com
December 30, 2015
Press – November 2015
Date: 3rd November 2015
Flight: Various flights.
Incident: Flights delayed and diverted from Luxembourg Findel due to fog. Departures heavily affected.
Publication & Link: L’Essentiel.lu
Date: 9th November 2015
Flight: British Airways BA632 London Heathrow to Athens, Boeing 767 G-BZHA
Incident: Suffered a fuel leak and shut down one engine. Flight returned to Heathrow.
Publication & Link: TheTOC.gr – Korrespondent.net
Date: 11th November 2015
Flight: Mitsubishi MRJ JA21MJ
Incident: First flight of Japan’s first airliner since the 1960s, livestream from Nagoya Komaki.
Publication & Link: Gazeta.ru
December 30, 2015
Press – October 2015
Date: 23rd October 2015
Flight: Ethiopian Airlines ETH500, Dublin to Washington Dulles, Boeing 787 Dreamliner ET-ARF
Incident: Had a technical problem with one engine. It was shut down and the flight returned to Dublin.
Publication & Link: Irish Mirror – Gazeta.ru
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Date: 24th October 2015
Flight: American Airlines AAL787 Paris Charles de Gaulle to Charlotte, Airbus A330 N287AY.
Incident: Woman passenger went into premature labour. Flight diverted to Dublin. Baby Zoe is doing well.
Publication & Link: TheJournal.ie – UTV.ie.
December 30, 2015
Press – September 2015
Date: 8th September 2015
Flight: Delta Airlines DAL135, Amsterdam Schiphol to Detroit, Boeing 747 N662US
Incident: Birdstrike in No.2 engine. Circled over Norfolk, UK before returning to Amsterdam.
Publication & Link: Parool.nl
August 31, 2015
Press – August 2015
Date: 3rd August 2015
Flight: China Southern CSN303, Guangzhou to London Heathrow. Boeing 787 Dreamliner B-2737
Incident: Diverted to Amsterdam Schiphol due to low fuel caused by avoidance of sudden military zone over China causing re-routing. Numerous flights had to divert to Stockholm and Copenhagen for the same reason.
Publication & Link: Huffington Post; Daily Mail; Daily Express; TravelPPulse
Date: 22nd August 2015
Flight: Shoreham Air Show
Incident: Crash of Hawker Hunter WV372 (G-BXFI). Witnessed by AW on Shoreham webcam. AW tweet seconds after crash picked by Daily Telegraph in its timeline of the tragic events.
Publication & Link: Daily Telegraph
Date: 23rd August 2015
Flight: British Airways BA356, London Heathrow to Nice. Airbus A320 G-EUUR.
Incident: Returned to LHR with main gear locked down. AW reported on social media via ATC that pilot reported “lost all flight guidances”. Made a fast but safe landing on Runway 27R.
Publication & Link: City AM
August 24, 2015
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July 1, 2015
Press – July 2015
Date: 7th July 2015
Flight: Delta Air Lines DL144. Seattle to Amsterdam. Boeing 767 N826MH.
Incident: Diverted to Dublin. AW listening on ATC heard pilot report reason as “lavatory has become inoperative”.
Publication & Link: Irish Examiner
Date: 10th July 2015
Flight: Various
Incident: Withdrawal of aircraft from Naha Airport, Okinawa Is., Japan due to arrival of Typhoon Chan-hom. AW tweeted a capture of the near-deserted airport.
Publication & Link: China Times
Date: 14th July 2015
Flight: Turkish Airlines THY6902. Boeing Field to Istanbul. Boeing 737, TC-JYP
Incident: Aircraft on delivery from Boeing had to return to BFI with a technical problem spotted at Goose Bay refuelling stop in Canada.
Publication & Link: Turkish Star Gazette
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