LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials say a plane made an emergency landing on a golf course in upstate South Carolina on Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Piper PA-46 made an emergency landing on the course at the Reserve at Lake Keowee around 11:50 a.m. Old Edwards Reserve at Lake Keowee said the plane was…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A regional jet made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door and got into an altercation with a flight attendant. Delta Connection flight 3612, operated by SkyWest Airlines, was flying from Omaha to Detroit when the disturbance happened around…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A flight travelling from Cancun, Mexico, to London was forced to divert and land in Maine this week after two passengers on board began fighting. The emergency landing around 21:30 EST (01:30GMT) on Tuesday resulted in all 267 passengers on board being forced to spend the night in Bangor, Maine. By the…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger said to be a Nigerian national identified as Abdullah died mid-flight on a Doha-bound IndiGo flight forcing it to make an emergency landing at the Karachi International Airport. The Airport Medical Staff at the Jinnah International Airport declared the Nigerian passenger dead upon arrival. The pilot of flight 6E-1736 requested…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Air Peace flight has made an emergency landing in Lagos due to a bird strike that got the bird stuck on the left main landing gear. The Air Peace flight P47154 which departed Lagos for Owerri, Enugu State at 12.00 noon on Saturday could not reach its destination, but had to…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Boeing 757-200 cargo aircraft operated by DHL has made a dramatic emergency landing at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria international airport, skidded off the runway and broke in two, losing its tail. DHL, part of Deutsche Post AG, said the crew was unharmed and that one member was undergoing a medical review…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane carrying former U.S. President Donald Trump made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Saturday evening after experiencing an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico, a source familiar with the matter confirmed on Wednesday. The plane, a Dassault Falcon 900, had gone about 75 miles (120 km) from a…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger had to be held down by flight crew and members of the public after trying to open an emergency exit door mid-flight. The flight from Chicago to Dallas made an emergency landing in St. Louis on Tuesday night and the man was arrested by police. Passengers on board the American Airlines…