A Thomson Airways flight from Tunisia to Edinburgh was diverted to London last night after a drunken passenger allegedly attacked crew members with her prosthetic leg.
The woman told the flight crew that she wanted "cigarettes and a parachute." When they asked her to hush up, she allegedly slapped a little girl and then started swinging with her leg.
NEWS Delta Airlines flight #DL6093 from LaGuardia to Dayton made an emergency landing at JFK
A Delta Airlines flight DL6093 from LaGuardia Airport headed to Dayton, Ohio, had to make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport late Monday due to an equipment issue, airline officials said.
Delta flight 6093 was scheduled to make the two-hour trip at 7:35 p.m. Monday, a spokeswoman with the airline said. The flight took off about an hour late, at 8:25 p.m., according to Delta flight records.
The spokeswoman said that sometime after takeoff, officials made the decision to divert the flight to nearby John F. Kennedy International Airport because of a gear issue.
The plane safely touched down at JFK shortly before 11 p.m., more than two hours after takeoff.
The airline is now working with passengers to book them on other flights, the spokeswoman said.
UPDATE #AH5017 About the black box cockpit voice recorder (CVR)
The black box cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from AH5017 suffered damage in the crash. This is expected to delay the full data retrieval process. The French accident investigator BEA is currently working of obtaining what they can from the black box.
NEWS Emergency of flight #OS191 from Vienna to Cologne earlier today
BREAKING #AH5017 First data from radar of the Burkinabe army revealed
From Ouagadougou, the control tower has tracked the flight AH5017, which crashed in northern Mali. It is 1:17 when the plane left the capital of Burkina Faso. Heading north towards Algiers. But a huge rainstorm forced the pilot to change trajectory.
For the first time, images of radar control are revealed. The plane is at 31,000 feet, when suddenly, it falls, then disappear. It comes down to 22,500 feet in a few seconds.
"The fall is very important, indicates the general Diendre Gilbert, Head of the Crisis in Burkina Faso. Because the last contact took place at 1:47 ET the witness gave us an approximate time of 1:50, meaning it dropped 31,000 feets in 3 minutes. "A speed which explains the violence of the crash. Touching the ground, the McDonnell Douglas 83 has been disintegrated.
NEWS British Airways has announced to start A380 service on London Heathrow - Washington Dulles route in early October
The British carrier will serve this route with this superjumbo aircraft five times a week from October 2 until October 25. A B747 will serve the route on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during that period. British Airways’ flights BA216 and BA217 will run daily on this route from October 26. However no services will be available on November 27 and 28.
As scheduled the flight BA217 will depart LHR at 1115 and arrive in Washington at 1425 local time. The return leg BA216 will depart Washington at 1825 and arrive in London at 0620 the next day. BA had originally scheduled its Washington A380 service to start in September.
The airline first launched the A380 services on its Los Angeles route in September 2013 and now it is operating twice daily services Los Angeles, daily services to Hong Kong, and six weekly services to Johannesburg. The carrier will start three-time weekly superjumbo service to Singapore from October 28.
NEWS Two US F16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Panama City-bound flight from Canada back to Toronto
Two U.S. F16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Panama City-bound flight from Canada back to Toronto on Friday after a man on the plane apparently threatened to blow up the aircraft, authorities said.
BREAKING First pictures of wreckage from the Air Algerie #AH5017 plane crash in Mali
First pictures of wreckage from the Air Algerie AH5017 plane crash in Mali http://t.co/daIUXWjK7U pic.twitter.com/JsU8jVsB4a
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