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IndiGo flight diverted over bomb threat; Air India battles technical snags

Khaleej Times

4 days ago

General
Khaleej Times

IndiGo flight diverted over bomb threat; Air India battles technical snags

Multiple incidents of flight disruptions in India have been reported today, including a bomb threat and cancellations due to technical snags. These come days after the horrific crash of an Air India India plane at the Ahmedabad airport that left 241 passengers dead. Ahmedabad-London Gatwick service cancelled An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick was cancelled, citing "operational issues". No specific reason has been provided so far, according to the Indian media. Flight AI 159 was scheduled to depart from Ahmedabad at 1.10pm on Tuesday, June 17. It was rescheduled to 3pm, but at 1.45pm Air India confirmed that the service had been cancelled. According to the Air India website, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was supposed to fly as AI 159, on the the same sector as the plane which crashed on June 12. "I am travelling with my wife and two children. We have no answers from the airline company for the flight cancellation," ANI quoted a passenger of the flight to Gatwick as saying. #WATCH | Ahmedabad | Passenger of now cancelled AI-159 flight to Gatwick, he says, " I am travelling with my wife and two children. We have no answers from the airline company for the flight cancellation..." — ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2025 Passengers deplaned in Kolkata Another incident involving Air India occured in Kolkata where a flight from San Francisco to Mumbai via Kolkata suffered a technical snag in one of its engines. Passengers were deplaned during the scheduled halt at the Kolkata airport early on Tuesday. Flight AI180 — a Boeing 777-200LR — had arrived on time at the Kolkata airport at 12:45am, but a technical snag in the left engine delayed takeoff. At about 5:20am, an announcement was made in the aircraft asking all the passengers to deplane. The captain of the plane told the passengers that the decision was being made in the interest of flight safety, according to Indian media reports. Videos showed the aircraft stationed at Kolkata airport as ground staff carried out inspections. An Air India flight (in picture) operating from San Francisco to Mumbai, with a scheduled stop in Kolkata, underwent a mandatory post-landing inspection upon arrival in Kolkata early today. During the course of this routine check, a technical issue was suspected. As aâ�¦ — ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2025 Emergency landing at Nagpur IndiGo flight 6E 2706 from Muscat, travelling to Delhi via Kochi, made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport after a bomb threat was received. All passengers were deboarded, reported ANI. An investigation is underway, nothing suspicious has been found so far, accordoing Lohit Matani, DCP Nagpur. Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) said that the bomb threat was received on its official email address, after which the emergency landing was made.

Airpeace condemn 'top' politician wey disturb travellers for airport

BBC News

11-06-2025

Politics
BBC News

Airpeace condemn 'top' politician wey disturb travellers for airport

Video wey dey circulate online show di back view of one pesin wey resemble Nigerian politician, Senator Adams Oshiomole as im barricade di check-in entrance of di Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 1 (Zulu Hall) on Wednesday morning. Tori be say di politician forcefully block di entrance to di Zulu Terminal of di General Aviation Terminal (GAT) afta e arrive late at di terminal afta di scheduled departure time of im flight. Airpeace schedule di flight from Lagos to Abuja for 6:30 am on Wednesday morning but di politician no meet up wit di time. Inside di video, e begin dey call for di intervention of top officials from di airline. Although, di video no dey audible but di politician follow one official tok for di check-in entrance about im experience While di entrance to di check-in remain closed and travellers remain stagnant on di queue, dem no fit move forward for dia boarding. According to Airpeace statement on Wednesday, di airline tok say one prominent Nigerian politician disrupt dia airport operations afta im miss di flight scheduled for 6:30 am on Wednesday morning. Di management of Airpeace tok say di politician arrive around 6:10 am for im boarding but di boarding process don close and di flight don dey set to fly. Di airline tok say di politician resort to violence and physically assault dia staff and e even go as far as stopping dia passenger from gainning access to di terminal. "Di prominent individual in question arrive for Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 1 (Zulu Hall) at approximately 06:10 AM for Flight P47120 wey don dey schedule to depart Lagos for Abuja at 06:30 AM. In line wit our standard on-time departure policy, di boarding process don close, and di flight depart as scheduled," di statement tok. "Upon being inform of di missed flight, di politician resort to violence, physically assaulting our staff and forcefully barricade di terminal entrance. Im go as far as closing di entry gate and manning di access point, effectively obstructing oda passengers from gaining entry into di terminal." Di airline tok say dem swiftly seek oda alternatives to board affected passengers for dia flight. "We dey deeply saddened say such high-profile figure display conduct so unbecoming and disruptive to fellow passengers and our personnel. Air Peace maintain zero-tolerance stance on violence or any form of aggression against our staff and passengers," di statement tok. "We urge all guests, to remain civil and cooperative at all times. Aviation operations dey bound by strict timelines and safety protocols, and we remain committed to upholding dia standards while delivering safe and timely services to di Nigerian public." Airpeace tok say dem go kontinu to stand for discipline, integrity, and respect for due process and "no individual, no matter how influential, dey above dis values."

Plane Is Diverted After Man Assaults Crew Member, U.S. Says

New York Times

29-05-2025

General
New York Times

Plane Is Diverted After Man Assaults Crew Member, U.S. Says

A Kansas man is facing federal charges after he grabbed a flight attendant on an American Airlines flight on Tuesday night, threw the person to the ground and tried to drag them up an aisle, federal prosecutors said. The man, Julius Jordan Priester, 24, of Wichita, Kan., was on a plane flying from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., to Chicago when he began acting erratically around 10 p.m. — some 30 minutes into the one-hour flight, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut. According to an affidavit filed by an F.B.I. special agent, Mr. Priester began taking off his shirt and ran toward the back of the plane while yelling, 'Help me.' He then grabbed a flight attendant, who was seated, by the shirt collar and forced the person to the ground, shouting, 'You're coming with me,' according to the affidavit. He then tried to drag the attendant up the aisle, ignoring flight crew members' calls for him to stop, it said. Passengers helped get Mr. Priester back into a seat, where he continued to be disruptive and speak incoherently, prosecutors said. The captain declared an emergency, and the flight was diverted back to Bradley Airport. Connecticut State Police removed Mr. Priester from the plane, and an ambulance took him to a hospital for evaluation, prosecutors said. He was arrested at the hospital, according to the affidavit. Mr. Priester was charged with interference with flight crew members and attendants, which carries a maximum of 20 years in prison, prosecutors said. Mr. Priester is being held pending a bond hearing scheduled for Friday, prosecutors said. Prosecutors filed a motion for pretrial detention in part because Mr. Priester has a criminal history in Kansas, including a conviction for aggravated assault and a parole violation charge. A public defender for Mr. Priester did not immediately return requests for comment on Wednesday night.

Heathrow chief's phone on silent mode as fire caused airport to close, inquiry finds

The National

28-05-2025

Business
The National

Heathrow chief's phone on silent mode as fire caused airport to close, inquiry finds

Attempts to tell Heathrow airport's sleeping chief executive that the airport had been closed because of a power outage failed because his bedside phone was on silent, an inquiry has found. Thomas Woldbye was in bed as senior Heathrow staff decided to suspend operations because of a fire at a nearby electrical substation. No flights operated at the west London airport until about 6pm on March 21 because of the blaze which started late the previous night. More than 270,000 air passenger journeys were disrupted by the incident. Heathrow commissioned an inquiry into what happened, led by former transport secretary Ruth Kelly, who is an independent member of the airport's board. The Kelly Review found that Mr Woldbye 'was not involved' in the decision taken by the airport's chief operating officer Javier Echave at 1.15am on March 21 to suspend operations until 11.59pm. Mr Woldbye's mobile was 'on his bedside table' but he was unaware of multiple attempts to alert him to the situation as the device was on silent mode, the Kelly Review said. Alerts known as F24 alarms were sent to Mr Woldbye's mobile at 12.21am and 1.52am to activate emergency procedures, and Mr Echave tried to call him several times. The report stated: 'Although his phone was on his bedside table, Mr Woldbye reported that it did not alert him to the F24 alarms or to Mr Echave's other calls because the phone had gone into a silent mode, without him being aware it had done so and he was asleep at the time.' It added: 'Mr Woldbye first became aware of the incident at approximately 6.45am on March 21, and received a debrief from Mr Echave.' Mr Woldbye expressed 'his deep regret at not being contactable during the night of the incident', the review said. The review recommended that Heathrow considers having a 'second means of contact' to notify key individuals about critical incidents. It concluded that the decision to suspend operations after the power outage was 'correctly made' as this was 'essential to protect the safety and security of people, as well as the integrity of the airport and the UK border'. The report stated that on March 21, Heathrow began accepting limited flight arrivals from 4pm and departures from 8pm, before fully reopening on March 22. The inquiry found there 'may have been opportunities to open parts of the airport slightly sooner' on March 21 but this 'likely would have been only by a maximum of a couple of hours or so'. Ms Kelly said: 'The evidence confirms that Heathrow made the right decisions in exceptionally difficult circumstances. 'Whilst the disruption was significant, alternative choices on the day would not have materially changed the outcome. 'The airport had contingency plans in place, and the report highlights that further planned investment in energy resilience will be key to reducing the impact of any similar events in the future.' Mr Woldbye said: "Heathrow exists to serve our passengers and airlines, which made the decision to close the airport in March because of the North Hyde substation fire tough, but necessary. 'We hope that all our stakeholders understand this was done to protect the safety of passengers and colleagues. 'We're truly sorry for the disrupted journeys, and we understand the impact this had on so many of our customers.' A spokesperson for the Heathrow Reimagined campaign, whose supporters include British Airways' owner International Airlines Group and Virgin Atlantic, said: 'Lessons must be learnt from the closure of Heathrow during March's power outage, but the internal Kelly Review allows Heathrow to set and judge by its own standards. 'It fails to properly tackle the poor contingency planning and years of inefficient spending that left Heathrow vulnerable.' The National Energy System Operator (Neso), which is also investigating what happened, published an interim report earlier this month which stated the cause of the fire remains unknown. It is expected to publish its full report by the end of June.

Pigeon causes chaos on Delta Air Lines flight

The Guardian