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CBS News
07-07-2025
- CBS News
Battery fire forces Delta flight to make emergency landing in Fort Myers
A Delta Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Fort Myers, Florida, on Monday after a portable battery belonging to a passenger caught fire, the airline said. Delta flight 1334 from Atlanta was heading to Fort Lauderdale International Airport when a fire broke out, according to a Delta spokesperson. Flight attendants quickly extinguished the flames coming from what is believed to be a personal battery, the airlines said in a statement to CBS News. There was residual smoke in the aircraft and the situation was declared an emergency out of an abundance of caution, Delta said. The plane was then diverted to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers as is procedure. "We appreciate the quick work and actions by our people to follow their training, and we apologize to our customers for the delay in their travels," Delta Airlines' statement said. A spokesperson for the Fort Myers airport, located about a 2-hour drive from Fort Lauderdale, said the flight with 185 customers and six crew members on board landed safely at 8:48 a.m. local time. So far this year, there have been a total of 34 incidents involving lithium batteries - 11 of which were due to battery packs, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. From 2015 to 2024, the number of lithium battery fires on U.S. flights rose 388%, the FAA's data show. Due to growing concerns of lithium-ion battery fires, Southwest Airlines introduced what it said was a "first-in-industry" policy in May requiring customers to keep their portable chargers in plain sight. Earlier this year, Singapore Airlines completely banned power banks from being used or charged in-flight. contributed to this report.
CTV News
27-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
‘It's a piece of aviation history': Gimli Glider cockpit makes return trip to Manitoba
Retired pilot Robert Pearson stands in front of the cockpit of the former Boeing 767 aircraft he landed safely in Gimli in 1983. Here he is on Friday June 27, 2025. (Joseph Bernacki/CTV News Winnipeg) After a 7,000-kilometre journey from a southern California scrapyard, a part of a plane that was made famous 43 years ago was reunited with the captain that flew it. 'This was my office. I flew this airplane quite a few times and as a matter of fact, I was the last one to use it,' said retired captain, Robert Pearson with a smile. The cockpit from the former Boeing 767 aircraft known as the Gimli Glider was recently recovered and brought back to Manitoba. 'It's great that this has been salvaged by the museum in Gimli,' Pearson said. 'It's a piece of aviation history.' Gimli Glider cockpit control panel A portion of the original side control panel of the Gimli Glider cockpit is still intact. Here it is on Friday June 27, 2025. (Joseph Bernacki/CTV News Winnipeg) Back on July 23, 1983, Pearson safely landed the plane on a decommissioned airstrip in Gimli, Man., a lakeside community about 100 kilometres north of Winnipeg. All 69 people on board, who were flying with Air Canada from Montreal to Edmonton, survived the emergency landing. The plane glided to a stop after it malfunctioned in the air and lost fuel. 'Touching down was good. A gentleman came up to me, he put his hand on my shoulder. He said, 'Captain, that was some feat,'' Pearson said. The whole plane went up for auction years ago, but didn't sell, so it was parted out. The cockpit stayed intact, though it has been collecting dust since 2008 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif. The Gimli Glider exhibit volunteers had their eye on it since 2017. They raised funds and thanks to a generous donor, it's now on its way to Gimli to be displayed alongside other memorabilia. 'An American businessman spoke to the owners and said, 'You need to understand how important this museum is,'' said Barbara Gluck, president of the Gimli Glider exhibit. 'Can you cut your price on the cockpit so that they can afford it and get it back for Canadian history?' Volunteers like Peter Grant met the truck driver on Friday afternoon at the border to see it come through. 'Holy mackerel! As soon as I saw the truck coming through the border and I saw the cockpit, my heart started to beat,' Grant said. Gimli Glider volunteers Left to right; Gwen Harp, Robert Pearson, Glen Hooper, Barbara Gluck and Peter Grant worked together to bring the cockpit of the original Gimli Glider home to Manitoba. Here they are together on Friday June 27, 2025. (Joseph Bernacki/CTV News Winnipeg) He said the cockpit will be refurbished and put on display in the coming months. He noted he still can't fathom what it took for Pearson to safely land the plane. 'A lot of people don't realize the wizardry that Bob Pearson had to have to fly a plane like that with no fuel, no engines,' Grant said. 'All he had was up, down, left, right and he flew the plane for 100 miles with nothing.' It was all in a days' work, according to a humble Pearson. 'My job was to take off and land an airplane full of passengers and I'm really pleased I could do my job that day,' Pearson said.
ABC News
25-06-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Dramatic chopper shots of plane attempting to land in gale force wind
A plane attempting to land at Sydney Airport has struggled in gale force winds, with vision of the plane shaking moments before touch down. ( ABC News )
CBS News
06-06-2025
- General
- CBS News
Federal investigators release details about plane that caught fire at Denver International Airport
NTSB report shows installation mistake on plane that caught fire after landing at DIA NTSB report shows installation mistake on plane that caught fire after landing at DIA NTSB report shows installation mistake on plane that caught fire after landing at DIA Federal investigators have released some details in the investigation into a plane that caught fire on the tarmac of Denver International Airport after making an emergency landing in March. The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board shows that when investigators examined the right engine, they found some issues. Passengers stand on the wing of a plane Steve Schilsky According to the NTSB, investigators found a broken fan blade and the lockwire of a fuel fitting installed in the wrong direction. American Airlines Flight 1006 plane carrying 178 people, caught fire on the tarmac after making an emergency landing at Denver's airport on March 13. The incident involving the Boeing 737-800 sent 12 people to hospitals, but all injuries were minor. Flames can be seen coming from the American Airlines plane. Hani Levi The flight had departed from Colorado Springs Airport and was bound for Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport when the "crew reported engine vibrations." Some passengers were able to take the ramp into the concourse. Others used an evacuation slide from the rear of the plane, where the smoke was stronger. Passengers also evacuated onto the wing on the opposite side of the plane from the fire. Passengers of Flight 1006 wait for help getting off the wing of the plane at Denver International Airport on Thursday evening. Alexandria Cullen The NTSB expects a final report on the incident within 12-24 months.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
easyJet flight to Manchester diverts to Germany after woman ‘screams about bomb and grabs emergency exit'
A disruptive passenger caused an easyJet flight travelling to the UK from Turkey to unexpectedly divert to Germany. Travellers catching the late night flight from Dalaman to Manchester Airport found their flight disrupted by an 'erratic' woman, who tried to grab the emergency exit on the flight. The woman screamed there was a bomb on the flight before grabbing the emergency exit door and reaching for life jackets, according to the Manchester Evening News. A passenger sitting close to the emergency exit told the publication: 'Once the plane had took off, she began to run up and down the plane screaming about how it was going down and there was a bomb. "She also tried to get life jackets and oxygen masks out." The newspaper reported she was 'wrestled away' by three men before the flight made an emergency landing. FlightRadar showed that a plane due to leave Dalaman at 11pm on Saturday (24 May) instead departed not long after midnight and was diverted to Frankfurt around 1.30am, when emergency services boarded the flight. Passengers were then kept on board the flight for a number of hours before being allowed to leave for the airport around 5am. An easyJet spokesperson said: "Flight EZY2148 from Dalaman to Manchester on 25 May diverted to Frankfurt due to a passenger behaving disruptively onboard. Unfortunately, due to the airport curfew, the flight had to be delayed overnight and is planned to continue to Manchester today. 'Due to limited airport ground handling availability overnight, we are aware that customers were required to remain onboard for longer than usual before they could disembark and we did everything we could to mitigate the impact of the delay. As there was unfortunately limited hotel availability in the area, some customers stayed in the terminal where we provided refreshment vouchers to help make them as comfortable as possible. 'easyJet's cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time. Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard. "The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is easyJet's highest priority.' German authorities have launched an investigation into the matter.
