Plane Malfunction

We were hot and couldn't breathe. At least in a sauna, you can leave when you want," said a passenger on the flight.

A Russian SU-34 bomber crashed in the Caucasus mountains during a routine training flight likely due to a technical malfunction, killing the crew aboard, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing the defence ministry.

An Atlas Air Boeing cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Miami International Airport after experiencing an engine malfunction shortly after departure.

A passenger flying from Mumbai to Bengaluru was stuck in the washroom of a SpiceJet flight after the door lock malfunctioned, leaving him locked inside for over an hour.

It was business as usual for the SpiceJet crew onboard a Mumbai-Bengaluru flight yesterday till they realised that a passenger was trapped inside the toilet. The crew found that the door lock had malfunctioned

A door lock malfunction left a flier trapped in the toilet of a SpiceJet aircraft for over an hour yesterday. The passenger, flying from Mumbai to Bengaluru, had left his seat to use the washroom soon after the plane became airborne

An Air France KLM SA passenger plane flying from Osaka in western Japan to French capital Paris turned back on Sunday after weather radar and speed meters malfunctioned while flying over the Pacific Ocean, Kyodo news agency reported.

"The pilot told us it was an engine malfunction," said the passenger, communications professional Priyanka Kumar from the spot. She said passengers have been told an alternate flight for Bengaluru is now being arranged.

Russia on Tuesday said a "technical malfunction" probably caused a military jet to crash into a block of flats in Yeysk, near Ukraine, killing at least 13 people including three children.

The airlines quoted a news report that quoted junior minister for civil aviation VK Singh as saying the DGCA did not find any major safety violations after it conducted 53 spot checks on 48 SpiceJet aircraft between July 9 and July 13.

The engine of a Vistara plane failed just after a flight from Bangkok landed in Delhi. The plane had to be towed from the taxiway to the parking area. All the passengers are safe.

An Air India plane was damaged at the Delhi airport on Tuesday when a tow tractor malfunctioned and collided with the aircraft's nose while pushing it back for take-off, senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said.

Three military pilots died in Russia on Tuesday when ejection seats of their Tu-22 strategic bomber malfunctioned, the Russian defence ministry said.

A Russian plane carrying 100 people crash-landed on its belly in the north of the country after experiencing problems with landing gear Sunday, the company and officials said, adding no one was seriously hurt.

An IndiGo flight made an emergency landing on Tuesday evening at Hyderabad airport after smoke was seen in the cockpit due to malfunctioning of an exhaust fan in the plane's air conditioning system, said the airline.

We were hot and couldn't breathe. At least in a sauna, you can leave when you want," said a passenger on the flight.

A Russian SU-34 bomber crashed in the Caucasus mountains during a routine training flight likely due to a technical malfunction, killing the crew aboard, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing the defence ministry.

An Atlas Air Boeing cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Miami International Airport after experiencing an engine malfunction shortly after departure.

A passenger flying from Mumbai to Bengaluru was stuck in the washroom of a SpiceJet flight after the door lock malfunctioned, leaving him locked inside for over an hour.

It was business as usual for the SpiceJet crew onboard a Mumbai-Bengaluru flight yesterday till they realised that a passenger was trapped inside the toilet. The crew found that the door lock had malfunctioned

A door lock malfunction left a flier trapped in the toilet of a SpiceJet aircraft for over an hour yesterday. The passenger, flying from Mumbai to Bengaluru, had left his seat to use the washroom soon after the plane became airborne

An Air France KLM SA passenger plane flying from Osaka in western Japan to French capital Paris turned back on Sunday after weather radar and speed meters malfunctioned while flying over the Pacific Ocean, Kyodo news agency reported.

"The pilot told us it was an engine malfunction," said the passenger, communications professional Priyanka Kumar from the spot. She said passengers have been told an alternate flight for Bengaluru is now being arranged.

Russia on Tuesday said a "technical malfunction" probably caused a military jet to crash into a block of flats in Yeysk, near Ukraine, killing at least 13 people including three children.

The airlines quoted a news report that quoted junior minister for civil aviation VK Singh as saying the DGCA did not find any major safety violations after it conducted 53 spot checks on 48 SpiceJet aircraft between July 9 and July 13.

The engine of a Vistara plane failed just after a flight from Bangkok landed in Delhi. The plane had to be towed from the taxiway to the parking area. All the passengers are safe.

An Air India plane was damaged at the Delhi airport on Tuesday when a tow tractor malfunctioned and collided with the aircraft's nose while pushing it back for take-off, senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said.

Three military pilots died in Russia on Tuesday when ejection seats of their Tu-22 strategic bomber malfunctioned, the Russian defence ministry said.

A Russian plane carrying 100 people crash-landed on its belly in the north of the country after experiencing problems with landing gear Sunday, the company and officials said, adding no one was seriously hurt.

An IndiGo flight made an emergency landing on Tuesday evening at Hyderabad airport after smoke was seen in the cockpit due to malfunctioning of an exhaust fan in the plane's air conditioning system, said the airline.