Posted on 20 October 2010. Tags: emergency landing, Emergency Landing at Keflavik, kef, keflavik international airport, lufthansa
An aircraft from the German airline, Lufthansa landed at Keflavik International Airport at approximately 6.40 this morning due to food positioning which occurred among the passengers. The aeroplane was flying from New York to Munich and the decision was made to land the aeroplane when six passengers started to show symptoms of food poisoning. Read the full story
Posted in General, Iceland, International, MBL, Travel
Posted on 20 July 2009. Tags: emergency landing, Iceland, icelandic, keflavik, landing, runway 02, smoke cabin, smoke in cabin, ual, united airlines
Keflavik, Iceland: At 14:44 local and GMT time (2:44pm) at Iceland’s largest international airport and gateway airport to the country, Keflavik, a United Airlines Boeing 767-300 made an emergency landing. The United Airlines Flight Number 949 flying en route London Heathrow to Chicago O’hare (ORD) when the flight crew and pilots witnessed smoke coming from the cockpit. As per standard procedures, the pilots declared an emergency and diverted to the closest airfield from the present location which was Keflavik, Iceland. Read the full story
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Posted on 20 July 2009. Tags: airport, aviation, boeing 767, emergency, emergency landing, keflavik, smoke in the cockpit, smokey cockpit, united airlines
Today at around 14:00 GMT a United Airlines Boeing 767 diverted to Keflavik Airport in Iceland and declared an emergency. According to sources, the airplane had smoke in the cockpit and cabin. There were 200 passengers on board the airplane. The airplane was en route from Europe to the USA. No reports of injuries have been made. Read the full story
Posted in General, Iceland, MBL, Travel
Posted on 16 July 2009. Tags: airport, birk, emergency landing, landing, pilot, plane, Reykjavik, rvk
Around 10 pm last night, a small private airplane with foreign registrations declared an emergency. The airplane’s nose gear was not working as it should and did not come down all the way. The pilot declared emergency and headed for Reykjavik City Airport (ICAO: BIRK, IATA: RVK) located in downtown Reykjavik. Read the full story
Posted in General, Iceland, MBL