Airlines, Emergency Landing | featured news

Japan’s two largest airlines they would ground their fleets of Boeing’s new 787 aircraft after one operated by All Nippon Airways made an emergency landing in western Japan.

A man was arrested Tuesday after his unruly behavior aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Kansas City compelled the flight crew to make an emergency landing in Texas. Ali Reza Shahsavari, 29, of Indialantic, Fla., has been charged with interfering with a flight crew, said Patrick Rhodes, Amarillo's aviation director. He was booked into the Randall County Jail in Canyon, where he awaited an appearance before a magistrate.

Southwest Airlines grounded 81 aircraft from its Boeing 737 fleet for inspection after one of its planes with a gaping hole in the fuselage made an emergency landing at a military base in Arizona on Friday, the company said on Saturday.

A Delta plane's engine failed in mid-air over Florida, forcing the flight to make an emergency landing Sunday morning, authorities said.

A Qantas Airways flight carrying 199 passengers was forced to turn back to Sydney on Monday because of a technical problem, the airline said.

A US airline inspects planes after a hole opens up in the passenger cabin during a flight, forcing an emergency landing.