Category Aviation Alert

Plane with 248 people makes an emergency landing in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by the Polish airline LOT made an emergency landing Friday at Scotland’s Glasgow Airport. No injuries were reported.   Airport spokesman Brian McClean said that the flight from Chicago en route to Warsaw with 248…

Emergency evacuation alert sparks panic as Tropical Storm Fung-Wong heads for Taiwan

Taiwan evacuated almost 1,000 people from endangered areas as Typhoon Fung-Wong, which left at least 10 dead in the Philippines and caused Manila’s worst flooding in two years, approached packing wind gusts as strong as 120kph.   Fung-Wong, Phoenix in…

3rd-highest storm signal as Typhoon Kalmaegi targets Hong Kong

Hong Kong will delay morning trading sessions after the city issued its third-highest storm signal for the first time this year as Typhoon Kalmaegi sweeps by the financial center.   At 7 a.m., Kalmaegi was centered about 390 kilometers (242…