United Airlines Boeing 767 Emergency Landing on Terceira island, Portugal

United Airlines Boeing 767 carrying 179 passengers an emergency landing in Terceira island, Portuguese, after the discovery of smoke on the plane. According to the estimate of the pilot smelled smoke coming from Iceland’s volcanic eruption. However, the results of detection of a flight crew, the smell of smoke coming from the smell of burning electrical wires.

Parties airline United Airlines has confirmed that will provide compensation to passengers for the inconvenience during the flight.

Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption in Iceland, which began on April 14, disabled air traffic across Europe, leaving thousands of travelers stranded and forcing more than 20 European countries to close their airspace.

United Airlines Boeing 767 aircraft to continue flight to Moscow on Thursday and landed at Domodedovo airport, Moscow. Read more

GOL Reactivate Boeing 767 Aircraft for Charter

GOL plans to reactivate two more Boeing 767s as the Brazilian carrier expands its new widebody charter operation to include flights to the US, Europe and South Africa.

The company stopped operating 767s in 2008 after dropping all long-haul services at its Varig division but at the end of last year reactivated one aircraft for charters to the Caribbean. ATI and Flightglobal reported last month the carrier was looking at re-activating additional 767s as part of a plan to expand its Caribbean charter operation, which was launched in July 2009 and now uses a mix of 767s and Boeing 737s.
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