Uzbekistan Airways flight HY101 departed Tashkent on Tuesday, January 28 2025 at 07:14 UZT for a 13 hour and 10 minute flight to New York JFK.

About 8 hours into the flight, while the Boeing 787-8 (registration UK78701) was cruising at 40,000 ft over Greenland, the crew decided to turn around.

Pilots contacted ATC requiring an immediate diversion to Reykjavík due to a medical emergency on board.

A mother gave life to a baby during the flight prompting the emergency landing et KEF Airport at 12:03 UTC on runway 01.

The Boeing aircraft was then parked to a remote stand and resumed the flight one hour later.

Both mother and child are safe.

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The flight EK201 departed Dubai at 09:01 GST Thursday, January 23 2025 to New York JFK Airport.

But about 9 hours into the flight, the A380 (registration A6-EEQ) diverted to Keflavik, after a possible medical emergency on board.

As the plane landed in Iceland, the crew went out of hours forcing passengers to disembark and be stranded.

Several passengers complained about the lack of information and the fact they had to look for snack in middle of the night, walking on ice.

The airline is planning to leave the passengers in Iceland for more than 37 hours.

The rescue flight is scheduled to depart at 04:00 am on Saturday, estimated to land at 04:37 at New York JFK.

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Icelandair has taken delivery of it’s first ever Airbus aircraft losing its status as an all-Boeing airline.

The A321LR (registration TF-IAA) departed the Airbus facility in Hamburg, Germany Tuesday, December 3 2024 in middle of morning for a 3-hour flight to Reykjavík.

The aircraft first performed two very low passes over Reykjavik Domestic Airport before heading to Keflavik International Airport.

From December 10, 2024, the carrier will deploy its first longer-range A321LR on flights from Iceland to Copenhagen and Stockholm.

I believe this was at Reykjavik Airport,then TF-IAA went to Keflavik Airport and did this low pass over the airport . pic.twitter.com/JH6l0Nv3rQ

— Antony Ochieng,KE✈️ (@Turbinetraveler) December 3, 2024

The airline will add A321LR flights to London-Heathrow on December 23, 2024 and Oslo on December 24, 2024. 

According to ishrionaviation, the airline will deploy its A321LR to Toronto and Seattle in May 2025, then Rome, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and Zurich later.

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Footage captured by a passenger of the ongoing volcanic eruption in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula from easyJet cabin.

Another passenger captured the view on a flight from Keflavik International Airport to London.

Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula sees 7th volcanic eruption since December 2023, creating a fissure up to 3km long, the seismic activity is considerably less than the previous eruption in August.

No flights disruption at this moment.

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Lufthansa flight #LH402 departed Frankfurt Monday, October 21 2024 at 12:20 CEST to Newark.

The Boeing 747-800 (registration D-ABYK) climbed to 29,000 ft then 33,000 ft over the North Sea before crossing the Atlantic.

The aircraft turned around near Greenland. ATC vectored the flight to Keflavik International Airport, Iceland.

The 11 year old aircraft landed on runway 01, 4 hours and 43 minutes after departure due to a medical emergency.

The return flight #LH403 was cancelled. The aircraft is still at the airport in Iceland.

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United Airlines flight #UA987 departed Chicago O’Hare International Airport Monday, October 14 2024 at 18:07 CDT.

After 5 hours in the flight, while still in middle of Atlantic, the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700).

The Boeing 787-10 (registration N12004) was vectored to Iceland and diverted to Keflavik International Airport.

The Boeing aircraft landed on runway 01 then taxied to a remote area of the airport.

UPDATE 07:19 UTC
The short stop suggest a medical emergency.

UPDATE 07:24 UTC
Flight #UA987 has just departed KEF Airport to Paris CDG.

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Emirates flight #EK242 departed Toronto this Monday, September 16 2024 at 14:50 EDT to Dubai.

The Airbus A380-800 (registration A6-EOL) climbed to 35,000 ft over the Northern of Canada then flew over the Labrador Sea when the crew decided to head to Iceland.

Due to medical reasons, the flight diverted to KEF Airport 4 hours and 45 minutes after departure from YYZ.

The Airbus landed at 23:38 for the medical situation to be assessed.

At 2:37, the flight resumed to Dubai where it landed 8 hours later.

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The flight #AA91 departed London Heathrow LHR at 14:17 BST runway 27L for a 8-hour flight to Chicago ORD.

The flight was operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (registration N829AN).

But 2 hours into the flight, while cruising at 38,000 ft the crew squawked 7700 (general emergency).

The pilots contacted the ATC about a medical emergency on board and requested a diversion to the nearest main airport.

The flight was vectored to Keflavik Airport, near Reykjavik where it landed 2 hours later.

The airline is planning a new departure from Keflavik Airport at 6:55pm local time.

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