{"id":108584,"date":"2026-07-27T17:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/108584\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:31:44","slug":"bangor-maine-airport-closes-runway-due-to-emergency-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/108584\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangor, Maine Airport Closes Runway Due to Emergency Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports of an emergency on a Swiss airliner have temporarily closed the runways at Bangor International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Bangor, Maine Airport Closes the Runway for an Emergency Landing<\/p>\n<p>Details are still coming in about the emergency landing that prompted the runway closure, but BGR has posted the closure on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FlyBGR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabi.tv\/2026\/07\/27\/swiss-air-flight-diverted-bangor-international-airport\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WABI-TV<\/a> reports fire crews responded to the runway as they awaited the landing of a Swiss Air Airbus A330-300.<\/p>\n<p>Bangor, Maine Airport Takes Precautions for\u00a0Swiss Flight&#8217;s Emergency Landing<\/p>\n<p>The flight was en route\u00a0to\u00a0John F. Kennedy International Airport when it was diverted to Bangor for an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>That flight\u00a0landed safely in <a href=\"https:\/\/q1065.fm\/search\/?s=bangor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bangor<\/a>, as fire crews waited on the runway.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers are encouraged to check with their airlines for any potential changes in their travel schedules.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll update this story as more details become available.<\/p>\n<p>20 Destinations That Need Direct Flights From Portland, Maine<\/p>\n<p>Maine&#8217;s Portland International Jetport continues to grow, adding new direct flights every year. But let&#8217;s be honest, we want more. Here are 20 destinations that would make excellent additions to the Jetport&#8217;s route map.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/wblm.com\/author\/csedenka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chris Sedenka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vacation Scams Maine Travelers Need to Watch Out for This Summer<\/p>\n<p>Summer travel season is in full swing, but so are vacation scams. Learn the five biggest scams targeting travelers, how to spot the red flags, and what every Mainer should know before booking their next trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Lizzy Snyder <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reports of an emergency on a Swiss airliner have temporarily closed the runways at Bangor International Airport. Bangor,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[1647,899,49693,1202,41,17],"class_list":["post-108584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-articles","tag-local-news","tag-maine","tag-news","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116993136148792588","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}