AirAsia flight #FD178 to Bangkok has made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Velana Airport in Maldives. Flames and loud bangs were noticed from engine during takeoff of the Airbus A320 (reg. HS-BBT).
A Tap Air Portugal Air bus A320 suffered engine failure at the beginning of takeoff from runway 03 at Lisbon. The aircraft (reg. CS-TMW) was taking off to Venice but aborted takeoff after the left-hand engine vented a jet of flames. This A320-200 (reg. CS-TMW), is 18 years old powered by CFM56-5B engines.
On Wednesday, the final MD-80 passenger flight, American Flight 80, flew from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport for the last time bound for Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The airline retired the remaining 26 planes of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 fleet to Roswell, New Mexico. By 2003 American Airlines, the first to introduce the aircraft to its…
Emirates will take delivery of their last A380 in 2021, and then will reduce fleet to to around 90-100 A380 aircraft by the mid-2020s until they retire their last A380s somewhere around 2035. But two A380s have already been withdrawn from service at Dubai World Central (DWC) airport and will be used as a spares…
Flights were delayed at Yangon International Airport Thursday morning after a Y-8 military plane skidded off the runway around 10:30 a.m. The plane skidded off the runway due to an engine failure but no one was injured, said military spokesperson Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun. “As the plane was taking off for training, it skidded…
