INCIDENT Air Zimbabwe only functional plane suffered a birstrike on takeoff with engine emitting flames but continued to destination (video)
Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200 left engine was emitting flames shortly after departure from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport due to a birdstrike. Pilots of flight UM303 requested an emergency landing at…
ALERT Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 suffered a tail strike on departure from Birmingham Airport during #StormHannah
Turkish Airlines flight #TK1968 to Istanbul returned to Birmingham Airport quickly after departure due to a tail strike. The aircraft (reg. TC-JYG) suffered a tail strike on departure from…
INCIDENT Air India Boeing 777-200 suffered APU fire at Delhi Airport
An Air India Boeing 777-200 suffered APU fire at Delhi Airport during preparing for flight #AI174 to San Francisco. The fire started when the plane was empty. The fire was doused…
EMERGENCY Arkia Boeing 767-300ER suffered engine issue on takeoff from Barcelona (video)
A Boeing 767-300ER suffered left engine issue on takeoff from Barcelona Airport. On April 14th, Arkia flight #IZ272 from Barcelona to Tel Aviv declared returned after takeoff after experiencing a…
Ethiopian Airlines is considering adding Chinese COMAC C919 aircraft to its fleet
During interview with Chinese news agency Xinhua,Chief Executive Tewolde Gebremariam said "Our engineers are working with COMAC engineers to evaluate the suitability of C919 passenger planes." Ethiopian is currently considering…
Two Cathay Pacific captains lose eyesight during separate flights earlier this year
Two Cathay Pacific Airways captains suffered loss of eyesight on separate flights earlier this year, forcing their co-pilots to take command of their aircraft and issue urgent calls to air…
NASA’s InSight lander has captured audio of first likely ‘quake’ on Mars
NASA’s Mars InSight lander has measured and recorded for the first time ever a likely “marsquake.” The faint seismic signal, detected by the lander’s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS)…
INCIDENT Pilots of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner spotted two drones by 90 feet on approach to London Heathrow
Pilots of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner spotted the two drones by 90 feet as they came in on flight VS301 from Delhi to London on February 14, over…
A Taiwanese man is facing 5-year prison sentence for live-streaming during taxi and takeoff
A Taiwanese man could be facing serious consequences for violating the Civil Aviation Act after he live-streamed a Mandarin Airlines jet takeoff last week, announced the Civil Aeronautics Administration today.…
A female passenger of China Southern Airlines has been detained for flipping six coins at a plane for good luck
A passenger was seen on surveillance camera footage throwing coins just before boarding China Southern Airlines flight CZ8427 from Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, to Bangkok on…
Two month old dies during medical emergency on AirAsia flight
A 2 month old child has died on board an AirAsia flight to Perth on Easter Monday. AirAsia has confirmed a "medical emergency involving an infant" on Flight D7236 from…
The FAA has established a Joint Authorities Technical Review to conduct a review of the certification of the automated flight control system on the Boeing 737MAX
Experts from nine civil aviation authorities have confirmed they will participate in the Boeing 737 MAX Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) that the FAA established earlier this month. The JATR…