Precision Air aircraft crossed a flock of large birds on approach to Mwanza Airport. The ATR-72 (reg. 5H-PWD) suffered multiple birstrikes resulting in damage to flight sensors as well as blurring the forward vision for the pilots. The aircraft landed safely at Mwanza Airport (HTMW), Tanzania.
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage suffered a landing anomaly, failing to land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Instead, the Falcon 9 first stage made a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean. Hans Koenigsmann. SpaceX Vice President of Mission Assurance, explains the anomaly.
A Southwest Airlines flight arriving at Burbank Airport from Oakland skidded off the runway after landing Thursday morning. The Boeing 737-700 (reg. N752SW) was stopped by the airport’s Engineered Material Arresting System, which is designed to stop an aircraft that goes off the end of a runway. The flight had 117 passengers on board, many…
The incident involved an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet made by McDonnell Douglass, and a KC-130, a refuelling plane with propellers made by Lockheed Martin. UPDATE One US Marine has been found alive. “Search and rescue operations continue for US Marine aircraft that were involved in a mishap off of the coast of Japan around 2.00 am Dec 6,” a Marine Corps news…
American Airlines flight 3284 took off from O’Hare shortly after 5 p.m. but had to turn around and head back to Chicago midflight due to the passenger being disruptive, a spokeswoman for the airline said. Police were waiting at the airport when the plane landed, she said. Police said the couple was arguing midflight to…
The luxurious plane used to transport Mexico’s former president around the world flew away permanently, in one of the first moves by the new president to rid the country of what he has derided as a symbol of excess. “We are selling all the planes and helicopters that the corrupt politicians used,” President Andres Manuel…
A Brazilian pilot is making headlines in the Arab world after he reportedly took a brief break from guiding the plane to convert to Islam as he flew a passenger jet above Saudi Arabia. Captain Amalo, a Brazilian pilot for an unidentified airline, was filmed reciting the Shahada, an Islamic creed accepting the religion, in…
Passenger Latsamy McAdoo from Miami was travelling from Bangkok to Koh Samui when she found out that she had the entire plane to herself. She was visiting family in Thailand and expected the plane to be full as it usually is – but this time it was empty. In a video from January this year,…
Airbus A220 has obtained certification by the European safety regulator. Both the A220-100 and -300 have been approved for low-weather minima autoland operations down to Category IIIa and IIIb. Category Decision height Runway Visual Range I > 200ft (60m) > 550 m (1800 ft) or visibility > 800m (2600 ft) II 100-200ft (30-60m) ICAO: > 350m…
Malaysia has told Singapore it intends to take back control of airspace that the city-state has managed since 1974 amid a dispute over a flight path to a secondary airport in Singapore, Malaysia’s transport minister said on Tuesday. Singapore has put in place a new instrument landing system at its small Seletar airport to be…
On Nov. 30, 2018, during the media day of TLP 18-4 currently underway at Amendola, in southeastern Italy, Italian Air Force declared Initial Operating Capability with the F-35A Lightning II. ItAF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Alberto Rosso said: “Today is an important day for the Italian Air force. With the Initial Operational Capability we are…
Lufthansa is currently in talks with Boeing and Airbus about further widebody orders. During conference in Berlin, CEO Spohr told Airlineratings.com at an interview: The Boeing 787 would be an alternative to ordering more A350s, for which we still have options. We would not operate A350s and 787s side by side at the same hub, but…
