A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 and a Boeing 777-300 were involved in a ground collision at Hong Kong airport. The winglet of an Airbus A350XWB has been damaged during a ground collision at Hong Kong airport today. The left horizontal stabiliser of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER (reg. B-KPD) clipped the Airbus A350 right wing.…
British Airways A380 G-XLED damaged the taxiway at Chateauroux Airport. When taxiing to it’s parking stand on a taxiway at Châteauroux Airport, France, a British Airways A380 sank into the pavement resulting in damage. The Airbus A380 (reg.G-XLED) left London Heathrow at 8:30 local time and arrived one hour later at Châteauroux Airport. All…
Aeroflot Flight 1492 was a scheduled passenger flight from Moscow–Sheremetyevo to Murmansk, Russia. On 5 May 2019, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft operating the flight was climbing out when it was struck by lightning. The aircraft suffered an electrical failure and returned to Sheremetyevo for an emergency landing. It bounced on landing and touched down…
An Airbus A350 and a Boeing 777 have been damaged in ground collision at Dubai Airport. The British Airways Airbus A350K (reg. G-XWBA) and Emirates Boeing 777-300 (reg. A6-EBR) were damaged on the ground at Dubai International Airport (DXB). Both aircraft got their stabilizer damaged during the collision while the British Airways A350 was pushed-back.…
An Air France Airbus A330 operating repatriation flight, was the target of fire by a policeman. On April 11th, flight AF373V departed Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle to perform a repatriation flight to evacuate French citizens. This aircraft was scheduled to operate a rescue flight from Pointe Noire and Bangui to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (AF4145) on…
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 has been damaged during pushback at Kuala Lumpur Airport. A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 was involved in an incident at Kuala Lumpur International Airport with a pushback truck. The 737-800 (reg 9M-MLL) sustained major damage when a pushback truck became wedged underneath the fuselage and the left wing.
German investigators have detailed an approach incident at Frankfurt Main. The flight was conducted in accordance with instrument flight rules from Phuket Airport, Thailand to Frankfurt/Main Airport. It was a scheduled passenger flight. During the approach to runway 07R the minimum altitude was undershot and a go-around procedure conducted. At 1945 hrs the airplane landed…
All Nippon Airways B787-900 (JA837A) on flight #NH919 lost part of an engine panel soon after take-off. All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-9 operating flight #NH919 from Tokyo Narita to Shanghai Pudong, has lost a panel of engine No.2 The incident happened during takeoff from runway 16R of Narita. The missing panel was noticed when the…
A plane caught fire at Maila Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) tonight, carrying medical supplies and personnel bound to Tokyo (Haneda Airport). It is reported the aircraft is owned by Lion Air – a charter service company in the Philippines, not the Indonesian commercial airline. 8 pax including pilots are confirmed dead.
A Vietnam Airlines A321 has suffered a tire explosion on takeoff at Ho Chi Minh airport on Wednesday morning. The flight number VN920 was due to depart for Phnom Pehn in Cambodia mid-afternoon, but a tire failure meant it couldn’t take off. In an unusual twist, the tire explosion appears to have caused a…
A 5.7 earthquake hit Magna early Wednesday morning. The earthquake was felt around Salt Lake County, Utah County as well as Wyoming and Idaho. Delays in transportation are well underway with the Salt Lake International Airport has been shut down. The FAA tower, terminals and concourses have been evacuated. However, the road to the airport…
A parked business jet’s vertical stabilizer was seriously damaged by a Thai Airways Aircraft. A Thai Airways Airbus A330-300 has damaged a parked Gulfstream IV business jet (reg. M-YWAY) while taxiing at Vientiane Airport, Laos. The ground collision has damaged the left wing of the Airbus A330-300 (reg. HS-TEU) which was performing flight #TG575…
