Nordwind Airlines aircraft has been damaged by a truck at Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport. The Airbus A321 (reg. VQ-BOD) has been damaged when a truck slammed into the fuselage at Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport. Reports say the driver fell alseep.
A military charter flight from Guantanamo Bay carrying 142 people overshot a runway Friday night, at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, and ended up in the water. Miami Air #LL293 arriving at NAS Jacksonville from NAS Guantanamo Bay went off the end of the runway into the river on landing at about 9:40 p.m. local…
A Ryanair and a Jet2 aircraft have been involved in a minor collision at East Midlands Airport this morning. The two aircraft clipped each other in fog this morning at about 07:50 BST. One of the aircraft was a stationary plane. A spokesman for the airport said it involved Ryanair and Jet2 planes but there…
Saturday, April 14, a stowaway survived hidden inside the landing gear of the plane from Guadeloupe to Guyana. The circumstances are still not clear but a man was able to reach an Air France aircraft at Pointe à Pitre International Airport. The stowaway entered the landing gear compartment before the aircraft took off to Félix…
A Boeing 737-800 operated by El Al was forced to make an emergency landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport Monday morning, after the plane suffered a mechanical failure. The plane, which had been carrying 138 people, most of them teens on a youth trip to Poland ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, was en route…
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 OR Tambo International Airport shortly after take-off but continued to destination. The plane flew at a cruising altitude of 39,000 feet and did not appear…
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 Birmingham Airport due to a gust a wind as Storm Hannah is crossing the UK. The Boeing 737 Next Gen departed at 10:45 LT and…
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 immediately. Boeing 777-200 (reg. VT-ALF) was taken out of service.
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 serious engine issue. The pilots declared an emergency informed the control tower that it was returning immediately to landing. The aircraft maintained 3,000ft before a safe…
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 traffic control before landing safely, Hong Kong’s aviation incident authority disclosed on Tuesday. One captain was flying from Perth, Australia, to Hong Kong on flight…
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 Brentford. The B787-9 Dreamliner was transporting 264 passengers as it flew over Brentford in Essex. The report by the UK Airprox Board suggests that the…
Flight #CX113 from Hong Kong to Auckland was cancelled due to landing gear issue. Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900 (reg. B-LRF) had to dump fuel over south China Sea prior to return to Hong Kong after landing gear could not be retracted. The aircraft landed safely shortly after midnight, runway 07L at HKG.
