INCIDENT Frontier Airlines Airbus A320 suffered serious engine cowling damage
Frontier Airlines flight #F9260 from Vegas to Tampa suffered serious engine cowling damage. The Airbus A320 (N227FR) safely returned to Las Vegas shortly after takeoff.
ALERT Both nose wheels of recently delivered VietJet A321neo separated from the landing gear during hard landing
VietJet aircraft performing flight #VJ356 from Ho Chi Minh City to Buon Ma Thuot sustained substantial damage following a hard landing. The both wheels of the nose gear separated from the aircraft after a hard landing. The brand new Airbus A321neo (reg. VN-A653) was delivered 15 days earlier. After landing, passengers were evacuated via emergency slides after. Six…
BREAKING Angela Merkel’s plane to Buenos Aires for G20 Summit diverted to Cologne following a technical issue
German Air Force aircraft carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Buenos Aires for G20 Summit diverted to Cologne due to a technical issue. The Airbus A340-300 (reg. 16+01) squawked 7600 (loss of a communication) and had to divert to Cologne/Bonn Airport. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel had to travel to Madrid to board commercial flight…
ALERT British Airways Boeing 747-400 flight #BA65 returned to London Heathrow due to landing gear being stuck down
British Airways flight #BA65 to Nairobi took off one hour late on schedule at 11:20 (local time) from London Heathrow but pilots noticed the landing gear could not retract. The Boeing 747-400 circled over the Kent then headed to The Channel to dump fuel and reduce weight for a safe landing. The aircraft (reg. G-CIVN)…
NTSC Indonesia publishes preliminary report on #JT610 Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash
A malfunctioning sensor at the center of the investigation into the Oct. 29 crash of a Lion Air jetliner into the Java Sea wasn’t repaired before the fatal flight even though it had failed on the plane’s previous trip, according to a preliminary investigative report. A mechanic worked on other sensors and equipment during a…
INICDENT Viva Air A320 ran off paved ground at Pereira-Matecana Airport, Colombia
The nosewheel of Viva Air aircraft performing flight #VH6769 to Bogota suffered an incident at Pereira-Matecana Airport (SKPE), Colombia. The Airbus A320 (reg. HK-5273) ran off paved ground whilst making a U-turn at the end of runway 26 before take off.
Piper PA-31 Navajo flies 46 km past its destination after the pilot falls asleep in the cockpit
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau have said they are investigating a case of ‘pilot incapacitation’ following the November 8 flight from Devonport in Tasmania to neighbouring King Island. The Piper PA-31 Navajo (reg.VH-TWU) landed safely at King Island Airport near the town of Currie despite overshooting its target by 46km. In a statement, the ATSB…
BREAKING French authorities are investing an airprox incident at Paris CDG due to an unauthorised manoeuvre by a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800
French authorities are investing an airprox incident at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport caused by an unauthorised manoeuvre by a Ukraine International Airlines aircraft. on 11 November shortly before 14:00. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. UR-PSB) took off from runway 27L, on the northern side of the airport, to Kiev and started “heading south, without clearance” BEA said. AT…
INCIDENT Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800 overran the runway at Yogyakarta Airport
Garuda Indonesia aircraft on flight #GA210 overran the end of runway 09 at Yogyakarta Airport (JOG) by about 25 meters ending up on the grass. The flight with 153 passengers overrun due to wet runway after a heavy rain and the nose wheels ended up on the grass about 3 meters from the end of…
Sunwing Airlines Boeing 737 narrowly avoided disaster in Belfast after pilots entered the incorrect air temperature – report
A Boeing 737 jet struck a light almost 30 meters beyond the end of a runway and just 14 inches high after taking off with insufficient power when its pilots entered the incorrect air-temperature into a computer, according to an air accident bulletin. On July 21 2017, the jet operated by Canada’s Sunwing Airlines, avoided…
ALERT One of the three runways closed at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport after a man was killed by Aeroflot Boeing 737
A man was killed on the runway at Moscow’s largest airport when he was hit by a plane that was taking off, Russian investigators said Wednesday. Russian news agencies quoted sources as saying the man was on a stopover in Moscow and had earlier picked a fight on board his flight from Spain. The 25-year-old…
INCIDENT Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340-300 was damaged by the boom of fire engine during water salute in honor of a pilot retirement
Aerolineas Argentinas plane received winglet damage when it struck the boom of a water spraying fire engine. The water salute of the Airbus A340-300 (reg. LV-FPU) was in honor of a pilot retirement. The aircraft was it taxiing after landing at Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Intl AP (SAEZ), Argentina on flight on flight #AR1133 from Madrid.
