A Mwant Jet Embraer E-145 suffered a bird strike while it was climbing out of Kinshasa, causing the left-hand windshield to crack. The aircraft with registration 9S-AYE was performing flight 301 from Kinshasa Ndjili International to Gemena in Congo. After suffering the windshield damage, the aircraft returned to Kinshasa airport for a safe landing. The…
An aircraft suffered runway excursion at Novosibirsk after emergency landing caused by uncontained engine number 2 failure. The Volga-Dnepr An-124 (reg. RA-82042) suffered a runway excursion and the nose landing gear collapsed after landing back on runway 07/25 at Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport, Russia. A pair of BREM armored recovery vehicles pulling out the An-124-100 aircraft at…
A DHL Airbus A300-600 freighter aborted take-off at high speed at Brussels Airport on 26 November. Due to this, the aircraft’s tire became so hot that multiple tires burst out. Due to the aborted take-off, the airport had to close runway 25R. The airport used runway 25L for landings and runway 19 for take-off. Emergency…
Volga-Dnepr Group grounds entire fleet of An-124s following incident on November 13 2020. The carrier today filed a letter with the Russian aviation authorities to notify them of the decision to ground its eight operational aircraft immediately. Volga-Dnepr Group has “put safety first” and made what it called the “responsible” decision to ground all its…
A Skywest Embraer E-175 was damaged when it was hit by 3 fully loaded cargo dollies while parked at Seattle Tacoma International Airport. The Embraer was the only parked airplane in the vicinity at that time. The three Lufthansa freight dollies detached from a runaway train. The total collective weight of the three dollies was…
A British Airways Boeing 747-400 parked at Castellon Airport caught fire. The Boeing 747-400 (reg. G-CIVD, One World livery) suffered important damages. The fire broke out right behind the cockpit. Firefighters from Castellón airport managed to extinguish the fire in an aircraft. There have been no injuries and the fire is already confined.
A LATAM Airbus A321 returned to Sao Paulo after both of the aircraft’s windshields had cracked. The aircraft made an overweight safe landing back in Sao Paulo. The aircraft was operating LATAM flight LA3304 from Sao Paulo International Airport to Belem International Airport with 178 passengers and seven crew members on board. The aircraft was…
The nosecone of an Azul A320 was damaged on approach to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On November 15th 2020, the Airbus A320-200neo (reg. PR-YRQ) was performing Azul flight #AD4194 from Curitiba to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The plane encountered hail during the approach to Janeiro Santos Dumont/SDU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There was 135 PAX…
The Qantas Boeing 787-9 suffered a tailstrike during take off from London Heathrow. The Boeing 787-9 Qantas plane, which had 237 people on the flight at the time, was shaken by strong winds causing it to smack into the runway. The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow due to the incident after the…
A ground collision occurred at Amsterdam Schiphol. According to sources, two KLM widebody aircraft experienced a ground collision. A KLM Boeing 747-400 has been damaged at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, by the wingtip of a KLM Airbus A330 (reg. PH-AOM). The Boeing 747-400 (reg. PH-BFV) has been damaged. A long dent was visible on the nose…
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 struck a brown bear while landing early Saturday evening in Yakutat, killing the animal and causing some damage to the plane. Airport crew members had cleared the runway about 10 minutes before flight 66 was expected to land. The crews did not see any signs of wildlife during the check,…
At least three rockets were fired at Eritrea’s capital from Ethiopia, and at least two of the rockets hit the Asmara airport, five regional diplomats told Reuters. Forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have fired rockets at airports in a neighbouring state, as their conflict with the government grows. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF),…