Ground stairs of SpiceJet airlines crashed into an IndiGo aircraft at at Mumbai Airport. The collision happened due to strong winds on Saturday. As per a statement released by the Mumbai Internation Airport Ltd, the only damage that the IndiGo aircraft sustained in the accident was to its wing and engine cowling. “Unpredictable cyclonic storms…
French BEA tweeted that technical work (downloading and decoding FDR & CVR data) has ended. However analysis will continue. Pakistan’s AAIB will publish at a later date a preliminary statement on the event based on downloaded data.
Copa Airlines undoubtedly has that sinking feeling today after one of its 737s got stuck in the mud. The Boeing 737-700 was being pushed back at San Jose International Airport in Costa Rica when it skidded off taxiway. The right main landing skidded into the grass. The Boeing 737 (reg. HP-1374) was being pushed back…
A British Airways Dreamliner skidded off taxiway at Edmonton, Canada. As the Boeing 787-9 was preparing to perform flight #BA3587 to London Heathrow, the push back didn’t happened as planned. As the Dreamliner (reg. G-ZBKP) was pushed back, the right main gear left the parking area into the grass. Work was in progress to pull…
Mumbai Airport temporarily halted flight operations on Wednesday after a cargo aircraft was involved in a runway excursion or over shooting after landing. A FedEx MD-11F (reg. N583FE) overshot the runway 14 on landing in rain at Mumbai Airport, India. A senior Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) official said that there was a “minor excursion”…
The Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder of crashed PIA #PK8303 A320 (reg. AP-BLD) arrived in BEA’s headquarter in Paris Le Bourget. A coordination meeting was held this morning with Airbus & CFM engines experts. Then technical work started in the BEA lab in the presence of president of AAIB. Today, the French Civil…
Naheeda Khaskheli, one of the three domestic workers injured in the Karachi plane crash, died of her burn injuries at the Civil Hospital in Karachi. On May 22, 12-year-old Naheeda Khaskheli made her way to Model Colony, where she was working as a domestic helper. That day, as Naheeda waited in the street with her…
A pilot flew from London to RAF Valley because he wanted to go to the beach. A Pilatus PC-12 registration N412MD departed Fairoaks to fly to RAF Valley. RAF Valley was closed (bank holiday Monday) with work in progress scheduled on RWY19 barrier and families on the periphery of the airfield. At 1250L the ac…
Lightning struck an An-124 landing from Paris Vatry to Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The An-124 cargo board of Volga-Dnepr Airlines received a lightning strike during the approach to Krasnoyarsk, Russia on Tuesday, May 26. The aircraft sustained damage to its nose cone while flying through lightning and a thunderstorm. The Volga Dnepr Airlines An-124 (RA-82078) is currently…
The Cockpit Voice Recorder has been found under wreckage pieces. The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of crashed PIA Airbus A320 (reg. AP-BLD) has been found today. The CVR was found under wreckage/rubble at the crash site when wreckage pieces were being removed from the crash site. The CVR was handed over to AAIB team. This…
French investigators confirm the cockpit voice recorder of PIA #PK8303 had not been found. The French BEA confirmed that investigators are still in Karachi for initial investigation into the #PIA8303 A320 crash. French investigators also said that the cockpit voice recorder has not been found at this time. However, the flight data recorder has been…
An Air Asia flight made an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Tuesday afternoon. The Air Asia flight I51543 which was flying from Jaipur to Hyderabad had to make an emergency landing at the Hyderabad airport. 76 passengers were aboard the Air Asia flight. The plane landed safely at the…