A Boeing 737 with 88 people on board suffered a serious landing gear malfunction when touching down in Bogota, Colombia, on Saturday, causing it to list to one side, with one engine scraping the ground. The landing gear on the right side of the Venezuelan Avior Airlines plane collapsed, causing the aircraft to tilt dramatically…
An Airbus A350-1000 suffered an “incident” in paint shop in Toulouse. Airbus confirms the aircraft suffered an “incident” but not disclosed the nature of the event. According to FlightGlobal, the A350-1000 was parked in a paint shop and sustained surface damage from work crew equipment that surrounds the aircraft in the paint hangar. Airbus says…
A Proflight aircraft was seriously damaged when it encountered intense hail. The plane was performing a flight from Livingstone to Lusaka, Zambia. The DHC-8-300 (reg. ZS-DHF) was severely damaged when it encountered intense hail midair. The pilots made a safe landing in Lusaka. There were no injuries reported.
British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-CIVG made its last and shortest flight from Cardiff to St Athan, most likely for scrapping. A British Airways Boeing 747-400 registration G-CIVG, has completed its final flight, yesterday morning at Cardiff airport. The aircraft flew from Cardiff to St Athan where she was decommissioned. The trip was a distance of…
Thirteen French soldiers have been killed in Mali helicopter accident during anti-terror operation, says French presidency. The accident took place Monday night during operation in Mali when two helicopter collided midair. UPDATE Helicopter involved: Tigre and Cougar. These soldiers of Operation Barkhane belonged to the Army. There were six officers, six NCOs, and one corporal.