Earlier this week on 10th January, a Delta Airlines Boeing 757 was forced to reject a takeoff after one of its engines caught fire. The Boeing 757- 200 with registration N712TW was accelerating for takeoff as flight DL447 from Santa Ana, California to Atlanta. However, shortly after starting the takeoff roll, one of its engines…
A Boeing 747-8 BBJ is being part out and scrapped in Arizona these days with the jumbo jet reportedly flying for less than 30 hours of total flight with its owner. The aircraft with registration N458BJ became the world’s first 747-8 airframe to be scrapped, just 10 years after it was delivered to its owner.…
A VoePass ATR-72 collided with a large predator bird on landing at Sao Paulo-Congonhas, resulting in damage to the radome. The ATR-72 with registration PP-PTN was involved in the incident and as seen in footage shared on the internet, the bird that hit the plane remained in the radome part. Following the incident, It was…
On 20th December, an United Airlines Boeing 767 experienced a series of compressor stalls on engine number 2 while departing Hong Kong. The Boeing 767-300 with registration N648UA was departing Hong Kong as flight UA2831 bound for Guam on a cargo mission. However, it was forced to return to Hong Kong after it encountered engine…
On Wednesday, Twitter banned an account with the handle @ElonJet that previously tracked Elon Musk’s private jet. The company also went a step further by banning users from sharing a flight-tracking link of celebrities, politicians or anyone else for that matter. Twitter handle @ElonJet had previously tracked the Twitter owner’s private jet, specifically, a 2015…
On 30th November, an EVA Air Boeing 777 skidded off an icy part of the taxiway at Vancouver Airport and ended up stuck in the mud. The Boeing 777-300ER with registration B-16707 was operating flight BR10 from Taipei, Taiwan to Vancouver, Canada. However, due to heavy snow and low visibility in Vancouver, the aircraft skidded…
On a JetBlue flight from JFK to Salt Lake City, a man reportedly threatened a woman by holding a razor blade at her neck. The suspect was later identified as a 41-year-old man from Utah. The male passenger was in a conversation with the woman. However, after he noticed that the woman put on headphones…
A Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A330 sustained damage to its nose cone and cockpit windshield after being hit by a hail strike on approach to Jeddah Airport in Saudi Arabia. The Airbus A330-300 with registration HZ-AQ25 was approaching Jeddah as flight SV-452 from Khartoum in Sudan. Following heavy rainfall and violent hailstorms over Jeddah, Flight…
A male passenger was detained onboard a LOT Polish Airlines flight to JFK Airport after he went up to the cockpit door and began banging on it. The LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 787-9, with registration SP-LSF, was performing flight LO26 from Warsaw Chopin Airport, Poland to New York – JFK Airport on Friday night. Flight…
On 18th November, an Airbus Beluga XL suffered a runway excursion after landing at Albert Picardie Airport in France. The Airbus A330-743L “Beluga XL” with registration F-GXLN was operating a cargo flight from Saint Nazaire to Albert Picardie, France. However, just after landing at Albert Airport, the aircraft missed a U-turn at the end of the…
On 10th November, a Link Airways SAAB 340 turboprop was penetrated by a ratchet strap during departure from Canberra. The turboprop with registration VH-VEQ was operating flight VA-633, on behalf of Virgin Australia from Canberra to Sydney in Australia. The aircraft was departing Canberra when a strap, which was later confirmed to be a ratchet…
On 10th November, a Middle East Airlines Airbus A320 was hit by a bullet while landing. The bullet penetrated the fuselage crown. The Airbus A320-200 with registration OD-MRM was operating flight ME-311 from Amman to Beirut. However, upon landing in Beirut after a flight of about 40 minutes, the top right forward part of the…