INCIDENT United #UA99 Boeing 787-9 from Melbourne to LAX diverted to Noumea after oxygen masks automatically dropped due to smoke in cockpit

A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 diverted to the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Monday (March 25) after reports of smoke coming from the cockpit, a local official told AFP. The United States aircraft flying 256 passengers from Melbourne, Australia, to Los Angeles, touched down safely at La Tontouta airport in New Caledonia’s capital…

ALERT Cockpit voice recorder reveals pilots of doomed Lion Air Boeing 737MAX struggled to understand why the jet was pushing the nose down – sources

The pilots of a doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX scoured a handbook as they struggled to understand why the jet was lurching downwards, but ran out of time before it hit the water, three people with knowledge of the cockpit voice recorder contents said. It is the first time the voice recorder contents from…

INCIDENT Iran Air’s Fokker 100 made an emergency landing with main gears not extended in Mehrabad, Tehran

An airliner caught fire on landing at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on Tuesday but all 100 passengers were evacuated without injury, the head of Iran’s emergency department said on state television. The fire broke out after the aircraft’s landing gear did not open properly, and was later brought under control, emergency department head Pir-Hossein Kolivand said.…

INCIDENT British Airways Boeing 777-200 #BA174 diverted to St. John’s due to fire alarm

A British Airways #BA174 declared an emergency and diverted to St. John’s due to fire alarm. The Boeing Boeing 777-200 (reg. G-ZZZA) with 209 people onboard operating flight #BA174 from JFK to London Heathrow was forced to divert to St. John’s during the night. The captain announced a potential fire in the forward cargo hold. Fire crews were on…

BREAKING Black boxes of crashed Ethiopian Boeing 737MAX arrived in Paris for analysis

Ethiopian authorities have requested France assistance for the analysis of FDR & CVR. Please reaload the page for updates… UPDATE 4 Data from the black boxes of crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737MAX show ‘clear similarities’ with Lion Air Boeing 737MAX crash – Ethiopian Transport Minister says. UPDATE 3 Data from the FDR has been successfully downloaded by…

ALERT 10 passengers taken to a hospital after a Turkish Airlines #TK1 encountered severe turbulence on approach to JFK (video)

More than two dozen people were injured and at least 10 were taken to a hospital after a Turkish Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence on its approach to JFK on Saturday, officials said. The New York Fire Department said it was treating 29 passengers for “non-life-threatening injuries” at the airport. The 10 passengers from Turkish…