INCIDENT Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 skidded off the runway at Hollywood Burbank and was stopped by the airport’s Engineered Material Arresting System

A Southwest Airlines flight arriving at Burbank Airport from Oakland skidded off the runway after landing Thursday morning. The Boeing 737-700 (reg. N752SW) was stopped by the airport’s Engineered Material Arresting System, which is designed to stop an aircraft that goes off the end of a runway. The flight had 117 passengers on board, many…

INCIDENT Adria Airways CRJ-900 flight #JP124 with President of Slovenia onboard returned to Ljubljana due to smoke indication

Adria Airways flight #JP124 to Frankfurt took off at 17:50 (local time) on Sunday from Ljubljana airport in Slovenia. Shortly after take-off, pilots received an indication of smoke in the cabin and decided to return to the departure airport. Passengers departed to Frankfurt with another aircraft after two hours. One of the passengers onboard this flight…

ALERT Both nose wheels of recently delivered VietJet A321neo separated from the landing gear during hard landing

VietJet aircraft performing flight #VJ356 from Ho Chi Minh City to Buon Ma Thuot sustained substantial damage following a hard landing. The both wheels of the nose gear separated from the aircraft after a hard landing. The brand new Airbus A321neo (reg. VN-A653) was delivered 15 days earlier. After landing, passengers were evacuated via emergency slides after. Six…

BREAKING Angela Merkel’s plane to Buenos Aires for G20 Summit diverted to Cologne following a technical issue

German Air Force aircraft carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Buenos Aires for G20 Summit diverted to Cologne due to a technical issue.   The Airbus A340-300 (reg. 16+01) squawked 7600 (loss of a communication) and had to divert to Cologne/Bonn Airport. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel had to travel to Madrid to board commercial flight…

Piper PA-31 Navajo flies 46 km past its destination after the pilot falls asleep in the cockpit

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau have said they are investigating a case of ‘pilot incapacitation’ following the November 8 flight from Devonport in Tasmania to neighbouring King Island. The Piper PA-31 Navajo (reg.VH-TWU) landed safely at King Island Airport near the town of Currie despite overshooting its target by 46km. In a statement, the ATSB…

BREAKING French authorities are investing an airprox incident at Paris CDG due to an unauthorised manoeuvre by a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800

French authorities are investing an airprox incident at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport caused by an unauthorised manoeuvre by a Ukraine International Airlines aircraft. on 11 November shortly before 14:00. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. UR-PSB) took off from runway 27L, on the northern side of the airport, to Kiev and started “heading south, without clearance” BEA said. AT…

Sunwing Airlines Boeing 737 narrowly avoided disaster in Belfast after pilots entered the incorrect air temperature – report

A Boeing 737 jet struck a light almost 30 meters beyond the end of a runway and just 14 inches high after taking off with insufficient power when its pilots entered the incorrect air-temperature into a computer, according to an air accident bulletin. On July 21 2017, the jet operated by Canada’s Sunwing Airlines, avoided…