Mango Boeing 737-800 suffered birdstrike on departure from Johannesburg (video)

Just experienced a bird strike shortly after takeoff from OR Tambo. You can spot the damage to the Mango airbus engine. @Traveller24_SA @News24 pic.twitter.com/wEqj1GbUs5 — Sergio Davids (@SergioDavids1) November 19, 2017 A Mango Boeing 737-800 flight #JE147 from Johannesburg to Cape Town suffered a birdstrike on takeoff. The left engine (CFM56) cowling was damaged and…

BREAKING Midair collision between a helicopter and light plane in the English county of Buckinghamshire

Four people have died following a mid-air collision involving an aircraft and a helicopter in Buckinghamshire. A Cessna 152 (reg. G-WACG)  and a Gumibal Cabri G2  (reg. G-JAMM) are aircraft involved. Both aircraft are believed to have taken off from Wycombe Air Park, also known as Booker Airfield. At 12:09pm the emergency services received a…

BREAKING A three-year-old girl survived plane crash in Russia’s Far Eastern Region, six dead

Six people died when a Let L-410 Turbolet twin-engine short-range passenger plane crashed while performing a landing in Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk Region. “According to updated information, six people were killed in the crash, including two crew members. The three-year-old girl was saved,” the spokesman said. The girl will be taken to a regional hospital…