On 16th April, a TAG Airlines Saab 340A skidded off the side of the runway at Mundo Maya Airport, Guatemala. The Saab SF-340 with registration TG-TAI was performing flight 5U-221 from Cancun to Flores with 17 people on board including 14 passengers and 3 crew members. Before landing on the runway, the crew performed two…
Traffic at Nairobi Airport was suspended following an incident involving Singapore Airlines flight SQ7343 from Amsterdam. AMS as it caught engine fire on ground run. This morning at about 08:10 local time, a Singapore airline cargo aircraft B747-400 aborted take-off due to a technical problem at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. As a result, 11…
A Qatar Airways A350 is grounded after suffering a tailstrike while landing attempt at Islamabad Airport, Pakistan. On April 16, Qatar Airways Airbus A350-941 aircraft registration A7-ALN was grounded at Islamabad Airport after post-flight inspection revealed tailstrike suffered by the aircraft. The aircraft had arrived in Islamabad at 8:00 AM as flight QR614 from Doha…
Boeing 777 aircraft suffers damage as Eva Air A321 wing punctures its nose in Evergreen Hangqin tractor accident. Evergreen Airlines conducted tractor operations on the night of the 16th, resulting in an accident; according to reports, the wing tip of an EVA Air A321 aircraft collided with a parked EVA Air Boeing 777, causing damage…
A video shows the moment a cargo plane hits a runway hard, before bouncing and then aborting the landing. The Boeing 747-400 is seen coming into land in Luxembourg, from Dubai Al Maktoum (United Arab Emirates), where it bounces and the left wing drops. The Boeing 747-4HQF(ER) aircraft (reg. LX-ECV) did a hard landing on…
On 15th April, a Saudia Airbus A330 and a SkyUp Airlines Boeing 737 were damaged at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan after an armed clash broke out between Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army. The Saudia Airbus A330-300, with registration HZ-AQ30 was reportedly preparing to depart as flight SV458 bound for Riyadh.…
Aer Lingus flight EI123 to Chicago just returned to Dublin. The Airbus A330-300 took off form North runway at 11.12 (local time) but had to do a U-turn for an emergency landing. The 16 year-old plane (reg. EI-EIK) landed back at Dublin Airport, on South runway, only 15 minutes later. The plane flew into a…
Delta Air Lines (DL) Boeing 737-800 has been forced to land back at New York (JFK) following the bird strike. The US-based carrier Delta Boeing 737 experienced a bird strike immediately after takeoff from JFK. The aircraft involved in this incident has the registration N386DA, which is around 24 years old metal bird. Delta Air…
United #UA938 is declaring an emergency and diverting. United #UA938 from Chicago ORD to London Heathrow is declaring an emergency and diverting. The Boeing 767-300ER is diverting to Edinburgh probably due to low fuel, holding 20,000ft. The 23 years aircraft (reg. N674UA) attempted to land on runway 27R but went around due to a strong…
An Antonov An-26 aircraft ofe Air Kasaï company missed its landing on Tuesday afternoon April 11 in Lisala in Mongala. The An-26 took off in Kinshasa with a cargo of mosquito nets on behalf of the World Health Organization. The accident took place around 1 p.m. local time, witnesses said, during heavy rain. It received…
A KLM Boeing 777 operating flight #KL751 returned to Amsterdam. KLM flight #KL751 to Quito declared an emergency West of Portugal. The Boeing 777-200ER performed a U-turn about 2 hours into flight. The aircraft (reg. PH-BQP) took off at 10:16 from Amsterdam runway 18L and landed on runway 18R almost 5 hours later. The crew…
The ATSB has initiated an investigation following a scenario where a Qantas 737 was taking off from Darwin Airport while a Jetstar A320 was approaching to land on the same runway. At 12:17 am on Wednesday, a significant incident occurred when a Qantas (QF) 737 was departing Darwin Airport (DRW) at the same time a…