South African Airlink Jetstream 41 suffered a large birdstrike on final approach to Venetia Mine Airport in South Africa. On January the 3rd, an Airlink Jetstream 41 aircraft operating a private charter flight struck a large bird upon landing at Venetia airfield. A propeller blade broke and penetrated the aircraft fuselage. None of the passengers…
A Ryanair flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in France after a fire broke out on board. Flight FR4052 took off from Manchester at 6.33pm on Monday headed for Faro, southern Portugal, where it was expected to land at around 9.30pm. But just over an hour into the flight, pilots of the…
A British Airways Airbus A350 sustained damage to its tailstrike while landing at Heathrow Airport. The Airbus A350-1000, with registration G-XWBC, was performing flight BA-104 from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport when it sustained a tailstrike during its approach to Heathrow’s runway 27L. The crew then decided to go around before positioning and…
An Air Caraibes Airbus A330-300 was forced to return to Princess Juliana International Airport after a left-hand engine explosion during take-off. The Airbus A330, with registration F-ORLY, was departing as flight TX-527 from Princess Juliana International Airport, Sint Maarten, to Paris Orly Airport when a loud explosion was heard by witnesses on the ground, forcing…
Ex-‘Baywatch’ Actress Patricia Cornwall was arrested by the FBI after she went on an expletive-laced tirade and slapped a fellow passenger aboard a Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta. The unhinged woman — identified as Patricia Cornwall — was arrested by the feds after the wild incident aboard Flight 2790 on Thursday, Atlanta police said…
A British Airways jet suffered a shattered windscreen when a block of ice fell from another plane flying 1,000ft above, causing misery for passengers unable to get back to the UK for Christmas. The Boeing 777 was flying from London Gatwick to Costa Rica at 35,000ft when the ice struck its windshield in a ‘one-in-a-million…
A Learjet 35A crashed in a residential area, killing all on board. The aircraft was completing the turn for the final approach to runway 27R at San Diego Gillespie Field, California. It struck Pepper Drive in a residential area of El Cajon, San Diego, 2,6 km east of the runway threshold and burst into flames.…
A private Learjet 35A sustained substantial damage, ripping both engines when it was involved in a hard landing incident at Cancun Airport. The aircraft with registration XA-VDK was operating a flight from Opa-Locka Executive Airport, Florida, to Cancun Airport, Mexico, on 21st December. The private aircraft made a hard landing at Cancun Airport due to…
Passengers on an Air Canada Airbus A330 were forced to disembark on the runway at Montreal International Airport after two tires burst on landing. The Airbus A330-300, with registration C-GFAF, was operating flight AC901 from Fort Lauderdale International Airport to Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport when two out of ten tires were punctured upon landing…
A United Express Embraer ERJ-145LR sustained damage during an engine runup event at Kingman Airport in Arizona. The Embraer ERJ-145 with registration N16911 was involved in the incident on 22nd December. One person on the ground was seriously injured after the aircraft surged ahead during the engine test, hitting two ground vehicles. The aircraft was…
A United Airlines Boeing 767 was captured taxiing all alone at Santiago de Chile Airport, Chile. Luckily, the aircraft didn’t strike anything. The United Boeing 767 taxied on its own with the towbar still attached. The aircraft was probably being prepared for a ground movement, or it had just been moved. The presence of the…
On Tuesday morning, a Martinaire Cessna 208 aircraft crashed into a field near Fulshear, Texas, killing its sole pilot and the paraglider. The Cessna crashed after it collided with a paraglider en-route from Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Victoria Regional Airport at around 9:40 a.m. The single-engine plane was at an altitude of 4800 feet…