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…
An Aer Caribe Antonov An-26 sustained substantial damage to its right-wing when its ring wingtip hit the ground in a low-level fly-by. The aircraft was performing an extremely high-speed, low altitude pass at Mitu Airport in Colombia when the top of its right-wing hit the runway while it was banking along the runway. The pilots…
Police reportedly responded to a ‘bomb threat’ at Gatwick Airport today, leaving passengers stuck on the runway surrounded by armed police. One passenger said police spent five hours screening people and their luggage, however they did not find anything suspicious. BREAKING: Gatwick Airport says an apparent bomb threat was made this morning to a Turkish…
Ryanair Boeing 737 sustained damage to its right engine after it began to taxi prematurely with its tow bar still attached after pushback. The Boeing 737-800, with registration 9H-QAH, was scheduled to depart as flight FR2907 from Frankfurt International Airport to Puerto del Rosario Airport on 17th December. The tow bar remained attached below the…
An Aeroflot airplane, which was supposed to leave Sheremetyevo for the Mexican resort of Cancun, collided a truck for de-icing during taxiing. “At Sheremetyevo, a passenger Airbus A350-900 collided with a truck. The driver was injured, there were no casualties on the plane” a sourced said to TASS agency. The ground collision occurred on the…
Nine people were killed on Wednesday after a private aircraft crashed while making an emergency landing at Las Americas Airport in the Dominican Republic’s capital Santo Domingo, according to the plane’s operator, Helidosa Aviation Group. Seven passengers and two crew members died in the incident, it said in a statement posted to Twitter. Six were…
An Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 executive jet sustained substantial damage after it skidded off the runway at Santa Rosa Airport, Rio Grande do Sul. The executive jet with registration PR-TDV was involved in the runway excursion on 14th December. The aircraft came to rest in a ditch at the end of the runway. A pilot…