Two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s collided while taxiing at Chicago Midway International Airport on Friday afternoon. The Boeing 737-800, with registration N8686A, was taxiing out for departure when its wing struck the tail of another 737-800, bearing registration N289CT. This 737 was arriving from Washington, whereas the former one was heading out for Birmingham. The…
An Antonov An-26 freighter lost one of its propellers while it was en route to Paloch, South Sudan, from Juba. The aircraft returned to Juba without further incident. The left-hand propeller got detached and fell on the highway, fortunately without causing any injuries on the ground. The incident occurred on Thursday, May 20. The airport…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has opened an investigation into an apparent near-miss at San Diego International Airport Thursday evening, agency officials confirmed to NBC 7. An inbound SkyWest flight from Portland, Oregon, was on final approach, preparing to land a little after 10:30 when the pilot was waved off by air traffic controllers because…
An emergency exit door on an aircraft broke off and flew into the runway just as the plane was about to take off. The small eight-seater Boutique Airlines plane was taxiing down the runway at Minneapolis Airport when the incident occurred on 5 May. A passenger’s bag also tumbled out of the plane when the…
Key Lime Air Metroliner (N280KL) was badly damaged in a mid-air collision with a Cirrus SR-22 (N416DJ) while on final approach to Denver-Centennial Airport. Two planes collided in midair over Cheery Creek Reservoir on Wednesday, according to South Metro Fire Rescue. The department said they were responding to the crash near Belleview Avenue and Cherry…
All the four crew members on board a Changhe Z-8AWJS helicopter were confirmed dead after the helicopter crashed into Erhai Lake in Dali City, China. The helicopter attempted to draw water using a Bambi bucket to clear and irrigate a burnt area caused by a forest fire in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The helicopter didn’t…
Flight operations halted at Tel Aviv Airport due to ongoing rockets attack. With Israel being engulfed with over a hundred rockets emanating from the Gaza Strip, air traffic towards Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv is being redirected towards Greece and Cyprus, Israeli media reported. Air traffic is suspended inside and outside Israel due to…
An Antonov An-124 suffered a runway excursion during the night at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos. Antonov An-124 (reg. UR-82007) ran beyond the end of landing runway 09L at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos Airport in Brazil. Flight #ADB3829 from Paramaribo came to a stop after its nose gear rolled few meters over the grass resulting in minimal damage. The incident…
Venezuelan police prevented the take-off of a TAP Air Portugal cargo flight after sniffer dogs detected narcotics substances during an inspection. The TAP Airbus A330-900 was preparing to operate flight TP9532 from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Lisbon Portela Airport on May 5. However, the cargo flight was cancelled after the Regional Anti-Drug Intelligence Unit…
A UNI Air ATR 72 was forced to make an emergency landing at Taipei Songsang Airport on Monday after two wheels on the right landing gear got ruptured. The ATR 72-600 was operating flight B79091 from Taipei’s Songshan Airport to Matsu Nangan Airport with 74 passengers and crew members on board when the captain noticed…
Fire crews have responded to an incident at Tauranga Airport. Passengers have been evacuated from a plane. Fire and Emergency New Zealand confirm they have been on the scene at the airport. The Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 (reg. ZK-NEZ) has been evacuated due to smoke alarm. “We have been on the scene at Tauranga Airport…
A Gulfstream G-150 jet ran off the runway and stopped in the wetlands at Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport on Wednesday. The 11 seater jet suffered the runway excursion after it suffered a brake malfunction. The jet was lifted by a large crane and relocated away from the runway. There were five people on board, including two…