Pilot of #MH370 ‘made many turns to avoid detection’ before jet vanished, a new study based on weak radio signals says

The pilot of flight MH370 that disappeared seven years ago made numerous turns to avoid detection before the passenger jet took its final, fatal course, a new study found. MH370 vanished in March, 2014, with Malaysian Airlines Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah dying alongside 238 passengers and crew, including six Australians. The research by aerospace engineer…

REPORT After the crew forgot to perform the descent checklist, a DHC-8-300 suffered a hard landing and tail strike

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released an investigation report of the Air Inuit DHC-8-314 hard landing and tailstrike incident in January 2020. On 20 January 2020, the DHC-8-314 operated by Air Inuit, with registration C-GXAI, was conducting a flight from Quebec-Jean Lesage Airport, to Schefferville Airport, with 45 people on board including three…

INCIDENT Brand new KLM Boeing 777-300ER has been damaged during pushback

A brand new KLM Boeing 777-300ER was damaged during pushback at Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport on 22 April. The new Boeing 777-300ER, with registration PH-BVV, was scheduled to depart as flight KL895 to Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport via Seoul-Incheon International Airport. It was a cargo-only flight. During pushback, the passenger bridge was still attached to the aircraft. After…

INCIDENT SriLankan Airbus A320neo hit by a ground vehicle in Maldives

Sri Lankan Airbus A320neo sustained major damage to its left horizontal stabilizer and elevator after being hit by a ground vehicle at Male, Maldives. The aircraft with registration 4R-ANB was operating flight UL1115 from Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport to Malé-Velana International Airport. The ground handling vehicle crashed into the SriLankan A320N while it was parked at…