A Manta Air seaplane crash-landed and flipped while landing next to Male Velana International Airport on Saturday, The de Havilland Dash DHC-6-300 Twin Otter with registration 8Q-RAE was performing flight NR-117 from Como Malifuushi Resort to Male. According to the Maldives National Defense Force, nine people, including 3 crew members, were on board. Manta Air…
An Atlanta-bound Delta Boeing 717 slid off the taxiway at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday night. The Boeing 717, with registration N998AT, was about to depart Pittsburgh as flight DL2231 around 6:30 p.m. when it slid off the taxiway. A total of 77 people, including 5 crew members, were on board. One of the passengers…
The Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed last month killing 62 people had an imbalance in engine thrust that eventually led the plane into a sharp roll and then a final dive into the sea. When the 26-year-old Boeing Co 737-500 plane reached 8,150 feet (2,484 m) after take-off, the left engine throttle lever moved back…
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it carried out a drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport on Wednesday which caused a fire in a civilian aircraft. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said four Houthi drones were used in an attack that he said struck Abha airport, in southern Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday afternoon. Flyadeal Airbus…
An Antonov An-12 aircraft of the Russian Air Force lost its landing gear during a hard landing at a base in Iturup in the Kuril Islands on Tuesday afternoon. The four-engined turboprop transport aircraft with tail number “09” red landed slightly to the left of the runway in a snow storm. As a result, the…
A Embraer Phenom 100 landed at Paris Le Bourget airport with a broken landing gear. Three people injured. An accident occurred at Paris Le Bourget airport on Monday February 8, 2021, late in the morning. A business plane has landed “on its belly”. The landing gear broke said the press service of Aéroports de Paris…
A stowaway has been found alive after hiding in the wheel well of a plane which flew from London to Maastricht airport. The 16 year old kenya boy was found on Thursday afternoon in the space next to the aircraft landing gear and was taken to hospital suffering from severe hypothermia. ‘He has had a…
A Martinair Boeing 747-400F had lost a bottom panel while flying over the Netherlands on January 16th. The aircraft with registration PH-CKC, owned by KLM was operating flight #MP8561 from Amsterdam Schiphol to Johannesburg via Nairobi on January 16th. Upon arrival at the destination, it appeared that a lower panel on the underside of the…
A plane carrying Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno was forced to make an emergency landing Saturday in Washington at the end of an official visit, the country’s communications ministry announced. Moreno and several members of his government traveling with him were “all fine,” the announcement said. “The president’s plane suffered a mechanical failure a few minutes…
A Nippon Cargo Airlines Boeing 747-8F suffered a tail strike during a go-around at Tokyo Narita Airport. A scar with three meters long and a meter wide was found in the lower rear fuselage. The Boeing 747F was operating flight KZ-258 from Hong Kong to Tokyo Narita. The aircraft landed safely in the second attempt…
An Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-400F returned to Liege Airport after suffering an engine problem shortly after departure. The Boeing 747 with registration TF-AMA was operating flight SV3920 to Riyadh on behalf of Saudi Arabian Cargo Airlines on Sunday 31 January. The aircraft then stopped the climb and continued for a fuel dump procedure above…
A Jung Sky Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 suffered a runway excursion after landing at Antwerp Airport, Belgium on 30 January. The aircraft was operating a private flight between Naples, Italy and Antwerp Airport with one passenger and two crew members. The aircraft touched down on runway 11. However, the aircraft overran the runway and came…