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…
Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A330-300 suffered taxiway excursion after landing at New Chitose Airport, Japan on Saturday, January 30. The A330 ended up being stuck in the thick layer of snow and was eventually rescued by the ground crew and towed to the gate. The video shared shows the A330 stopped at the place where…
Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320N landed at Basle Mulhouse Airport with its nosegear tilted 90 degrees. Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320N was performing flight #PC939 from Istanbul to Basle Mulhouse. The aircraft (reg. TC-NBH) landed on runway 15 at Basle Mulhouse Airport (LFSB), France with its nosegear tilted 90 degrees. The aircraft came to a safe stop…
FDR data from Sriwijaya flight SJ182 shows autothrottle system was not operating properly on one of the engines as it climbed on departure from Jakarta. Indonesia’s air accident investigator is probing whether a problem with the autothrottle system, that controls engine power automatically, contributed to the Sriwijaya Air crash on Jan. 9 that killed all…
West Atlantic cargo Boeing 737 was severely damaged after hard landing at Exeter Airport. On 19 January, a West Atlantic UK Boeing 737-400 freighter operated a domestic cargo flight NPT05L between East Midlands Airport and Exeter Airport, UK. During landing at Exeter, the aircraft (reg. G-JMCY) sustained extensive damage. According to reports, the cargo was…
The Irkut MC-21 prototype (73051) overran the runway of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region. The footage shows the plane standing outside the runway. The incident happened today for an unknown reason. However a source said the roll-out occurred during maneuvers on the runway. There were no casualties and the degree of…
Terminal 1 being evacuated by Federal Police after reports of a bomb threat Due to an ongoing police operation, parts of Terminal 1, the regional train station and the crossing to the long-distance train station are currently closed at Frankfurt Airport. Two people have now been arrested in connection with the rogue piece of luggage.…
Via Reuters, news from Southwest saying 101 people have been evacuated from a flight at Baltimore/Washington International Airport after crew found a written threat upon arrival. Nearly 100 passengers were evacuated from a Southwest Airlines plane at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after receiving a written threat. Spokespeople from Southwest and the FBI’s Baltimore office…