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…
A Delhi-bound IndiGo plane hit a snow mound at Srinagar airport. Engine of Indigo plane carrying 233 passengers has accumulated snow at Srinagar Airport, India on Wednesday during taxi. All the passengers were forced to deplane the Airbus A320. The incident occurred at 12:30 PM. The flight #6E2559 landed more than 3 hours late. “A…
Shandong Airlines Boeing 737-800 collided with a deicing truck at Yantai Airport on Friday, January 8. The aircraft sustained damage in its left wing. The incident took place after the aircraft landed at Yantai Airport as flew flight SC4852 from Beijing. The wing of the aircraft and the cab of the deicing vehicle was damaged.…