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INCIDENT Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777 returned back to Frankfurt after declaring Mayday due to unreliable airspeed

EmergencyBy Sharad Ranabhat October 12, 2020

A Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777-200 freighter returned back to Frankfurt after the crew declared Mayday due to unreliable airspeed. The crew reported an altitude issue. The Luftansa Cargo Boeing 777F, with registration D-ALFG, was operating flight GEC-8402 from Frankfurt Airport, Germany to Shanghai Pudong International, China. The crew declared Mayday, reporting unreliable airspeed, when the…

ALERT A small and ultralight aircraft have collided midair in France

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 10, 2020

Five people have died after two small planes crashed mid-air in France. An ultralight two-person plane collided midair with a tourist plane in Loches, Indre-et-Loire at around 4.45pm local time. The ultralight crashed on the fence around a house and the DR400 crashed several hundred metres away in an uninhabited area. All five people involved…

ALERT Debris found on Australian beach could belong to Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370

Emergency, MH370By AIRLIVE October 9, 2020

The search for the flight MH370 has seen a new twist after media reports said pieces of a plane had washed ashore recently on a beach in Queensland, Australia. The debris was discovered by Mick Elcoate, who was fishing in the area on 5 October. Elcoate told The Australian newspaper that he initially thought that…

INCIDENT A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 has been damaged by tug at London Heathrow

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 7, 2020

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 “Queen of Hearts” has been damaged at London Heathrow. The nose gear of the aircraft has been damaged during tug maneuver. The pins holding a bar on the gear that the tow bar attaches to have fallen out. The right hand tyre of the front landing gear was damaged during the…

INCIDENT Environmental activists entered the tarmac of Paris CDG airport

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE October 5, 2020

About 40 environmental activists were arrested after entering the tarmac at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Saturday, October 3. The militants “broke in” around 9 am through a fence and were “blocked by the police at Terminal 2A on the tarmac”, where several planes were parked. The airport said the activists didn’t reach the runways. The Action…

INCIDENT American Airbus A320 made emergency landing at higher speed after suffering flaps problem

EmergencyBy Sharad Ranabhat October 4, 2020

An American Airlines Airbus A320 made an emergency landing shortly after departure at a higher than normal speed at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport due to flaps problem. The aircraft was operating American flight #AA578 from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The aircraft suffered a flaps problem on departure. After facing…

INCIDENT Qatar Boeing 747-8 hydraulic leak leading to runway blockage in Doha

EmergencyBy Sharad Ranabhat October 2, 2020

A Qatar Airways Boeing 747-8F suffered the hydraulic system 1 failure when the aircraft was descending towards Doha. The hydraulic System failure had depleted all its hydraulic fluid. The 747-8 freighter was performing flight QR-8222 from Frankfurt to Doha, when the aircraft suffered the failure and the crew declared an emergency on 28th September. After…

INCIDENT Boeing 737 operating on behalf of Turkish Airlines suffered in flight engine shut down

EmergencyBy Sharad Ranabhat September 29, 2020

An Anadolujet Boeing 737-800 operating on behalf of Turkish Airlines suffered in flight engine shut down when it was climbing out of Kars’ runway 24. The number 1 engine failed with a large boom sending out streaks of flames. The aircraft was performing Turkish flight TK-7091 from Kars to Ankara. After suffering engine failure, the…

INCIDENT Jet2 Boeing 737 rejected take off at Leeds due to burning odour in the cockpit

EmergencyBy Sharad Ranabhat September 28, 2020

A Jet2 Boeing 737 performed a rejected take off in Leeds after the crew reported a burning odour in the cockpit. The aircraft was accelerating for takeoff when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed. After that the aircraft slowed down slowly and it was taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail after…

INCIDENT Air bridge caught fire at Marechal Cunha Machado Airport, Brazil

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE September 27, 2020

Saturday afternoon, a fire broke out at Marechal da Cunha Machado airport, in São Luís. The airport’s boarding bridge 01 caught fire. Firefighters were called immediately. According to source, there were no injuries from the fire. The air bridge will go through expertise to know the reason for the fire. Due to the incident, the…

INCIDENT American Airline Airbus A319 engine damaged by ground equipment in Florida

EmergencyBy Sharad Ranabhat September 27, 2020

An American Airlines Airbus A319 sustained an engine damage after contact with the boarding bridge at gate at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, Florida. The incident took place at gate F5 in Florida. While the no. 1 engine of the plane was damaged in the incident, no injury was reported. The nacelle of the left…

BREAKING An Antonov An-26 plane has crashed near the city of Chuguev in Ukraine

EmergencyBy AIRLIVE September 25, 2020

An An-26 plane has crashed near the city of Chuguev in the Kharkov region of Ukraine during landing, Ukrainian Air Force Command said Friday. According to the command, there were injuries and deaths, but the head of the Kharkov region, Oleksiy Kucher, said that there were also survivors in the crash. Please reload for updates:…