A repatriation flight to London Heathrow declared an emergency and was forced to land in Faro as a passenger died on board. The Air Tanker Airbus A330 (G-VYGM) was performing a repatriation flight from Accra to London Heathrow on behalf of Titan Airways. The crew declared an emergency and the flight diverted to Faro, Portugal…
Pakistani tv is showing images of scrape marks on the Karachi runway, purportedly caused by the engines of PIA flight #PK8303. The photos confirm the A320 made a go-around after the engines touched the runway. The ATC was also mentioning a belly landing. PIA Airbus A320 (aircraft registration AP-BLD) engines scrape marks on Karachi Airport…
Pakistan International Airlines PK8303 had “lost the engines” and was attempting “belly landing” before it crashed in a residential area in Karachi on Friday, an audio clip of the ATC’s conversation with the pilot has revealed. Based on the audio clip, the plane went on a go-around. The tower can be heard warning the pilot…
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft A320 near Jinnah international airport Karachi. PIA spokesperson Abdul Sattar confirmed the crash and added that Flight 8303 was carrying 90 passengers and 8 crew members from Lahore to Karachi. Please upload for updates… UPDATE Both the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder of PIA A320 have been…
The flight operations resumed at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Thursday noon after Cyclone Amphan had completely left the runway inundated. The operations resumed from 12 noon on Thursday after the cyclone ravaged the airport at a wind speed of 130 kmph. The first flight, a Russian chartered plane landed…
A Boeing 737-800 was spotted landing with missing part. A Swift Air Boeing 737-800 was spotted landing with missing part of its vertical stabilizer missing at San Diego International Airport. The plane was spotted by Doug Kempf on May 19th who psted his photo on Twitter. N820TJ Boeing 737-8Q8 operating as Swift Air/iAero Airways SWQ3518…
The a fire suppression system was activated in one of the carrier’s giant aircraft hangars at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD). Fire retardant foam is highly corrosive to an aircraft. All the parts affected by the foam need to be carefully analysed and then cleaned.
At least one person was killed when a small plane crashed Tuesday morning in Miramar a few miles from North Perry Airport. The crash involved an “advanced student and a senior instructor” at Wayman Aviation Academy, an academy spokesman confirmed. The pair were conducting a training flight and had just departed from North Perry Airport,…
Several planes were damaged or destroyed following mortar attacks at Tripoli-Mitiga International Airport, Libya, on May 9th, 2020. Some of the planes were: United Aviation Learjet 60XR (5A-UAE). Libyan Air Force Ilyushin Il-76. Libyan Airlines Airbus A330-202 (5A-LAU) Libyan Airlines Airbus A320-214 (5A-LAQ)
A man was struck and killed by a Southwest airplane Thursday night on a runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, according to the airport. The flight was arriving from Dallas. According to preliminary information released by the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot of Southwest Airlines Flight 1392 reported seeing a person on Runway 17-Right,…
The Somali government is investigating the crash of a Kenyan supply plane Monday that killed six people amid suspicions it may have been shot down. The plane, which belonged to the African Express Airways, plunged around 3:30 p.m. local time, killing all six people on board. The Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority reported Tuesday the twin-engine plane operated…
An oxygen bottle exploded in the tail section of a Learjet 25D in Argentina. A Learjet 25D, LV-WOC, was substantially damaged when an oxygen bottle exploded in the tail section at San Fernando Airport (SADF), Argentina. The aircraft was parked, there were no injures.