BREAKING Children treated for minor injuries after Delta #DL89 dumped fuel over school playground while returning to LAX for emergency landing

  Delta Flight #DL89 to Shanghai reported an engine failure (compressor stall) on departure from Los Angeles LAX. UPDATE FAA says a review of ATC communications show the pilots of Delta flight 89 did not tell controllers they were going to dump fuel. Audio shows pilot says: “We’ll turn back into LA.” ATC: “Ok so…

INCIDENT Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-700 impacted a massive grasshoppers swarm on approach to Dire Dawa Airport

On January 9, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B737-700 impacted a massive grasshoppers swarm, (a species of grasshopper that moves in groups of millions of individuals). The aircraft (reg. ET-ALN) was operating flight #ET363 flight between the City of Djibouti and Dire Dawa. At first, the aircraft hit few grasshoppers and the crew decided to continue…

Iran invites Ukraine, U.S. (Boeing) and France to participate in the investigation into the crash of Ukrainian flight #PS752 near Teheran

Iranian government expressed condolences to the bereaved families over the Ukrainian plane crash and issued a statement in this respect, government spokesman Ali Rabiei said. The statement reads that a committee in charge of investigating the incident has been formed on the basis of regulations of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which will examine the…

BREAKING The New York Times has obtained video of the moment the Ukrainian Boeing 737 was hit minutes after takeoff from Tehran

The New York Times has obtained video of the moment a Ukrainian airliner was hit minutes after takeoff from Tehran. Video verified by The New York Times appears to show an Iranian missile hitting a plane above Parand, near Tehran’s airport, the area where a Ukrainian airliner stopped transmitting its signal before it crashed on Wednesday.…

BREAKING Ukraine International Boeing 737-800 #PS752 has crashed after take off from Tehran

A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 carrying 176 passengers and crew has crashed near Tehran. Iranian state media reported that the Kiev-bound Ukrainian International Airlines flight #PS752 crashed few minutes after takeoff from Imam Khomeini International Airport, killing all 167 passengers and nine crew on board. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE Cabin crew of crashed…