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.
A fire suppression system apparently malfunctioned at a Heathrow hangar. The incident occurred as a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER was parked. The footage, posted by Aeronews is showing retardant spraying from outlets while G-YMMB was parked
Anchorage Airport (ANC) is currently closed to inbound flights due to a report of a bomb on an Asian-bound cargo flight. The flight was diverted to ANC early this morning. FBI and Anchorage Police are on scene and leading the investigation. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE Anchorage Airport has reopened after this morning’s…
A Dornier aircraft was planned to undertake routine flight from Delhi’s Palam Air Base. During the take-off roll, aircraft experienced a tyre deflation. Tyre debris clearly blows through the fairing and causes a fire. The captain of the aircraft aborted the take off. Fortunatly the wing-fuel tanks didn’t get pierced.
During a storm, a Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 has been pushed into an Airbus A350 at Doha Airport. on April 30, a Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 (reg. A7-BCT) was caught in a violent storm with gusts up to 61 knots whilst parking at Doha Airport. The aircraft was pushed around and impacted an Airbus A350-900…
An aircraft had to make an emergency landing after one engine caught fire and the other stalled due to a fuel additive error, a report has found. The plane took off from Gatwick Airport on 26 February after an engineer using an internet calculator added 37 times too much of the chemical, the Air Accidents…
Emirates Airbus A380 descended below glideslope to 400 feet on approach to Moscow. On 10 September 2017, an Emirates Airbus A380-861 Aircraft, registration mark A6-EEZ, operated a scheduled passenger flight EK131, from Dubai International Airport to Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow. There were a total of 448 persons onboard,comprising 422 passengers, two flight crewmembers, and 24…
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 and a Boeing 777-300 were involved in a ground collision at Hong Kong airport. The winglet of an Airbus A350XWB has been damaged during a ground collision at Hong Kong airport today. The left horizontal stabiliser of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER (reg. B-KPD) clipped the Airbus A350 right wing.…
British Airways A380 G-XLED damaged the taxiway at Chateauroux Airport. When taxiing to it’s parking stand on a taxiway at Châteauroux Airport, France, a British Airways A380 sank into the pavement resulting in damage. The Airbus A380 (reg.G-XLED) left London Heathrow at 8:30 local time and arrived one hour later at Châteauroux Airport. All…
Aeroflot Flight 1492 was a scheduled passenger flight from Moscow–Sheremetyevo to Murmansk, Russia. On 5 May 2019, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft operating the flight was climbing out when it was struck by lightning. The aircraft suffered an electrical failure and returned to Sheremetyevo for an emergency landing. It bounced on landing and touched down…
An Airbus A350 and a Boeing 777 have been damaged in ground collision at Dubai Airport. The British Airways Airbus A350K (reg. G-XWBA) and Emirates Boeing 777-300 (reg. A6-EBR) were damaged on the ground at Dubai International Airport (DXB). Both aircraft got their stabilizer damaged during the collision while the British Airways A350 was pushed-back.…