Saturday, April 14, a stowaway survived hidden inside the landing gear of the plane from Guadeloupe to Guyana. The circumstances are still not clear but a man was able to reach an Air France aircraft at Pointe à Pitre International Airport. The stowaway entered the landing gear compartment before the aircraft took off to Félix…
A Boeing 737-800 operated by El Al was forced to make an emergency landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport Monday morning, after the plane suffered a mechanical failure. The plane, which had been carrying 138 people, most of them teens on a youth trip to Poland ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, was en route…
Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200 left engine was emitting flames shortly after departure from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport due to a birdstrike. Pilots of flight UM303 requested an emergency landing at OR Tambo International Airport shortly after take-off but continued to destination. The plane flew at a cruising altitude of 39,000 feet and did not appear…
Turkish Airlines flight #TK1968 to Istanbul returned to Birmingham Airport quickly after departure due to a tail strike. The aircraft (reg. TC-JYG) suffered a tail strike on departure from Birmingham Airport due to a gust a wind as Storm Hannah is crossing the UK. The Boeing 737 Next Gen departed at 10:45 LT and…
An Air India Boeing 777-200 suffered APU fire at Delhi Airport during preparing for flight #AI174 to San Francisco. The fire started when the plane was empty. The fire was doused immediately. Boeing 777-200 (reg. VT-ALF) was taken out of service.
A Boeing 767-300ER suffered left engine issue on takeoff from Barcelona Airport. On April 14th, Arkia flight #IZ272 from Barcelona to Tel Aviv declared returned after takeoff after experiencing a serious engine issue. The pilots declared an emergency informed the control tower that it was returning immediately to landing. The aircraft maintained 3,000ft before a safe…
Two Cathay Pacific Airways captains suffered loss of eyesight on separate flights earlier this year, forcing their co-pilots to take command of their aircraft and issue urgent calls to air traffic control before landing safely, Hong Kong’s aviation incident authority disclosed on Tuesday. One captain was flying from Perth, Australia, to Hong Kong on flight…
Pilots of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner spotted the two drones by 90 feet as they came in on flight VS301 from Delhi to London on February 14, over Brentford. The B787-9 Dreamliner was transporting 264 passengers as it flew over Brentford in Essex. The report by the UK Airprox Board suggests that the…
Flight #CX113 from Hong Kong to Auckland was cancelled due to landing gear issue. Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900 (reg. B-LRF) had to dump fuel over south China Sea prior to return to Hong Kong after landing gear could not be retracted. The aircraft landed safely shortly after midnight, runway 07L at HKG.
The engine on a Boeing 737 passenger flight operated by Russia’s Utair airlines from Moscow to Makhachkala has spout flames during pushback just before takeoff at Vnukovo airport. Passengers noticed a burst of flames outside the jet, and opened an emergency hatch to investigate, the Utair airline said. They reportedly exited the plane and walked…
NTSB is investigating the April 10, 2019, accident at JFK International Airport, New York, involving an American Airlines A321, operating as American Airlines flight 300, which experienced a roll during takeoff and hit a runway distance marker with the left wingtip. American Airlines Flight 300 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport with 102…
An aircraft blocked the runway at Berlin’s Schönefeld Airport after an emergency landing. A German Air Force Global 5000 experienced an issue on landing. The plane had departed the runway but was forced to return after a technical issue. The German air force, which operates the plane, said both wings hit the ground as it landed…