ALERT A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Dash-8 Q400 has crash-landed at Yangon International Airport

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Dash-8 Q400 (reg. S2-AGQ) has crash-landed during landing of flight #BG060. The aircraft arrears to have skidded off left of the runway. All passengers have been reported as safe, with 15 injured people. The aircraft fuselage broke in three and the undercarriage collapsed.   Biman’s Flight #BG060 took off from Hazrat Shahjalal…

BREAKING Aeroflot Superjet 100 #SU1492 landed in flames at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport

A Sukhoi Superjet 100 landed in fire at at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Flight #SU1492 to Murmansk declared a radio failure shortly after departure from Moscow and then a general emergency. Please reload for updates… UPDATE 7 Wreckage of Aeroflot Superjet 100 has been removed today at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. UPDATE 6 According to Russian media…

ALERT A stowaway survived a 2-hour flight inside the landing gear compartment of an Air France flight last week

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…

INCIDENT Air Zimbabwe only functional plane suffered a birstrike on takeoff with engine emitting flames but continued to destination (video)

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…

EMERGENCY Arkia Boeing 767-300ER suffered engine issue on takeoff from Barcelona (video)

  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…

Ethiopian Airlines is considering adding Chinese COMAC C919 aircraft to its fleet

During interview with Chinese news agency Xinhua,Chief Executive Tewolde Gebremariam said “Our engineers are working with COMAC engineers to evaluate the suitability of C919 passenger planes.” Ethiopian is currently considering adding the C919 planes to its aircraft fleet when the airplanes are ready for sales. Ethiopian Airlines currently operates daily scheduled passenger and cargo flights…