Writer and Historian, John Bull, has written a 3 part article on how Pan Am Flight 18602 accidently became the first commercial plane to circimnavigate the world. The article tells the story of Captain Robert Ford and his crew onboard their Clipper as it was flying from Hawaii to New Zealand when they received word…
On this day in 1994, an Aeroflot A310-300 (F-OGQS) crashed into mountain range in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The service between Moscow and Hong Kong crashed killing all 63 passengers and 12 crew members. It was found that no mechanical fault where present when the aircraft crashed. After a further investigation it was found that the cause of the accident was due…
The Britten-Norman BN2-A MK iii Trislander, the name is a mouthful, but it’s retirement left Islander’s mouths wide open. Aurigny Air Services based in Guernsey, Channel Islands, is a short haul airline operating ATR 72’s, ATR 42’s, Dornier Do228’s and one Embraer 195. The airline operates mainly into mainland UK but it’s route to Alderney,…
45 years ago today, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (T-571) was a scheduled flight from Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo in Uruguay to Pudahuel Airport, Santiago in Chile with a stopover at Mendoza International Airport in Argentina. The Fairchild FH-227D was carrying 40 passengers & 5 crew members. T-571, the accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT The cockpit crew of Uruguayan…
This is such a story, which finishes with a happy end and this happy end is surprisingly positive. But then something so unbelievable happens, that the same story becomes a tragedy. Why has nobody ever left a plane, which had landed safely? It was quite a long time ago – 19 August 1980. It was…
This is a story about the whole series of simply unbelievable accidents, which happened to one airplane within just a few minutes. Why did a usual flight change into a nightmare and why, despite a certain crash, nobody on the board got even hurt?
40 years ago today, KLM Flight 4805 (PH-BUF) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport, Canary Islands. The Boeing 747-206B named Rijn (Rhine) was carrying 234 passengers & 14 crew members. PH-BUF, the accident aircraft involved. The second aircraft involved, Pan American World Airways Flight…
10 years ago today, Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight 200 (PK-GZC) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport, Indonesia. The Boeing 737-497 was carrying 133 passengers & 7 crew members. PK-GZC, the accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT The cockpit crew of Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight 200 consisted of Captain Marwoto Komar…
10 years ago today, Adam Air Flight 172 (PK-KKV) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia to Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia. The Boeing 737-33A was carrying 143 passengers & 6 crew members. PK-KKV, the accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT Adam Air Flight 172 was on descent to…
32 years ago today, China Airlines Flight 006 (N4522V) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai Shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan to Los Angeles International Airport in California, United States. The Boeing 747SP-09 was carrying 251 passengers & 23 crew members. N4522V seen at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands in March 1984. ACCIDENT The…
On the 14th February 1990, Flight IC605 took off Mumbai (Bombay) enroute to Bangalore. On final approach, the aircraft descended below normal approach profiles and continued descending, the landing gear touched the ground of Karnataka Golf Club, approximately 2.800 ft from the airport. Flight 605 then went up again in an attempt to perform a ‘touch and…
