A new survey by the European Cockpit Association (ECA) warns of the state of pilot fatigue and the lack of attention paid to it by their companies. Questioned in mid-July, three out of four European airline pilots (76%) admitted to having succumbed to at least one micronap during the previous four weeks, revealed at the…
Systems crashed causing 1,500 flights to be cancelled, leaving thousands of passengers stranded abroad. The technical glitch which caused last week’s flight chaos in the UK was a “one in 15 million” event, according to air traffic service NATS. On 28 August, thousands of passengers were left stranded after 1,500 flights were cancelled during one…
A chilling image captured from the cockpit of a JetBlue plane landing at Boston’s Logan Airport shows another plane directly in its path in a close-call incident back in February. NTSB issues the final report into the February 27, 2023, serious incident in which JetBlue’s flight 206, an Embraer ERJ-190AR, self-initiated a go-around due to…
The National Safety Transportation Board said an iPad may have caused a helicopter to crash last year, killing a pilot and his co-pilot in Idaho. In July 2022, 41-year-old Thomas Hayes of Post Falls, Idaho, and 36-year-old Jared Bird of Anchorage, Alaska were killed as they flew a CH-47D Series “Chinook” helicopter to help fight…
In a report by Airprox Board, the event was documented as a “high risk” incident, which resulted in safety procedures grounding planes at Heathrow. On April 8 the pilot of an Airbus A320 reported a sighting of a drone at 11:35am 3000ft above Maidenhead. Originally spotted on the right-hand side of the plane, Air Traffic…
A KLM Boeing 737-700 experienced a serious incident when it made a late takeoff from runway 28 at Nuremberg Airport in Germany. The Boeing 737-700 with registration PH-BGF was performing flight KL1884 from Nuremberg to Amsterdam. The pilots had planned to use the full length of the runway (2700 meters) by taxiing via taxiway “A.”…
Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land. United Airlines and Alaska Airlines aircraft were forced to abort landing attempts at San Francisco International Airport due to a Southwest Boeing 737 crossing…
On February 20, 2021, a Boeing 747-400 experienced engine failure during its initial climb. As a result, the engine emitted debris through the exhaust, which landed in the village of Meerssen, causing injuries to two people and property damage to houses and cars. The flight crew shut down the engine and landed safely at Liège…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently published a conclusive report on Delta Air Lines Flight 211, which encountered an anomalous autopilot issue during its flight in July 2022. In 2022, Delta Air Lines Flight 211 was a return leg from Prague (PRG) to New York (JFK) before the flight number was reassigned to Delta’s…
According to the US NTSB department, the Cirrus SR22 aircraft pilot’s high-speed turn from base leg to final resulted in overshooting the centerline and entering a parallel approach path, leading to a collision with a Swearingen Metroliner. The accident occurred on May 12, 2021, at Colorado’s Centennial airport, causing substantial damage to both planes on…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerns that malfunctioning bathroom faucets on the Boeing 787 Dreamliners may cause water to penetrate the aircraft’s critical electronic systems. As a result, the agency is suggesting that all 787s in the United States undergo repeated inspections. This is because the FAA has received reports that water from the lavatory…
Each evening, pilots of the Airbus A350 have to choose which route to take. If the pandemic was not enough, Finnair has lost access to Russia’s airspace. Since the start of the Ukraine war and the closure of Russian airspace to European carriers, this flight, which used to fly over Siberia and take 9 hours…