On 6 November 2021, an Ethiopian Airlines A350-900 with registration ET-AYB was involved in an incident. During the final approach, a gust of wind resulted in the plane banking to the right side, and the right-side wingtip touched the ground. The incident happened in Runway 03R in Tambo International Airport, South Africa. The flight was…
On December 7, The Federal Aviation Administration issued an airworthiness directive(AD) which requires Helicopter and passenger aircraft to prohibit certain operations which require a radio altimeter data, when there is the presence of 5G wireless transmission. Radio Altimeter is a device that measures altitude above the terrain presently beneath an aircraft or spacecraft by timing…
Airbus A350 paint flaw has gone wider than Qatar Airways after five more airlines raised concerns about the issue. Due to the painting issue, Qatar Airways grounded thirteen Airbus A350s, including two A350-1000s, back in August. The Gulf Carrier has grounded 20 A350s so far. Airbus said that the problem was related to premature surface…
A £100million fighter jet reportedly crashed because a plastic rain cover was left on it during take-off. The expensive F-35 fighter jet plunged into the Mediterranean sea after a cheap plastic cover was reportedly kept on as the Royal Navy hunt for wreckage which contains top secret technology. The plastic cover is believed to have…
An 11-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a plane crash on Michigan’s Beaver Island that killed her father and three others. Her mom says she believes her husband protected her from more serious injuries by holding her as the plane went down. The mother of an 11-year-old girl who was the sole survivor of…
In the search for MH370, an aerospace engineer has discovered more details about #MH370 flight path. In the search for MH370, Richard Godfrey – an aerospace engineer – has discovered that after following the coastline of Sumatra the Boeing 777 was put into a holding pattern for 22 minutes before proceeding south. Mr. Godfrey is…
A passenger turboprop airplane overran a runway because its braking system was compromised by incorrectly wired anti-skid sensors. On Oct. 17, 2019, PenAir flight 3296, a Saab SA-2000, overran the runway during a landing attempt in Unalaska, Alaska. The airplane crashed through the perimeter fence, crossed a road, and came to rest on shoreline rocks…
A runway incursion incident was recorded at a US airport after the air traffic controller made the mistake of allowing one plane to enter the runway while another was approaching for a landing. Runway Incursion is defined as any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person in the…
On Friday, October 4, 2019, an An-12BK, operated by the Ukraine Air alliance, crashed 1.1km southeast of Lviv-Danylo Halytskyi International Airport. The aircraft, with registration UR-CAH, had first flown in 1968 and had 12,922 total airframe hours under its wings, completing 6616 cycles. The cargo plane with 4 Ivchenko AI-20M engines was on a cargo…
Luiri El-Hagrasi, commonly known as Laura, was due to catch a flight from Heathrow Airport to Egypt with her husband and children in April 2015. Laura vanished without a trace from the airport and since that day has never been seen again. She is now listed as an unsolved murder case. The 33-year-old was seen…
The Federal Police arrested this Thursday (23 sept 2021) Celia Castedo Monasterio, the controller responsible for analyzing and approving the flight plan of the aircraft involved in the Chapecoense disaster, in 2016 . The decision was given by the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court, Gilmar Mendes, who ordered the extradition of the investigated. In…
The Captain of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Muscat to Dhaka with 124 passengers onboard suffered a heart attack mid-flight. Despite the efforts of cabin crew to resuscitate the pilot, he never regained consciousness and was later pronounced dead in hospital. The pilot was identified by local media as Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum, a respected…