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REPORT Emirates B777 failed to rotate past the threshold and took off at very end of runway at Dubai Airport

ReportsBy Sharad Ranabhat December 30, 2021

A Washington-bound Emirates Boeing 777-300ER overran the runway while taking off, narrowly avoiding an incident at Dubai International Airport. The aircraft with registration A6-EQI was operating flight EK231 from Dubai International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday, 20th December, when the incident occurred. However, as reported by the Aviation Herald, the aircraft failed…

REPORT Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350 wingtip touched the ground during go around in Johannesburg

ReportsBy Sharad Ranabhat December 18, 2021

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…

REPORT Automatic landing systems are affected by new 5G C-band rollout

ReportsBy Sharad Ranabhat December 12, 2021

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…

REPORT Airbus A350s of at least six airlines are suffering paint flaw

ReportsBy Sharad Ranabhat December 5, 2021

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…

REPORT Royal Navy’s F-35 jet has crashed ‘because cheap rain cover was left on’ during takeoff

Military, ReportsBy AIRLIVE November 24, 2021

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…

REPORT An 11-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a crash after her dad held her tightly as the plane went down

ReportsBy AIRLIVE November 19, 2021

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…

REPORT Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight #MH370 entered a holding pattern for 22 minutes

MH370, ReportsBy AIRLIVE November 18, 2021

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…

REPORT Maintenance error leads to fatal runway overrun accident

ReportsBy AIRLIVE November 6, 2021

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…

REPORT ATC error caused a serious runway incursion at San Diego Airport

ReportsBy AIRLIVE October 24, 2021

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…

REPORT Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov An-12 crashed probably due to the physical excessive fatigue

ReportsBy Sharad Ranabhat October 23, 2021

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…

REPORT A mum disappeared one morning at Heathrow Airport and was never seen again

ReportsBy AIRLIVE September 26, 2021

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…

ALERT The controller responsible for approving the flight plan of the Avro RJ85 involved in the Chapecoense disaster has been arrested

ReportsBy AIRLIVE September 24, 2021

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…