Reading Time: < 1 minute A LATAM Brasil Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Sao Paulo Guarulhos to Porto Alegre (Brazil), reported engine problem. Aircraft was climbing out of Sao Paulo’s runway 09L when the crew stopped the climb at FL070 after an engine (CFM56) suffered surges, observers on the ground reported streaks of flame from the engine exhaust. The crew returned […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Air India Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Tirupati to Hyderabad (India), foreign object caused damage during departure. Aircraft departed Tirupati’s runway 26 and continued to Hyderabad, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 09R about one hour after departure. A post flight inspection revealed substantial damage to the underside of the aircraft including penetration of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Air Transat Airbus A321-200, performing flight Quebec City (Canada) to Fort Lauderdale (USA) with about 185 people on board, reported passengers become ill during de-icing. Aircraft was preparing for departure. The aircraft was being de-iced when a large number of passenger began to complain about feeling ill. The de-icing was stopped and the passengers disembarked […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A JetBlue Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles (USA) with 133 passengers and 6 crew, rejected take-off due to gear indication. Aircraft was accelerating for take-off from Fort Lauderdale’s runway 28R when the crew rejected take-off at low speed after receiving an unusual gear indication. The aircraft stopped safely, the crew advised […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A China Southern Airlines Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Shenzhen to Luoyang (China), experienced loss of communication. Aircraft was climbing out of Shenzhen when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 meters (FL197) and began to squawk loss of communication. The aircraft returned to Shenzhen for a safe landing about 35 minutes later. The airline […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Frontier Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Cleveland to Tampa (USA), reported six passengers becoming sick. Aircraft was enroute when six passengers became ill, the passengers vomitted and suffered from nausea. The aircraft continued to Tampa for a safe landing. Emergency services awaited the aircraft, examined and treated the sick passengers, who could be released shortly […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Austrian Airlines Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Vienna (Austria) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 161 passengers and 6 crew, reported smoke and fumes on board. Aircraft was in the initial climb out of Vienna’s runway 29 when at about 2000 feet AGL the crew noticed a strong odour in the cockpit almost immediately followed by […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Wizz Air Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) with 228 people on board, was on approach to Eindhoven when the crew reported they had a flight controls problem and needed to level off and enter a hold. The crew subsequently reported they had slats and flaps problems and because of that […]