Reading Time: < 1 minute An Egypt Air Boeing 737-800, performing positioning flight from Cairo (Egypt) to Belgrade (Serbia), landed on Belgrade’s runway but came to a stop on the runway with all 4 main tyres blown, the wheel rims damaging the runway surface. There were no injuries, the aircraft received minor damage, the runway surface was damaged, too. The […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Aeroflot Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Kemerovo to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) with 154 passengers on board, cracked windshield. Aircraft was enroute about 90nm northwest of Novosibirsk (Russia) when the crew reported a cracked windshield and descended the aircraft to reporting it was the inner layer of the windshield, that had cracked. The aircraft diverted to […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Panama City (Panama) to Cordoba (Argentina), landed on Cordoboa’s runway 18 at 06:14Z and turned off the runway into high speed turn off taxiway but became disabled before crossing the hold short line. The runway needed to be closed. Argentina’s JIAAC reported they have opened an investigation into […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, performing flight from London Stansted (UK) to Palermo (Italy) with 186 people on board, was on final approach to Palermo’s runway descending in turbulent weather conditions when the crew initiated a go around. The captain subsequently reported the first officer had become ill, the captain decided to divert to Trapani located […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Xiamen (China) to Manila (Philippines) with 157 passengers and 8 crew, experienced runway excursion. Aircraft had gone around from low height on first final approach to Manila’s runway due to weather, positioned for another approach and continued for a landing on runway. However, aircraft went off the left […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Gol Linhas Aereas Boeing 737-800 performing flight from Belo Horizonte was enroute when the crew decided to turn around and return to Belo Horizonte after sudden aircraft movements had caused two flight attendants to lift off from the cabin floor and fall uncontrolled sustaining injuries. The aircraft descended for the return and landed safely […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Transavia Boeing 737-800 with 185 people on board was enroute at FL370 about 50nm northeast of Vienna (Austria) in Slovak Airspace when the crew decided to divert to Vienna reporting a number of passengers had become sick. The aircraft landed on Vienna’s runway 16 about 20 minutes later. Several ambulances were awaiting the aircraft […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing announced the delivery of the first 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF). The first customer is GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and the freighter will be operated by West Atlantic Group, based in Sweden. “We’re excited to be the first operator of the 737-800BCF,” said West Atlantic’s chief executive, Fredrik Groth. “The additional capacity and […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Norwegian airlines took delivery of its 100th direct buy Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the last of this aircraft type in its fleet. Norwegian originally ordered 42 737-800 in 2007 and leased 26 of these aircraft between 2008 and 2016. The airline now has a total of 118 737-800 aircraft in its fleet. “Today’s delivery marks the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute EgyptAir has received its ninth and final Boeing 737-800NGs on a lease deal from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) and valued at $864 million. All nine were handed over during in the course of the past year. Capt Sherif Ezzat, chairman and CEO of EgyptAir Airlines said the new addition would seat up to 154 passengers […]