Tag: incident

An-12 Cargo Plane Loses over 3 Tonnes of Gold During Takeoff

Reading Time: < 1 minute An An-12 cargo plane carrying some 9 tonnes of gold has lost a third of its cargo during takeoff from the Yakutsk airport in Eastern Siberia, a local transport police spokesman told TASS on Thursday. Earlier reports said that the plane’s cargo hatch was partially torn off by a strong flow of air during takeoff. […]

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Engine Shuts Down in Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, performing flight from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles with 110 people on board, was climbing out Salt Lake City when the crew reported they had engine compressor stalls, there were streaks of flame but not engine fire indication. The crew levelled off at 10,000 feet, shut the engine down and […]

Delta Airlines Airbus A330 Engine Catches Fire

Reading Time: < 1 minute Delta Airlines Airbus A330, performing flight from Lagos (Nigeria) to Atlanta (USA), was in the initial climb when the crew received a fire indication for the left hand engine (PW4168). The crew stopped the climb at 2000 feet, shut the engine down, activated the fire suppression and returned to Lagos for a safe landing on […]

Fumes Appear on Board of the Spirit Airbus A320

Reading Time: < 1 minute Spirit Airlines Airbus A320, registration N602NK performing flight from Atlantic City to Ft. Myers, was climbing out of Atlantic City when fumes developed on board and dissipated again. The aircraft continued to Fort Myers, on descent the fumes developed again causing the flight attendants to suffer from dizziness, headaches and severe coughing, a number of […]

United Boeing 777 Lands in Honolulu After Losing Engine Cover

Reading Time: < 1 minute A United Airlines flight landed safely Tuesday in Honolulu after an engine cover came off during its flight from California, the airline said. “Our pilots followed all necessary protocols to safely land the aircraft,” United said in a statement, adding that all passengers departed the Boeing 777 normally at the gate. The airliner landed as […]

London City Airport Closed Following Discovery of WWII Bomb

Reading Time: < 1 minute London City airport has halted all flights until further notice following the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era ordnance in the nearby river Thames. Officials from the Metropolitan Police are working closely with the Royal Navy to safely remove the bomb that was located near the airport’s runway. An exclusion zone around George V […]

Air Canada Airbus A330 Rejects Takeoff Due to Wheel Separation

Reading Time: 2 minutes An Air Canada Airbus A330, performing flight from Brussels to Montreal with 179 passengers, was accelerating for takeoff when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed. The aircraft slowed safely and vacated the runway via taxiway C1 about 2200 meters down the runway before becoming disabled after a number of right hand main tyres deflated. […]

S7 Airlines Airbus A320 Descends Below Profile on Approach

Reading Time: < 1 minute S7 Airlines Airbus A320, performing flight from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk (Russia), was on approach to Irkutsk’s runway 12 cleared to descend to 600 meters (2000 feet AGL), before the aircraft intercepted the glideslope the controller cleared the flight to descend to 450 meters (1500 feet AGL), the aircraft however continued to descend below that cleared […]

British Airways A320 Deals with the Gear Problem at Amsterdam

Reading Time: < 1 minute A British Airways Airbus A320-200, registration G-EUUC performing flight BA-446 from London Heathrow, EN (UK) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was on final approach to Amsterdam’s runway 06 when the crew initiated a go around reporting a gear problem. The aircraft requested a long downwind and 15nm final approach while working the checklists, the crew subsequently advised […]

American Airlines: Mechanical Issue on Plane Sends 4 to Hospital

Reading Time: < 1 minute American Airlines says a mechanical issue has forced a plane to return to the gate at Boston’s Logan Airport, and four people have been taken to hospitals to be evaluated. WCVB-TV reports the airline says passengers reported an odor in the cabin Monday before the plane was scheduled to leave Boston. It was headed to […]