Reading Time: < 1 minute Four people were killed after Agusta Westland AW119 helicopter crashed Ulan-Ude, the capital of Siberia’s Buryatia republic. A helicopter crashed in Ulan-Ude. Four people on board of the aircraft were killed. The department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry in the republic of Buryatia confirmed the information. “We do confirm that a helicopter crashed in Ulan-Ude,” […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three Emiratis and a foreigner were killed in the helicopter crash, which took place during a search and rescue operation near Jebel Jais. According to the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the Agusta 139 helicopter was conducting a search and rescue mission near Jebel Jais, the UAE’s highest mountain, when the incident took place at […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute An American Airlines Boeing 777-300, performing flight from Dallas Ft. Worth (USA) to London Heathrow (UK), reported lavatory congregation. Aircraft was enroute at FL330 about 20nm west of Sydney (Canada) when the crew decided to divert to New York JFK (USA) after one of the toilets got clogged causing three others directly connected to become unavailable, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Mesa Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of American Airlines, performing flight from San Luis Potosi (Mexico) to Dallas Ft. Worth (USA) with 75 passengers and 4 crew, encountered turbulence, three people injured. Aircraft was still descending towards Dallas Ft. Worth when the crew decided to divert to Austin (USA) due to weather conditions and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A British Airways Airbus A320-200, performing flight from London Gatwick (UK) to Turin (Italy), reported burning odour in cockpit. Aircraft was enroute at FL350 about 25nm southwest of Paris (France) when the crew decided to divert to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport reporting a burning odour in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely in Charles de […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A LATAM Boeing 777-300, performing flight LA-8084 from Sao Paulo Guarulhos, SP (Brazil) to London Heathrow, EN (UK) with 341 passengers and 16 crew, was enroute near Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil) when the crew decided to divert to Belo Horizonte due to electrical problems, the RAT (Ram Air Turbine) deployed. The crew performed an overweight […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, performing flight from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Istanbul (Turkey), rejected takeoff due to open cockpit window. Aircraft was accelerating for takeoff from Johannesburg’s runway 21R when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed (about 130 knots over ground) due to an open cockpit window. The aircraft slowed safely, the crew […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Lufthansa McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter, performing flight from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to New York JFK (USA), engine shut down in flight. Aircraft was enroute at FL320 about 230nm southwest of Faroe Islands when the crew reported a problem with one of the engines (CF6). The aircraft turned around to return to Germany, initially descended to FL290, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Virgin Australia Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, performing flight from Sydney to Canberra (Australia), reported both engines rollback, one after the other. Aircraft was descending through 11,000 feet towards Canberra when the right hand engine (PW127) rolled back and flamed out. The engine automatically restarted about 5 seconds later. The crew continued the descent, descending […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320-200, performing flight from Philadelphia to Las Vegas (USA) with 71 people on board, reported toxic fumes on board, 3 passengers and 2 cabin crew injured. Aircraft was enroute at FL380 about 150nm east of Denver (USA) when the flight crew donned their oxygen masks reporting fumes on board and diverted to […]