Category: ACCIDENTS & INCIDENTS

PIA ATR 72 Collides with Boeing 737 at Karachi Airport

Reading Time: < 1 minute A PIA ATR 72 collided with a parked Shaheen Air International Boeing 737-400 at the Jinnah International Airport. The ATR engine was being given a run-up during an examination at a hanger, when the ATR ran forward. Its left propeller and engine struck the forward fuselage of another aircraft. The technician present in the cockpit could […]

Ryanair Boeing 737 Captain’s Windshield Cracks

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Venice (Italy) to Hamburg (Germany), cracked windshield. Aircraft was climbing out of Venice when the captain’s windshield began to glow at the right upper corner followed by the captain’s windshield to crack. The crew levelled off at FL280 to run the related checklists, verified it was just the outer […]

Peruvian Boeing 737 Both Main Gear Struts Collapse on Landing

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Peruvian Boeing 737-500, performing flight from Cuzco (Peru) to La Paz (Bolivia) with 122 passengers and 5 crew, both main gear struts collapse on landing. Aircraft suffered the collapse of both main gear struts while landing on La Paz’s Airport El Alto (Bolivia) runway 10. The aircraft came to a stop on the center line […]

Aeroflot Boeing 737 Fatally Strikes a Man on Moscow Runway

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Aeroflot Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Athens (Greece),  hit man on the runway. Aircraft was in the initial climb out of Sheremetyevo’s runway when the crew reported they believed that had encountered a collision with an animal on the runway. There was no abnormal indication, the crew continued the flight to […]

Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 Reports Loss of Cabin Pressure

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300, performing flight from Singapore (Singapore) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 234 passengers and 17 crew, reported loss of cabin pressure. Aircraft was climbing out of Singapore when the crew stopped the climb at FL240 due to problems with the cabin pressure. The crew subsequently initiated an emergency descent […]

Vietjet A320 Faces Fuel System Problems

Reading Time: < 1 minute A VietjetAir Airbus A320-200, performing flight VJ-198 from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi (Vietnam), was climbing out of Ho Chi Minh City when the crew stopped the climb at about 11,000 feet due to a problem with the fuel system and decided to return to Ho Chi Minh City. Passengers were instructed to assume […]

Austrian Airlines Airbus A321 Reports Strong Odour in the Cockpit

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 […]

Eurowings Airbus A320 Encouters Lightning Strike

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Eurowings Airbus A320-200, performing flight from Jerez (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany) with 116 passengers and 6 crew, experienced lightning strike. Aircraft was climbing out of Jerez’s runway about 5 to 10 minutes into the flight when the aircraft received a ligthning strike. In the absence of abnormal indications the crew continued the flight to Dusseldorf […]

UPS Boeing 767 Engine Shuts Down in Flight over Atlantic

Reading Time: < 1 minute A UPS United Parcel Service Boeing 767-300, performing flight from Philadelphia (USA) to Cologne (Germany) with 3 crew, engine shut down in flight. Aircraft was enroute when the crew declared emergency reporting they had needed to shut the right hand engine (CF6) down due to low oil pressure. In response to the emergency declaration ATC […]

JetBlue Airbus A320 Engine Shuts Down in Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute A jetBlue Airbus A320-200, performing a flight from Boston to Minneapolis (USA) with 61 people on board, engine shut down in flight. Aircraft was enroute at FL340 about 160nm east of Buffalo (USA) when the crew descended the aircraft to FL240 after shutting an engine (V2527) down. The aircraft diverted to Buffalo, advised tower they were […]