Reading Time: < 1 minute Newlyweds from Texas, both 23, died in a crash of the Bell 206B Jet Ranger carrying them from the wedding venue after the celebration. Depending on the local media reports, the helicopter malfunctioned and crashed into a nearby hill, about 1.6km from the wedding venue. The pilot operating the aircraft was also killed in the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-200, performing flight from Kinshasa N’djili (DR Congo) to Brussels (Belgium), engine shut down in flight. Aircraft was enroute to Brussels when the left hand engine emitted a loud bang. The crew received an “ENG1 STALL” warning. The crew shut the engine down, drifted down to FL280 and continued to Brussels for […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717-200, registration N478HA performing flight HA-144 from Lihue, HI to Honolulu, HI (USA), was accelerating for takeoff when the crew rejected take-off at high speed (about 90 knots over ground) due to an engine (BR715) failure. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron. Passengers reported there was a loud […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Iraqi Airways Boeing 737-800, registration YI-ASG performing flight IA-916 from Erbil to Najaf (Iraq) with 98 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Erbil’s runway 18 when the aircraft flew through a flock of birds. The aircraft received multiple impacts. The left hand engine (CFM56) ingested a number of birds. The crew leveled […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Frontier Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Islip to Myrtle Beach (USA) with 218 people on board, toxic fumes on board injured 9 people. Aircraft was climbing out of Islip when the crew stopped the climb at FL220 reporting fumes in the cockpit. The aircraft returned to Islip for a safe landing 15 minutes later. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Thai Airways Airbus A350-900, performing flight from Melbourne (Australia) to Bangkok (Thailand), rejected takeoff. Aircraft was accelerating for takeoff from Melbourne’s runway 16 when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed, vacated the runway via the first high speed turnoff about 1800 meters/5900 feet down the runway and returned to the apron. A passenger […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Lionair Boeing 737-800 MAX, registration PK-LQP performing flight JT-610 from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang (Indonesia) with 181 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing out of Jakarta when the aircraft reached a maximum altitude of about 5400 feet, then lost height, radar contact was lost about 35nm northeast of Jakarta over the Java Sea. Rescue […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A British Airways Boeing 747-400, performing flight from New York JFK (USA) to London Heathrow (UK), experienced  a bird strike. A post flight inspection showed a bird had impacted the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft remained on the ground in London for about 12 hours, then departed for the next flight to JFK.

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Piedmont Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of American Airlines, performing flight from Williamsport to Philadelphia (USA) with 43 passengers and 3 crew, rejected takeoff due to deer strike. Aircraft was accelerating for takeoff from Williamsport’s Lycoming County Airport when the crew rejected takeoff after the aircraft struck a deer on the runway. The aircraft slowed safely […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300, performing flight from Dhaka (Bangladesh) to Doha (Qatar) with about 350 people on board, could not fully retract gear. Aircraft was in the initial climb out of Dhaka’s runway 14 when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet due to abnormal gear indications suggesting the gear doors on the main […]