Category: ACCIDENTS & INCIDENTS

United Airlines Pilot Issues Fuel Mayday Call

Reading Time: < 1 minute A United Airlines plane on a flight from Los Angeles to Sydney has landed at Sydney Airport after the pilot issued a mayday alert. The plane was low on fuel and made the mayday call as a precaution. United Airlines Boeing 787-9, flight UA839, carrying 194 people, had been on a 15-hour flight to the […]

UTair Boeing 737 Experiences Gear Problem Due to Bird Strike

Reading Time: < 1 minute A UTair Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Sochi to Moscow Vnukovo (Russia) with 176 people on board, experienced gear problem due to bird strike. Aircraft was climbing out of Sochi’s runway when the crew stopped the climb due to a problem with the landing gear and decided to divert to Krasnodar (Russia), located about 100nm north […]

Turbulence Injures 29 People on Volaris Airbus A320 Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Volaris Airbus A320-200, performing flight from Guadalajara to Tijuana (Mexico) with 179 people on board, was enroute from Los Mochis (Mexico) when the aircraft experienced Clear Air Turbulence (CAT),leaving some Clients and Crew members injured. The aircraft continued to Tijuana for a safe landing about 90 minutes later. When the Captain informed about what […]

Air Niugini Plane Overshoots Runway and Sinks in Sea Lagoon

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Air Niugini plane travelling from the Federated States of Micronesia to Papua New Guinea has landed in water after overshooting a runway on Friday morning. According to the reports, all passengers and crew were rescued safely, after Boeing 737 came to rest in the lagoon. Local witnesses told media that the plane floated long enough for […]

Watch US-Bangla Boeing 737 Landing Without Nose Gear

Reading Time: < 1 minute A US-Bangla Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) with 164 passengers and 7 crew, was on final approach to Cox’s Bazar’s runway when the crew went around from about 1500 feet after receiving indication the nose gear had not extended. The aircraft climbed to 3000 feet, the crew worked the related […]

airBaltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300 Experiences Bird Strike

Reading Time: < 1 minute An airBaltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300, performing flight from Riga (Latvia) to Milan Malpensa (Italy), experienced a bird strike. An aircraft was in the initial climb out of Riga’s runway when the crew requested to stop climb at 4000 feet advising they had received a bird strike. Soon after the crew decided to return to Riga […]

LATAM Boeing 767 Experiences Electrical Problems

Reading Time: < 1 minute A LATAM Boeing 767-300, performing flight from Sao Paulo Guarulhos (Brazil) to Milan Malpensa (Italy), was enroute at FL360 when the aircraft descended to FL300, however, maintaining heading towards Milan. About 175nm northeast of Las Palmas the crew turned the aircraft around reporting electrical problems and diverted to Las Palmas, where the aircraft landed safely about […]

Air Malta Airbus A319 Experiences Bird Strike

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Air Malta Airbus A319-100, performing flight from Malta (Malta) to London Heathrow (UK), was accelerating for takeoff from Malta’s runway when the aircraft encountered a flock of birds causing multiple impacts prompting the crew to reject takeoff at high speed. The aircraft slowed safely, stopped about 2100 meters down the runway for an inspection […]

Jet Airways Passengers Hurt After Sharp Drop of Cabin Pressure

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Mumbai to Jaipur (India) with 166 people on board, departed Mumbai’s runway when the passenger oxygen masks were released. The crew stopped the climb, descended the aircraft and returned to Mumbai for a landing on runway without further incident about 40 minutes after departure. A number of […]

Lufthansa Airbus A340: Toxic Fumes on Board

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Lufthansa Airbus A340-600, performing flight from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Atlanta (USA), was climbing out of Frankfurt’s runway when the crew stopped the climb reporting they had a “smell event” on board. The crew indicated that the aircraft was completely okay, however, it was possible they would not continue the flight, they wanted to remain […]