Category: ACCIDENTS & INCIDENTS

Tail Strike Indication on Departure in Istanbul

Reading Time: < 1 minute Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-900,  performing flight from Istanbul  to Niamey , departed Istanbul’s runway 35R, the crew however received a tail strike indication, stopped the climb at 7000 feet, burned off fuel and returned to Istanbul for a safe landing on runway 35R about 2:40 hours after departure. The aircraft is being examined, a replacement […]

Regional Embraer ERJ-145 Windshield Cracks While Performing Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute A bmi Regional Embraer ERJ-145, registration G-RJXH performing flight BM-1846 from Munich (Germany) to Bristol,EN (UK), was climbing through FL170 out of Munich when the crew reported a cracked windshield and stopped the climb at FL180. The crew decided to return to Munich, burned off fuel and landed safely back about 65 minutes after stopping […]

Garuda B738 Both Left Main Tyres Deflated after Landing at Medan

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Garuda Boeing 737-800 performing flight  from Jakarta to Medan Kuala Namu (Indonesia) with 162 passengers and 7 crew, landed in Kuala Namu and slowed. While turning off the runway onto the taxiway both left hand main tyres deflated and disabled the aircraft. The airport reported the aircraft was taxiing towards the taxiway when the […]

CIS Civil Aviation Accident Rates Deteriorate

Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2017 commercial aviation accident rate registered by member states of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), who are signatories to the 1991 Civil Aviation and Use of Airspace Agreement, is at its worst in the last five years. Although the overall number of aviation-related accidents has remained at 2016 levels, the IAC analysis notes a […]

Star Alliance A340 Blackened by Flames at Frankfurt Airport

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Star Alliance plane was engulfed by flames at Frankfurt Airport when the truck towing the aircraft caught fire during a push-back. Six people have been treated with various injuries – according to a Frankfurt Airport spokesman. The incident reportedly occurred during a ‘pushback’ where an aircraft is pushed backwards away from the airport gate […]

Peach A320 Engine Shuts Down in Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Peach Aviation Airbus A320-200, performing flight  from Osaka Kansai to Sendai  with 150 people on board, was descending towards Sendai when the crew observed the oil quantity indications for the left hand engine drop and proceeded to shut the engine down. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Sendai’s runway 09. The return […]

KLM Airbus A330 Suffers Hydraulic Failure at Amsterdam

Reading Time: < 1 minute KLM Airbus A330, performing flight from Minneapolis to Amsterdam was on final approach when the crew reported they suddenly had lost/depleted a hydraulic system and queried whether they were cleared to land, which tower affirmed. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 06. After landing the crew advised they had no nose wheel steering […]

Air Canada Boeing 787 Left Hand Engine Went in Flames

Reading Time: < 1 minute Air Canada Boeing 787 left hand engine went in flames while performing flight from Delhi to Toronto with 297 passengers and 14 crew. Airplane was enroute at east northeast of Moscow Domodedovo when the left hand engine  flamed out. The crew successfully restarted the engine, declared emergency and diverted to Moscow Domodedovo for a safe […]

Russian Low-Cost Airline Fires Pilots For Being Drunk on Duty

Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia’s Pobeda airline has sacked two pilots who attempted to fly an airliner from the Siberian city of Surgut to Dagestan’s Makhachkala while being under the influence of alcohol, the company said in a statement, citing CEO Andrey Kalmykov. This reported by TASS. According to media reports, two intoxicated Pobeda pilots sought to carry out […]

SCAT Airlines Boeing 737 Suffers Runway Excursion on Backtrack

Reading Time: < 1 minute SCAT Airlines Boeing 737, performing flight from Almaty to Kostanay with 80 people on board, landed on Kostanay’s runway 33 and slowed safely but missed the last available exit taxiway 3. While attempting to turn around to backtrack the runway to taxiway 3 the aircraft went off the runway and became stuck with nose gear […]