Category: ACCIDENTS & INCIDENTS

Flybe Embraer E195 Windshield Cracks at Newquay

Reading Time: < 1 minute Flybe Embraer ERJ-195, performing flight from Newquay to London Gatwick with 92 passengers, was climbing out of Newquay when the crew stopped the climb due to a cracked outer layer of a windshield and returned to Newquay for a safe landing about 20 minutes after departure. The flight was cancelled, the passengers were bussed to […]

Engine Blaze Forces Delta Flight to London to Turn Back to Atlanta

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Delta Air Lines plane made an emergency landing Wednesday at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport shortly after takeoff when smoke was spotted billowing out of its right engine. Flight was headed from Atlanta to London when the flight’s crew noticed something was wrong with one of the engines. Delta Airlines said the plane had problems […]

One Dead after the Engine Explodes on a Southwest Flight

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 with 149 people aboard performed an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on April 17 after an engine exploded and broke apart in mid-air causing one fatality. Depending on the information of the flight tracking website, FlightAware.com, Southwest flight 1380 took off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport at around 10:27 […]

GOL Boeing 737 Takes Off with a Landed Aircraft Still on Runway

Reading Time: < 1 minute GOL Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Brasilia to Sao Luis with 154 passengers and 6 crew, was accelerating for takeoff when the crew recognized the previous landing, an air force aircraft, was still on the runway. The Boeing continued takeoff passing close to the air force plane and landed in Sao Luis without […]

Algerian Military Aircraft IL-76 Crash Leaves 257 Dead

Reading Time: 2 minutes An Algerian military transport plane crashed Wednesday shortly after taking off from an air base south of the capital, Algiers, killing at least 257 people, according to the Algerian Defense Ministry. The victims included 247 passengers — most of them soldiers and their families — and 10 crew members, the statement said. There was no […]

Plane Crash at TPC Scottsdale Leaves Six Dead

Reading Time: < 1 minute A single-engine plane carrying six people crashed on an Arizona golf course shortly after takeoff on Monday evening, killing everyone on board, the authorities said. Moments after the plane took off from the Scottsdale Airport around 8:45 p.m., it went down in a fiery crash on the TPC Scottsdale golf course, sparking a small fire […]

Ceiling Panel Falls on Toddler during American Airlines Flight to Dallas

Reading Time: < 1 minute A mother reported that a ceiling panel and oxygen tank fell on her 1-year-old son Saturday during an American Airlines flight from Hong Kong to DFW International Airport. Jennifer Zanone said in a Facebook post that her son was sitting on her lap when the panel fell on landing at the airport. She said she […]

Vietnam Airlines Airbus A321 Strikes Its Tail on Landing

Reading Time: < 1 minute The first officer had difficulty maintaining localizer and glideslope as well as maintaining speed, the captain provided instructions to correct, the corrections made by the first officer were insufficient however.Vietnam Airlines Airbus A321, performing flight from Pleiku to Hanoi (Vietnam), was on final approach to Hanoi with a low time first officer flying the aircraft […]

Turbulence Injures 4 on the KLM Boeing 777 Flight to Amsterdam

Reading Time: < 1 minute KLM Boeing 777, performing flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam, was enroute over the Atlantic Ocean when the aircraft suffered severe turbulence causing injuries to two passengers and two flight attendants. After assessment of the injuries the crew decided to continue the flight to Amsterdam, descending towards Amsterdam the crew requested medical assistance available at landing […]

Rossiya Airlines A319 Runs Over Ground Worker’s Foot on Push Back

Reading Time: < 1 minute Rossiya Airbus A319-100, performing flight from London Gatwick to Saint Petersburg, was being pushed back for departure when the aircraft was stopped, emergency services responded to attend to a ground worker, who became trapped with his foot under one of the aircraft’s wheels. Emergency services released the man and airlifted the ground worker with serious […]