Category: ACCIDENTS & INCIDENTS

Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 Engine Shuts Down in Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 performing flight from Atlanta to Cleveland was climbing out of Atlanta when the crew stopped the climb due to problems with the right hand engine. The crew decided to shut the engine down and diverted to Knoxville for a safe landing about 20 minutes later A replacement MD-88 registration N946DL […]

Malaysia to Resume Search for Flight MH370 Missing Since 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute Malaysian Airlines flight 370 disappeared in the sky over the South China Sea on March 8, 2014. Since then, all attempts to find the crashed plane have failed. The Malaysian government has notified relatives of the passengers of flight MH370 Boeing 777, which went missing in 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, that […]

Delta Airbus A330 Engine Shuts Down in Flight near Tokyo

Reading Time: < 1 minute Delta Airlines Airbus A330 was performing flight from Hong Kong to Seattle, when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine (PW4168A) down. The aircraft diverted to Tokyo’s Narita Airport for a safe landing on runway 34L about 25 minutes later. Japan’s Ministry of Transport reported the crew received an overtemperature indication for the […]

Hurricane Ophelia Affects Scandindavian Airlines Flight to Stockholm

Reading Time: < 1 minute SAS Scandindavian Airlines Boeing 737-800 performing flight from Malmo to Stockholm was on approach to Stockholm Arlanda Airport’ when the crew reported the smell of smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft continued for a safe landing about 5 minutes later and was received by emergency services. No trace of fire, heat or smoke was found, […]

Malaysia Airlines A380 Drops Nose Wheel After Landing

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380 performing flight from London Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur landed on and slowed. While vacating the runway the left nose wheel could not be seen on the nose gear, the aircraft’s nose was supported by the right hand nose wheel only. The aircraft stopped clear of the runway and was towed […]

Simrik Airlines Dornier 228 Suffered a Runway Excursion on Takeoff

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Simrik Airlines (formerly known as Sita Air) Dornier Do-228 performing flight with 9 passengers and 2 crew, was about to take off from Lukla when the aircraft went off the left edge of the runway and stopped. The airline reported the aircraft became involved in a runway excursion aligning to the left of the […]

Southwest Boeing 737 Engine Shuts Down In Flight Near Nashville

Reading Time: < 1 minute Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 performing flight from Philadelphia to Nashville was enroute about to begin the descent into Nashville when an engine emitted a loud bang, streaks of flames and sparks prompting the crew to shut the engine down. Descending towards Nashville the controllers asked whether they were a divert, the crew advised Nashville was […]

Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines Airbus A320 suffers hard landing at Madrid

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Brussels Airlines Airbus A320, in the livery of the Belgium “Red Devils” Soccer National Team, performing flight from Brussels to Madrid landed on Madrid’s runway 32R but touched down hard. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron, where passengers disembarked normally. While the aircraft was being prepared for the […]

Sunwest Aviation de Havilland Dash 8 Collides With Two Deer

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Sunwest Aviation de Havilland Dash 8-300, performing flight from Edmonton to Conklin Christina Lake (Canada) with 43 passengers and 4 crew, landed on the MEG Energy Christina Lake Airstrip east of Conklin when the aircraft collided with two deer. The aircraft came to a stop with minor damage. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) […]

Maldivian de Havilland DHC-6 At Male Suffers Crash Landing

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Maldivian de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter on floats performing a flight from Dhaalu Atoll to Male (Maldives) with 15 passengers and 3 crew was on approach to Male’s Sea Port when the aircraft impacted the waters hard at the Sea Port and flipped over. The occupants were able to evacuate the aircraft in time. […]