Reading Time: < 1 minute AirAsia X Airbus A330 was performing flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur with 359 people on board when the left hand engine (Trent 772) suffered a blade fracture, ingested the blade resulting in severe damage in engine core and severe vibrations. The crew shut the engine down, drifted the aircraft down to FL200 and returned […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Turkish Airlines Airbus A321 performing flight TK-1045 from Istanbul to Bucharest Otopeni with 176 people on board, landed on Otopeni’s runway 26R but overran the displaced end of the runway by about 50 meters before coming to a stop. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained minor if any damage, one temporary runway end/threshold light […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute United Boeing 737-800 performing flight from Panama City to Houston was enroute about 80nm east of Cancun (Mexico) when the aircraft encountered turbulence causing injuries to 9 passengers and one cabin crew. The aircraft continued to Houston for a safe landing about 80 minutes later. Emergency services transported 9 passengers and one cabin crew to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes China Eastern Airbus A330 was performing flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Kunming when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence including two large jolts causing the aircraft to experience multiple rapid descends and climbs (in excess of 5000 fpm) reaching a minimum of FL349 as well as injuries to 26 people on board. The aircraft […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration VQ-BAG performing flight U6-261 from Moscow Domodedovo to Ekaterinburg (Russia) with 81 people on board, landed on Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport’s runway 26R in heavy rain at 14:16L (09:16Z) but overran the end of the runway by about 50 meters coming to a stop with all gear on soft ground. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A woman onboard American Airlines flight AA329 from Dallas to Minneapolis yesterday morning died in the lavatory. A passenger seated near her said she went to the bathroom “about halfway” into the scheduled 2 hour 23 minute flight. During landing preparations, flight attendants discovered that there was someone still in the lavatory. When there was […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Up to 40 passengers on board a Perth-bound Qantas flight have been removed from the aircraft because it was reportedly too heavy to fly. Passengers on board the Boeing 737-800 Sydney to Perth flight, according to Radio 6PR, had their names called out and were told to disembark the plane. One passenger commented her row […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, performing flight from Chicago Midway to Bradley with 139 passengers and 5 crew, was in the initial climb out of Midway Airport when the crew reported the right hand engine (CFM56) had failed. They wanted to divert to Chicago O’Hare. The aircraft stopped the climb at 3000 feet and diverted […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A China Eastern Airbus A330-200, registration B-6099 performing flight MU-736 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Shanghai Pudong (China), was in the initial climb out of Sydney’s runway 34L when the crew reported a left hand engine (Trent 772) fault and requested to maintain runway heading. The aircraft levelled off at 5000 feet, the crew shut the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400 performing flight from Tokyo Narita to Detroit with 310 passengers and 17 crew was over the Pacific Ocean when the crew reported problems with the #1 engine (PW4056, outboard left hand) and decided to return to Tokyo Narita, where the aircraft landed back about 7 hours after departure. A passenger […]