Reading Time: < 1 minute A KLM Boeing 787-900, performing flight from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Houston Intercontinental (USA), was enroute about 80nm west of Donegal (Ireland) when the crew decided to return to Amsterdam reporting a minor technical problem. The aircraft descended for the way back and landed safely on Amsterdam’s runway about 90 minutes after the decision to return […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Panama City (Panama) to Cordoba (Argentina), landed on Cordoboa’s runway 18 at 06:14Z and turned off the runway into high speed turn off taxiway but became disabled before crossing the hold short line. The runway needed to be closed. Argentina’s JIAAC reported they have opened an investigation into […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Lufthansa Cityline Canadair CRJ-900, performing flight from Brussels (Belgium) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 73 people on board, was descending towards Frankfurt when the crew reported light smoke on board. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Frankfurt’s runway 05C about 15 minutes later. The airline reported after takeoff from Brussels the crew noticed […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Early on Saturday, UTair-operated Boeing 737, going from Moscow, skidded off the runway during rough landing in the Russian city of Sochi, slid into a river and eventually caught fire. The aircraft was evacuated, 18 occupants were injured, the others remained unhurt, one airport worker died of a heart attack. The aircraft received substantial damage beyond […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, performing flight from New York (USA) to Madrid (Spain), had replaced N384AA, which had returned earlier. The aircraft was enroute at FL350 about 100nm east of Boston (USA) when the crew decided to return to New York reporting they had a problem with the navigation display at the captain’s side. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A LOT Polish Airlines Canadair CRJ-900, performing flight from Riga (Latvia) to Warsaw (Poland), was climbing out of Riga’s runway when the crew stopped the climb and decided to return to Riga reporting they had a right hand brakes overheat indication. On final approach, in contact with tower, the crew advised they would use just […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Capital Airlines Beijing Airbus A320-200 was on final approach to Macau’s runway 34 into the flare already when the aircraft encountered wind shear and touched down hard. The crew initiated a go around, received indications of left engine (CFM56) failure and suspecting gear damage declared Mayday. The aircraft diverted to Shenzhen (China) and landed […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A leaked draft of the official investigation of the US-Bangla Airlines flight from Dhaka to the Nepali capital crash reveals that the captain of the plane suffered an “emotional breakdown”. Conflicting reports that emerged shortly after the crash had suggested confusion between the pilot and air traffic control might have caused the accident. The report said air traffic control […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, performing flight from London Stansted (UK) to Palermo (Italy) with 186 people on board, was on final approach to Palermo’s runway descending in turbulent weather conditions when the crew initiated a go around. The captain subsequently reported the first officer had become ill, the captain decided to divert to Trapani located […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Mandarin Airlines Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, performing flight from Magong to Taichung (Taiwan) with 70 passengers and 4 crew, landed on Taichung’s runway but contacted a number of runway edge lights. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage however. Taiwan’s ASC rated the occurrence an accident and opened an investigation.