Category: ACCIDENTS & INCIDENTS

Alitalia Boeing 777-200 Engine Shuts Down in Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Alitalia Boeing 777-200, performing flight from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 293 people on board, was enroute when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine down. The aircraft drifted down and diverted to Sapporo (Japan), for a safe landing about 80 minutes later. Japan’s Ministry of Transport reported the […]

Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400 Engine Shuts Down in Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, performing flight from Glasgow to Belfast City (UK) with 69 people on board, was climbing out of Glasgow’s runway when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine down. The airline confirmed the aircraft landed safely at Belfast City after a technical fault with the left hand engine […]

Jet Airways Boeing 737 Veered Right off the Taxiway

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) to Mumbai (India) with 141 passengers and 7 crew, lined up with taxiway and commenced takeoff when the aircraft rejected takeoff, the aircraft veered right off the taxiway. The airline reported the aircraft rejected takeoff and departed the runway, everybody was evacuated. There were […]

Fatal Helicopter Collision Kills 18 People

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Russian helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff in Siberia, killing all 15 passengers and 3 crew aboard. According to preliminary information, after take-off Mi-8AMT collided with the external load of the other helicopter, crashed about 2km from the airfield and caught fire. As a result of the crash everyone died. The crew of the other helicopter […]

20 People Dead After Junkers Aircraft Crash in Swiss Alps

Reading Time: < 1 minute Swiss authorities have confirmed that all 20 passengers and crew onboard a vintage Junkers JU-52-HB-HOT were killed when the aircraft crashed in the Swiss Alps on Saturday. The plane was flying from Locarno, near Switzerland’s southern border, to the airline’s base in Dübendorf, a suburb of Zurich. Local Police confirmed a Junkers aircraft crashed at […]

Philippine Airlines Boeing 777 Engine Shuts Down in Flight

Reading Time: < 1 minute A PAL Philippines Airlines Boeing 777-300 performing flight from Manila (Philippines) to Vancouver,BC (Canada) with 387 people on board, was enroute at over the Philippine Sea when the crew observed a low oil pressure indication for the left hand engine (GE90), shut the engine down and drifted down. The aircraft diverted to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport […]

Smartwings Boeing 737 Overruns Runway on Landing

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Smartwings Boeing 737, performing flight from Heraklion (Greece) to Pardubice (Czech Republic) with 120 people on board, landed on Pardubice’s runway 27 at 18:12L but overran the end of the runway and came to a stop about 20 meters/70 feet past the end of the runway with all gear on soft ground (no paved […]

Flydubai Flight Delayed By Intoxicated Pilot

Reading Time: < 1 minute A flydubai flight from Kathmandu to Dubai was delayed for nearly 12 hours after a pilot was suspected by a colleague of being under the influence of alcohol when reporting for duty. In a statement, flydubai said the pilot was scheduled to operate from the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu to Dubai. “Flydubai has a zero […]

Aeromexico E190 Bursts into Flames in Mexico

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Aeromexico Connect Embraer ERJ-190, performing flight from Durango to Mexico City (Mexico) with 97 passengers and 4 crew, rejected takeoff from Durango’s runway 03 at about 15:15L (20:15Z), but veered left off the runway and overran the end of the runway and burst into flames in viewing distance of the airport’s apron. The local […]

Air Canada Boeing 788 Turns off Runway into Dead End

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Air Canada Boeing 788, performing flight from Montreal, QC (Canada) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 201 passengers and 11 crew, landed on Tokyo Narita’s runway 16L and slowed to taxi speed. The aircraft subsequently vacated the runway via an apparent high speed turn off but became stuck due to the taxiway’s surface not being […]