Aviation News / Aviation Safety
18 Sep, 2017
No, this is no camper! After Hurricane Irma has destroyed Florida Keys, FAA has implemented this mobile air traffic control tower at Key West International Airport (KEYW). It was brought making a road trip...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos / Commercial Aviation / Embraer
10 Feb, 2015
US Airways flight US1825 made an emergency landing in Houston after the nose gear failed to deploy. The Embraer ERJ-190 was bound from Philadelphia, only 1 person sustained light injuries.
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
4 Feb, 2015
An ATR-72-600 (B-22816), operated by Transasia (Flight GE235), crashed into a river near Taipei shortly after takeoff. According to news sources, shortly after takeoff the crew radioed “Mayday! Mayday! Engine Flame Out!”, lost height...
Airbus / Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
19 Jan, 2015
Airbus A350 and A380 planes will soon be equipped with ejectable black boxes that can float, making them easier to find in an air crash at sea. At the end of last year Airbus...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing
10 Jan, 2015
Ghana Airports Company is reporting, that an Ethiopian Cargo Boeing 737 (ET-AQV) has crash-landed at Accra (Ghana). The plane bound from Lome (Togo) has skidded off the runway on landing. All 3 crew on...
Airbus / Aviation News / Aviation Safety
10 Jan, 2015
The tail of AirAsia QZ8501 has been recovered from the seabed of the Java Sea. The rear part of the Airbus A320-200, that crahed two weeks ago, was spotted on Wednesday by an unmanned...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
1 Jan, 2015
Several news sources are reporting that the pilots of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 may have managed to make an emergency water landing, only for the plane to be overcome by high seas. The Airbus A320-200...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing
31 Dec, 2014
Pakistani airline Shaheen Air, a Boeing 737-4H6 (AP-BJN), was damaged in a runway excursion at Lahore-Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE), Pakistan. Flight NL147 bound from Karachi (KHI), after landing went to the right off...
30 Dec, 2014
On Dec. 28 2014, JetBlue Flight B61994 (Embraer ERJ-190AR) bound from Nassau, Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was struck by a laser beam while on approach to Fort Lauderdale (KFLL). Prior to landing the...
Airbus / Aviation News / Aviation Safety
30 Dec, 2014
An AirAsia Airbus A320 (RP-C8972) suffered a runway excursion while landing on runway 23 at Kalibo Airport (KLO), Philippines. Runway 23 has an LDA (Landing Distance Available) of 2187 meters. Flight Z2272 arrived at...
Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
30 Dec, 2014
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 G-VROM, flight VS43, carried out an emergency landing at London Gatwick airport due to landing gear failure. The flight was bound from London Gatwick to Las Vegas. Part 1...
Airbus / Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
28 Dec, 2014
AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control December 28 at 07:24 (Surabaya local time). The flight took off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya at 05:35 hours...
23 Dec, 2014
Southwest Airlines flight 449 that was just about to depart from New York LaGuardia to Denver clipped its left winglet with the back of American Airlines flight 1104 that was taxiing to its gate....
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Bombardier
9 Nov, 2014
The right propeller of an Air Canada Express Bombardier Q400 smashed through the window, almost hitting one passenger. As the Q400 turboprop (C-GGBF) took off from the Calgary airport en route to Grande Prairie...
Airbus / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
30 Oct, 2014
Airlines and pilots will both benefit from the Common Type Rating pilot training on the A350 XWB and A330 jetliners, further extending Airbus’ concept of flight operational commonality between its fly-by-wire aircraft families. The...
Airbus / Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
29 Oct, 2014
The Airbus A350 XWB just became the first new airliner ever to be approved before EIS for “ETOPS Beyond 180 minutes” The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved the new A350-900 airliner for...
Aviation Photos / Aviation Safety / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
21 Mar, 2014
Today, a Condor Boeing 757-300 (D-ABON) aborted its takeoff from Frankfurt, Germany (FRA). Reason is still unknown but according to several eye witnesses (fellow spotter friends) it was pretty violent. Photos provided by retina-photo.net
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
11 Mar, 2014
While search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues, CNN reports, that the flight may have been hundreds of miles off course, traveling westwards in the opposite direction from its original destination. According to...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
5 Dec, 2013
Delta Air Lines flight DL415, a Boeing 767-332ER (WL) (N182DN), taking off from Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD), Spain, bound for New York-John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) suffered a tyre failure during takeoff. The airplane...
Aviation Safety / Releases - Articles
27 Nov, 2013
For many air travelers, watching Asiana Flight 214 crash onto the runway at San Francisco airport was the realization of their worst fears. They consider those that survived to be lucky to have escaped...
Airbus / Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
14 Aug, 2013
An Airbus A300F4-622R (N155UP) cargo plane operated by UPS (flight 1354) crashed and burst into flames near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM), UK. During approach to runway 18, the plane, arriving from Louisville (SDF) USA,...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
27 Jul, 2013
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it is proposing a $2.75 million civil penalty against Boeing for allegedly failing to maintain its quality control system in accordance with approved FAA procedures. In September...
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