Aviation Safety
The Seattle Times is reporting today that Boeing 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) had to cancel two of its first 10 Dreamliner flights between Tokyo and Frankfurt due to “a malfunction of the flaps system”. This first Boeing 787 long-haul route opened Jan. 21. An ANA spokeswoman said the airline canceled the Jan. 26 flight out of Frankfurt and another flight on Jan. 30 out of Tokyo. Passengers on that flights were transferred ...
How low can you go at famous Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten (SXM)? This Boeing 727 operated by Amerijet set a new record. It almost hit the fence and landed on the overrun zone 150 feet before the threshold!
A Tupolev Tu-134A-3 (EX-020) operated by Kyrgyzstan crash-landed at Osh Airport (OSS), Kyrgyzstan, yesterday. The airplane landed hard in thick fog, rolled over and caught fire. Several people on-board were taken to hospital with minor injuries but, like a miracle, no one has been seriously injured or killed. Videos
The Bombardier Global 6000, which entry into service is expected for 2012, features the Global Vision flight deck that includes a new state of the art head-up display (HUD). Using the Rockwell Collins Head-up Guidance System (HGS) with synthetic vision, terrain, airports and obstructions are directly projected in front of the pilot. Rockwell Collins will be the first company to bring this capability to the real world. The video shows this system demonstrated on board ...
A video emerged on the internet showing the emergency landing of LOT flight LO16, Boeing 767-35DER (SP-LPC), at Warsaw Airport last Tuesday from inside the cabin! A passenger filmed the gear-up emergency landing on the foamed runway and the amazingly quick evacuation of the plane. On Tuesday the flight coming from Newark, NJ (EWR) encountered problems lowering the main landing gear during approach to Warsaw. The crew then decided to carry out a gear-up belly ...
Today, a Boeing 767-35DER (SP-LPC) operated by polish flag carrier LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze conducted an emergency landing at Warsaw-Frédéric Chopin Airport (WAW), Poland. Flight LO16 carrying 230 passengers was bound from Newark, NJ (EWR). During approach to Warsaw, the crew encountered problems lowering the main landing gear. They entered a holding pattern above the airport for about one hour before the crew decided to carry out a gear-up landing. LOT spokesman Leszek Chorzewski said ...
This Iran Air Boeing 727-200 (EP-IRR) successfully conducted an emergency landing at Tehran Mehrabad airport, Iran on Oct 18th 2011. Flight IR-742 was bound from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini (Iran) with 94 passengers and 19 crew. During approach the crew did not receive a down and locked indication for the nose gear and aborted the landing. Following unsuccessful troubleshooting they decided to divert to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport where a low approach confirmed ...
The FAA is proposing a $590,000 civil penalty against Alaska Airlines for allegedly operating a Boeing 737-400 on 2107 flights when it was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations. On Jan. 18, 2010, a flight deck ceiling fire occurred in a Boeing 737-400 while it was parked at the gate at Anchorage International Airport. Investigators determined the fire was caused by chafed wiring that had resulted from improper installation of a hose clamp. The ...
Today, a Yakovlev 42D (RA-42433) crashed shortly after take-off into the Volga River near Yaroslavl, Russia. The flight was bound from Yaroslavl (IAR/UUDL), Russia to Minsk (MHP/UMMM), Belarus. According to various sources 43 people on board have been killed, 2 survived badly injured. The airplane carried the Russian Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team including members of the German, Czech Republic, Swedish, Slovakian, Latvian, Russian and Ukrainian national ice hockey teams and several ...
According to ASN an Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A300B4-620 (5A-IAY) was destroyed at Tripoli International Airport, Libya during battle between rebels and Libyan troops. The Airbus burned out completely. 5A-IAY conducted its first flight in 1984 and also was in service with Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight and Fly International Airways. Video by Reuters
Date: 08/05/2011 2:05 p.m Location: Chicago O’Hare Int’l Aircraft Type: Boeing 767-300 Registration: Unknown Operator: American Airlines Flight: AAL41 Phase: Landing Level of Damage: Unknown Injuries & Fatalities: 8 passengers injured American Airlines flight AAL41, on landing in Chicago the right main gear caught fire. The crew reported a fire on brake No. 7. The plane exited onto a taxiway and passengers were deplaned via slides. Source: FAA
Date: 07/30/2011 1:35am Location: Georgetown, Guyana Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-8BK(WL) Registration: 9Y-PBM Operator: Caribbean Airlines Flight: BW523 Phase: Landing Level of Damage: Written off Injuries & Fatalities: No fatalities, some unknown injuries Caribbean Airlines flight on landing overshot the runway and broke in half Date: 07/29/2011 Location: San Francisco, CA Aircraft Type: Boeing 747-422 Registration: N173UA Operator: United Airlines Flight: 888 Phase: Climb Level of Damage: None Injuries & ...
French investigation board BEA today released a third report about Air France flight AF447. The Airbus A330-203 registered F-GZCP crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 31 May 2009. This report current interim report has been made possible by the complete readout of the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), which were recovered at the beginning of May 2011 after several campaigns of sea searches. According to the report the crisis arose ...
Today Asiana Airlines Cargo flight 991, a Boeing 747-400F (HL7604), crashed into the sea off Jeju, South Korea. The flight was bound from Seoul-Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG), China. One hour after take-off the crew reported a fire in the cargo hold and had to divert to Jeju. Both pilots have been killed. Boeing extends its condolences and stands ready to send a team to provide technical support to the investigation ...
Date: 07/14/2011 07:56pm Location: Boston, MA Aircraft Type: Boeing 767-300 Registration: Unknown Operator: Delta Air Lines Flight: 266 and Aircraft Type: Bombardier CL-600-2D24 Regional Jet CRJ-900ER Registration: N132EV Operator: Atlantic Southwest Airlines (Delta Connection) Flight: 4909 Phase: Taxi Level of Damage: Unknown Injuries & Fatalities: None With its left wingtip, Delta Airlines flight 266 bound from Boston to Amsterdam clipped the vertical stabilizer of Atlantic Southwest Airlines (Delta Connection) flight 4909, a ...
Today a Boeing 727-030 (9Q-COP) operated by Hewa Bora Airways crashed on landing during heavy rain at Kisangani airport (FKI/FZIC), Congo (Democratic Republic). Flight 952 was bound from Kisangani. According to early reports it’s believed that 40 of the 112 people aboard may have survived. The aircraft involved has entered service with Lufthansa on 29 September 1965 and was later operated by Condor, Jet Aviation, Imperial Palace Air and the Government of Benin. It ...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the imposition of a $1.05 million civil penalty against Boeing for allegedly failing to correct a known problem in production and installation of the central passenger oxygen system in its Boeing 777 airliners. The FAA based its proposed civil penalty on inspections of nine newly assembled aircraft between April and October 2010. Inspectors discovered that spacers in the oxygen delivery system distribution tubing on the aircraft were not ...
Date: 06/21/2011 04:40am Location: Atlanta, GA Aircraft Type: Boeing 757-232 Registration: N6714Q Operator: Delta Air Lines Flight: 1323 Phase: Take-off Level of Damage: Unknown Injuries & Fatalities: 3 persons with unknown minor injuries Delta flight 1323 bound for Los Angeles, a Boeing 757, sustained a left engine failure 15 minutes after take-off from Atlanta. The plane returned to the airport and landed without incident. The passengers deplaned via slides, 3 persons have ...
Today a Tupolev Tu-134A-3 operated by Russian carrier RusAir (RA-65691) crashed near Petrozavodsk Airport (PES) (Russia). During final approach flight 9605, that departed from Moskva-Domodedovo, crashed on a highway and burst into flames. The weather at the time of the accident was bad with low visibility. According to reports, ILS at the airport failed as well as runway lights. 44 people on board died, 8 could be rescued from the wreckage. Video
Date: 05/18/2011 5:30 p.m Location: Point Mugu NAWC Naval Air Base, CA Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-321B Registration: N707AR Operator: Omega Air Flight: 70 Phase: Take-off Level of Damage: Destroyed Injuries & Fatalities: None During takeoff from Point Mugu Naval Air Base a Boeing 707-321B Tanker operated by Omega Air went off the side of the runway into a marsh area and burst into flames. Fortunately all three people onboard survived the crash. ...
Date: 05/14/2011 05:55 Location: Los Angeles, CA Aircraft Type: Airbus A321-231 Registration: N540UW Operator: US Airways Flight: AWE1498 Phase: Standing Level of Damage: Minor Injuries & Fatalities: None US Airways flight AWE1498 (an Airbus A321-231 (N540UW)) was holding on a taxiway at Los Angeles LAX when debris was falling down from another aircraft. The debris struck the Airbus and cracked its windshield. Source: FAA
At a press conference held yesterday, French Aviation Investigation Board, Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation Civile (BEA), released these new photos of the Air France AF447 recovery. The Airbus A330-203, registration F-GZCP, crashed on June 1 2009 en route from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) to Paris (France) into the Atlantic Ocean. Since 2 years a large recovery operation consisting of several ships and robots tried to localize and recover Flight Recorders ...
