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...
Airbus / Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos / Commercial Aviation
25 Jun, 2013
The right engine of a Thomas Cook Airbus A330-200 literally explodes during takeoff at Manchester. The flight, bound for the Dominican Republic, of course rejected takeoff immediately and came to stop on the runway...
Airbus / Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
9 Jun, 2013
This morning, an Airbus A320-232 (HA-LWM) operated by Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air crash landed at Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO), Italy. Flight W6-3141 was bound from Bucharest (Romania) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA). During...
Aviation Photos / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
6 Jun, 2013
This is what it looks like after you hit severe turbulences during breakfast. Singapore Airlines flight SQ308 (Airbus A380) en route from Singapore to London suddenly dropped 50-100ft leaving the cabin in a mess,...
Airbus / Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
24 May, 2013
A British Airways flight bound for Oslo today, had to return to London Heathrow Airport to make an emergency landing after the right engine caught fire following a reported bird strike. The cowling of...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos / Boeing
30 Apr, 2013
This video of the crash of a Boeing 747-400BCF operated by National Air Cargo emerged on the internet shortly after the accident happened on April 29th. The National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400 freighter (N949CA)...
Airbus / Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
24 Mar, 2013
American Airlines is going to equip its entire Airbus A320 Family fleet with Airbus’ innovative Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) technology and this new on-board cockpit technology will also become available to other manufacturers...
Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos
23 Mar, 2013
How do airline pilots stay sharp on emergency prodedures they rarely use? In a word, Simulators. Our friend Cap’n Aux (http://capnaux.blogspot.com) takes us for a ride in one.
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
30 Jan, 2013
Seattle Times is reporting that Boeing had numerous reliability issues with the main batteries on its 787 Dreamliner long before the two battery incidents this month grounded the entire 787 fleet. More than 100...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos / Boeing
17 Jan, 2013
A Boeing 787 operated by All Nippon Airways (ANA) has made an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport after a battery malfunction, yesterday. The plane has been evacuated via slides. According to ANA all 129...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
11 Jan, 2013
After a series of incidents involving the Boeing 787 during the past months, that include electrical faults in flight, APU battery fire in a parked 787, fuel leaks, engine malfunction that caused a grass...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Commercial Aviation
29 Dec, 2012
A Tupolev TU-204 (RA-64047), operated by Russian carrier Red Wings Airlines crash-landed today at Moscow Vnukovo Airport (VKO), Russia. On landing, Flight 9268 overran the runway and collided with a highway embankment. It broke...
Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos / Commercial Aviation
22 Nov, 2012
Just recently Delta Air Lines introduced these funny new in-flight safety videos to raise attention for these important safety presentations. Delta In-flight Safety Video – Version 1 Delta In-flight Safety Video – Version 2...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
20 Jun, 2012
Today, an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 767-381ER (JA610A) sustained substantial damage in a hard landing accident at Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT), Japan. Flight NH956 was bound from Beijing (China) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with...
Airbus / Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos
16 Jun, 2012
During landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) a China Eastern Airbus A340 performs a go-around because of a departing Hawaiian Airbus A330. Video by CAPlaneSpotting
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
4 Jun, 2012
A Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (5N-RAM) carrying 150 passengers and six crew members crashed into a residential area of Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday. No one survived, at least ten people were reported killed...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing
3 Jun, 2012
An Allied Air Cargo Boeing 727-221F cargo plane (5N-BJN) crash-landed at Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC), Ghana on Saturday. Flight 111, operated on behalf of DHL, was bound from Lagos, Nigeria (LOS) to Accra, Ghana (ACC)....
Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos / Commercial Aviation
16 May, 2012
An impressive video of a Boeing 767 ILS Category 3B autoland at Milan (MXP) followed by low visibility taxi.
Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos / Helicopters / Military Aviation
22 Mar, 2012
An AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed in Afghanistan after performing dangerous low-level maneuvers and then lost control. A spokesperson said the video was taken Feb. 6 in the Paktika province in Afghanistan. No one on...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing
13 Mar, 2012
ASN is reporting, that a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-732 rolled off a taxiway during engine tests at Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Mechanics were testing the engines of the Boeing 737 when they experienced...
Aviation News / Aviation Safety / Boeing / Commercial Aviation
2 Feb, 2012
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...
Aviation Safety / Aviation Videos / Commercial Aviation
7 Jan, 2012
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...
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