DHL Boeing 757 freighter diverts due to cargo door opening
A DHL UK Air Boeing 757-200 returned to Leipzig Halle Airport (LEJ) after its main cargo door opened…
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Delta Air Lines Boeing 717 slides off taxiway before takeoff
Delta Air Lines Boeing 717-200, carrying 77 passengers, slid off from the taxiway prior to departure to Atlanta…
Investigators find pilot responsible for Kobe Bryant’s death
According to the final report of the US National Transport Safety Board (NTSB), the helicopter crash that resulted…
Sriwijaya Air crash preliminary report points at autothrottle malfunction
The crash of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 in January 2021 could be due to a thrust imbalance…
Sriwijaya Air SJ182: no explosion prior to crash
In a hearing with the Parliament, the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) presented several early findings in…
Nippon Cargo Airlines Boeing 747 freighter suffers tailstrike
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) Boeing 747 freighter experienced a tailstrike while performing a go-around at Tokyo Narita Airport…
Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320 lands with tilted nose gear
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320 experienced a nose gear problem during the landing at Basel Mulhouse-Freiburg EuroAirport (BSL),…
Vietnamese regulator tightens aircraft storage rules
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) released a new directive regarding aircraft storage and maintenance rules. Following…
Southwest crew finds written threat, evacuates plane
On January 11, 2020, Southwest Airlines (LUV) crew found a written threat upon arrival at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood…
Flight PS752 crash anniversary: investigation stalling, families mourning
On the first anniversary of the downing of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards…
Air France Boeing 777 diverts due to hydraulic leak
Air France Boeing 777-200 aircraft returned to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) shortly after the crew reported…
Iran to compensate Ukraine PS752 crash victims’ families
On December 30, 2020, Iranian cabinet members reportedly agreed to allocate $150,000 to each family of the 176…
Regulators aim to prevent Airbus A220 engine shutdowns
Transport Canada (TC) revised an Airworthiness Directive (AD) to prevent engine shutdowns on the Airbus A220. The regulator…
Severe weather conditions blamed for Jet2 Boeing 737 runway incursion
A Boeing 737 aircraft belonging to Jet2, a British low-cost carrier, experienced a serious runway incursion due to…
Boeing 737 MAX: is it safe to fly?
Ever since the second fatal crash of the Boeing 737 MAX occurred in Ethiopia in March 2019, the…
Helicopter crash in French Alps: what we know so far
A helicopter belonging to the private company Service Aérien Français (SAF) crashed during training, killing five people. The…
Russian pilots to use paper maps as software update goes wrong
Aeronautical data providers have warned Russian airlines that updated navigational databases lack information on 49 airports.As a result,…
Australian wasp nesting habits endanger planes
The wasps of the Pachodynerus species have a problematic habit: they slip into human-made equipment to build their…