Captain seats child in his lap during a flight on a Boeing 737
A report revealed that during an AirExplore flight on a Boeing 737, the captain of the Slovak charter…
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Boeing claims potential danger in A321XLR fuel tank design
EASA has received Boeing’s submission claiming integrally-located fuel tanks of Airbus A321XLR pose a fire hazard. According to…
Chinese regulator has major safety concerns about the Boeing 737 MAX
The aviation regulator of China, CAAC, is still concerned about the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.…
Ladder left on Birmingham Airport runway endanger three flights
The UK Air Accident Investigation Agency (AAIB) released its final report regarding a dangerous situation that occurred at Birmingham…
FAA orders immediate inspection of certain PW4000 engines
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requiring owners and operators of the…
United 777 incident may be related to metal wear, NTSB says
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a briefing that the damage to one of the…
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…
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…