While parked at a remote stand, the nose gear of this Eva Air B747 collapsed. Engineers were troubleshooting some technical problems, which had delayed the flight to BKK and TPE. According to contemporary eyewitness reports: “Apparently the BA guys were troubleshooting a hydraulic leak on one of the main gears. This required lifting the landing […]
Accident Year – 2016 Captain of the A380-800 received a tyre pressure warning on take-off Aeroplane flew from Hong Kong to London Heathrow on a 13-hour journey One pilot said that the tyre probably detached from the wheel on landing An aviation expert said the shape was a quirk of A380 weight distribution An astonishing picture has emerged of a square-shaped tyre on a British Airways […]
An Emirates Airbus A380 was on approach to Nice in France 18 Aug 2023 and came into contact with an unidentified flying object, believed to be a drone The aircraft was grounded immediately due to damage to the wing including at least one of the right-hand slats, which required replacement AIRBUS A380 – MSN 187 […]
Air France Airbus A319-111 aircraft (F-GRHY) preparing for the Flight AF7540 from Paris (ORY) to Algiers (ALG) has been grounded due to a mishap during the pushback from gate on 21 Aug. source – Fl360.aero
On 20th August 2023, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 sustained substantial damage after a heavy landing at Santa Ana Airport in California. Apparently, the B737 landed so hard in the winds that the landing gear punctured the wing. The Boeing 737-800 with registration N516AS, was operating flight AS1288 from Seattle to Santa Ana, California. However, on […]
Air Transat flight 961 was at 35,000 feet when the composite material rudder broke off from its hinge, the aircraft soon encountered major stability problem. The crew responded by descending the aircraft and that soften the issue, they landed safely. Modern jet airliners with swept wings suffer from a particular form of yaw stability issue […]
All eight people on the aircraft died along with two motorists on the ground. The jet exploded into a fireball on impact, with thick black smoke seen rising from the site, video clips from the scene showed. It was travelling from the resort island of Langkawi to Selangor, west of the capital Kuala Lumpur. Officials […]
A Thai Airways A330-300 has nearly ripped the tail off a Gulfstream IV private jet during a taxiing accident in Vientiane, Laos. The accident occurred in darkness on 9 March as the A330 (HS-TEU) prepared to operate flight TG575 on the Vientiane-Bangkok Suvarnabhumi route, according to Thai Airways. “When the pilot took the plane out […]
Passenger claimed injuries as 2009 built Westjet Boeing 737-700 plane (C-FWSI) suffered damages while taxiing for departure at Comox Airport (CYQQ), BC, after it made an impact with the tail of a parked C-130 Hercules of the Canadian Air Force(130337). A passenger said : “Right before we hit, something had gone on with [my daughter] […]
The Air Algerie 737-800 had landed after operating Paris (CDG) TO Tlemcen (TLM) in Algieria as flight AH1087 and is understood to have taxied into a light pole with the starboard (right) wing damaged BOEING 737 NG /- MSN 40864 7T-VKJSerial number 40864 LN:3691Type 737-8D6First flight date 19/06/2011Plane age 12.1 yearsHex code 0A007AEngines 2 x […]
This incident happened on Saturday, July 29, 2023, and involves a 32-year-old United Airlines Boeing 767-300 with the registration code N641UA. The jet was performing flight UA702 from Newark (EWR) to Houston (IAH). The jet reportedly had an incredibly hard landing on runway 26L at Houston Intercontinental Airport. The plane taxied to the gate without […]
