A Unity Air Zanzibar Embraer EMB-120, registration 5H-MJH performing a flight from Zanzibar to Kikoboga (Tanzania) with 30 passengers and 3 crew, was on approach to Kikoboga when the crew reported problems with their landing gear. The aircraft subsequently landed at 03:40L (00:40Z) but suffered the collapse of the right hand main landing gear, veered […]
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Fly2Sky A320 at Lagos and Asaba on Nov 26th 2023, aircraft flew to wrong airport
A Fly2Sky Airbus A320-200 on behalf of United Nigeria Airlines, registration LZ-FSA performing flight UN-504 from Lagos to Abuja (Nigeria), departed Lagos’ runway 18L, turned east and continued on a straight heading towards Asaba (Nigeria) rather than turning northeast towards Abuja and landed on Asaba’s runway 11 about 47 minutes after departure. Passengers reported cabin […]
Can jet engines melt?
Visit –https://hub.daddyssolutions.com/demo/debug1/blog/ for more interesting articles. Yes. Gas turbine engine designers jump through hoops to keep that from happening. They create turbine blades out of special heat resistant, high-strength allows and with holes and internal ducting through which coolant is pumped: They coat the turbine blades with insulating cermics: And they carefully control the fuel-air mix, […]
Runway overrun due to unstable approach caused by pilot error
Visit –https://hub.daddyssolutions.com/demo/debug1/blog/ for more interesting articles. “Why are you swimming in the water?” 30 years ago on 4 Nov 1993Runway overrun due to unstable approach caused by pilot errorat Kai Tak Airport, British Hong Kong Aircraft type Boeing 747-409. Operator China AirlinesIATA flight No. CI605ICAO flight No. CAL605Call sign DYNASTY 605Registration B-165Flight origin Chiang Kai-shek International […]
Fatal accident rate per million departures
Visit –https://hub.daddyssolutions.com/demo/debug1/blog/ for more interesting articles. All modern passenger airliners are incredibly safe as they have multiple redundancies and fail safes. Even the planes with the worst track records in history are somewhat safer than we think. Judging by the flight hours, neither aircraft has seen enough service to produce an accurate result for us to […]
What happens when an aircraft stalls during takeoff?
When an aircraft stalls during takeoff, it means that the airflow over the wings is no longer sufficient to produce lift for the aircraft to remain in the air. This can happen for a variety of reasons, such as an incorrect takeoff configuration, a malfunctioning engine, or a pilot error. When an aircraft stall occurs, […]
2 injured after CJIA Ground Staff accidentally releases plane’s tailcone
Two ground staff attached to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) last evening received minor injuries about their bodies after a coworker accidentally released the tailcone of a plane which fell on them. The plane involved is registered to World Atlantic Airlines that was contracted by Surinam Airways. Reports are that a ground staff mistakenly […]
Wreckage of TransAir flight 810 recovered from waters off Oahu
The flight recorders and wreckage of a Boeing 737-200 cargo plane that crashed in waters off Oahu in July have been successfully recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board announced. Recovery efforts began on Oct. 12 and took nearly three weeks to complete. “The recovery of the recorders and virtually the entire airplane represents a major […]