A UTAir Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, flight UT-132 from Krasnojarsk to Tomsk (Russia) with 67 people on board, was climbing out of Krasnojarsk when the crew reported smell of smoke in the...

 By Arthur Torosian   Loss of control has been the cause of a number of airplane accidents since 2000 that have killed hundreds of people. In some of these accidents the pilot's actions in response to an unusual flight or aircraft condition has been so obviously wrong that we all want to know what led to a series of fatal mistakes. &...

  A UTAir Boeing 737-800, registration VQ-BQR performing flight UT-295 from Moscow Vnukovo to Surgut (Russia) with 175 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 260nm northeast of Moscow's Vnukovo Airport when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and initiated an emergency descent initially to FL140, then FL100. The ...

  An Etihad Boeing 777-300, registration A6-ETR performing flight EY-450 (dep Oct 13th) from Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) to Sydney,NS (Australia) with 349 people on board, was enroute at FL370 abou...

  A Cathay Dragon Airbus A330-300, registration B-HLC performing flight KA-621 from Hangzhou to Hong Kong (China), was climbing out of Hangzhou when the crew stopped the climb at 8400 meters (FL276) abo...

  A Fiji Airways Boeing 737-700, registration DQ-FJF performing flight FJ-822 from Christmas Island (Kiribati) to Honolulu,HI (USA), was enroute over the Pacific Ocean about 950 to 600nm south of Honolu...

  An American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N790AN performing flight AA-62 (dep Oct 3rd) from Miami,FL (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL380 over the Atlantic Ocean abo...

  An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N901NN performing flight AA-2293 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Washington National,DC (USA), departed Dallas' runway 35L when the tail of the aircraft c...

  A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300, registration G-VLUV performing flight VS-90 from Saint Lucia Hewanorra (Saint Lucia) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was backtracking runway 10 for departure when the air...

  An Air Berlin Airbus A320-200, registration D-ABHO performing flight AB-6880 from Dusseldorf to Sylt (Germany) with 82 passengers and 5 crew, landed on Sylt Westerland's runway 32 at 08:19L (06:19Z) b...