Officials are investigating the causes of a crack that ruptured the skin of a Las Vegas to Boise plane.  DALLAS (AP) - Federal officials said Friday they are investigating after a crack ruptured the skin on a Boeing 737 jet operated by Southwest Airlines, causing the plane to gradually lose cabin pressure. The incident occurred Monday on...

  A Jetstar Airbus A320-200, registration VH-VGT performing flight JQ-660 from Sydney,NS to Ayers Rock,NT (Australia), was enroute at FL340 about 140nm north of Mildura,VI (Australia) when the crew received a cargo smoke indication and diverted to Mildura. The aircraft landed safely on Mildura's runway 09 a...

  A Southwest Boeing 737-700, registration N726SW performing flight WN-1685 from Las Vegas,NV to Boise,ID (USA), was enroute at FL390 about 130nm southwest of Salt Lake City,UT (USA) over terrain rising up to above 3000 meters/10.000 feet MSL, when the crew initiated a rapid descent to FL220 due to unstable...

  A United Boeing 777-300, registration N2748U performing flight UA-48 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Mumbai (India), was enroute at FL330 about 130nm northnortheast of Gander,NL (Canada) when the crew decided to return to Newark due to problems with the right hand main electrical bus, which indicated disconnected...

  A Polar Air Cargo Boeing 747-400, registration N450PA performing freight flight PO-717 (dep Mar 13th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Tokyo Narita (Japan), was enroute at FL380 about 230nm southeast of Petropavlovsk (Russia) when the crew descended the aircraft to FL250, declared emergency and diverted to Pe...

  The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board should be more actively involved in the investigation of accidents related to military aircraft after a second Black Hawk helicopter crash in January, a lawmaker said yesterday at a meeting of the legislature's Transportation Committee. The Jan. 2 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash killed eight military pers...

  An American Airlines pilot based in Dallas has tested positive for coronavirus. American spokesman Curtis Blessing said the airline's chief medical officer and leaders in its pilots' office are in touch with the the pilot, who is based at the airline's hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. There have not been other publicized cases ...

  A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GGF performing flight G3-4805 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) with 106 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing through about FL140 out of Santos Dumont's runway 20L when the left hand engine shut down. The crew st...

  A Volaris Airbus A320-200, registration N524VL performing flight Y4-824 from Mexico City to Chetumal (Mexico) with 170 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 130nm west of Chetumal and about 260nm southwest of Cancun (Mexico) when the crew changed course to divert to Cancun due to problems with the l...

  An Air Transat Airbus A321-200, registration C-GEZO performing flight TS-783 from Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) to Quebec City,QB (Canada) with 185 people on board, was accelerating for takeoff from Fort Lauderdale's ru...