Last week, the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation (DOT) and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued joint guidance for the air travel industry, meant to provide a framework for airlines and airports operating amidst a global pandemic. COVID-19 has spawned more than 11.4 million cases worldwide and, with the United States still le...

A United Boeing 787-9, registration N27958 performing flight UA-2860 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Newark,NJ (USA), was climbing out of Rome's runway 25 when the crew stopped the climb at FL150 and slowed the aircraft to 300 knots over ground. The aircraft entered a hold, then returned to Fiumicino Airport for a safe landing on runway 16R at a higher th...

Delta Airbus A319 was travelling from Palm Beach Airport in Florida to LaGuardia Airport in New York Bird hit the nose of the aircraft as it approached New York City, damaging the plane's radar equipment Pilots performed an emergency landing at nearby John F. Kennedy Airport, safely landing all 43 passengers on board   By Andre...

Ruili Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration B-7866 performing flight DR-6558 from Xianyang to Kunming (China), was climbing through 9500 meters out of Xianyang when the crew initiated an emergency descent reporting a heating failure of the left hand windshield followed by a flashover. The aircraft diverted to Chongqing (China), entered a hold to burn off f...

Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GUC performing flight G3-2220 from Rio de Janeiro Galeao,RJ to Natal,RN (Brazil) with 120 passengers and 6 crew, was descending towards Natal when the left hand engine (CFM56) flamed out associated with an EICAS message "ENG FAIL". The crew attempted to restart the engine without success. The...

Binter Canarias Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration EC-KGJ performing flight NT-932 from Funchal to Porto Santo (Portugal), was in the initial climb out of Funchal when a burning odour developed in the cabin and thick black smoke began to emerge. The aircraft stopped the climb at about 700 feet and returned to Funchal for a safe landing ...

by Admin July 7, 2020 in International News Manila, ANN A training aircraft Piper Seneca with a Nepali trainee pilot ‘Suramya Khanal’ has met an incident in Philippines. The trainer aircraft made an emergency ditching in Zambonga Shoreline. The aircraft landed on water in emergency as a technical emergency procedure if the pilots in e...

On June 14th, a China Airlines Airbus A330-300 experienced the failure of several systems as it touched down at Taipei Songshan Airport. With the aircraft's primary flight computers, thrust reverser, and autobrake systems non-responsive, the crew applied manual braking, stopping just 10 meters before the end of the runway. Details of the CI202 inciden...

A Malta Air Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Ryanair, registration 9H-QDT performing flight FR-170 from Berlin Schoenefeld (Germany) to Athens (Greece) with 158 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 20nm south of Thessaloniki when a smoke detector activated. The crew declared emergency reporting smoke in the cockpit and diverted to Thessaloniki fo...

A Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration LX-UCV performing flight CV-7536 from Hong Kong (China) to Baku (Azerbaijan), was accelerating for takeoff from Hong Kong's runway 25R when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed due to an engine (RB211) problem. The aircraft slowed safely, vacated the runway via taxiway A6 about 2000 meters/6560 feet do...