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Ladder left on Birmingham Airport runway endanger three flights

Three planes landing at Birmingham Airport narrowly missed a ladder left on the runway by maintenance crew....

FAA orders immediate inspection of certain PW4000 engines

The FAA ordered an emergency inspection of the PW4000-112 engines powering the Boeing 777 following the engine failure o...

United 777 incident may be related to metal wear, NTSB says

The NTSB said the damage to one of the Pratt & Whitney engine blades of a United Boeing 777 that failed in Denver ap...

DHL Boeing 757 freighter diverts due to cargo door opening

A DHL Boeing 757-200 freighter diverted to Leipzig Airport (LEJ) after its main cargo door unexpectedly flung open....

Delta Air Lines Boeing 717 slides off taxiway before takeoff

Delta Air Lines Boeing 717-200 suffered taxiway excursion before takeoff....

Investigators find pilot responsible for Kobe Bryant's death

The NTSB investigators found the pilot to be responsible for Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash....

Sriwijaya Air crash preliminary report points at autothrottle malfunction

The crash of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 in January 2021 could be linked to a thrust imbalance caused by an autothrottl...

Sriwijaya Air SJ182: no explosion prior to crash

The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee reported that the Sriwijaya Air SJ182 Boeing 737 was intact when...

Nippon Cargo Airlines Boeing 747 freighter suffers tailstrike

Nippon Cargo Airlines Boeing 747-8F suffered a tailstrike while performing a go-around....

Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320 lands with tilted nose gear

Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320 experienced a nose gear problem during the landing. ...

Vietnamese regulator tightens aircraft storage rules

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam issued new aircraft storage rules under which airlines are allowed to ground jet...

Southwest crew finds written threat, evacuates plane

Southwest Airlines crew finds a written threat and evacuates the Boeing 737 plane upon arrival at Baltimore/Washington I...

Flight PS752 crash anniversary: investigation stalling, families mourning

A year after the downing of UIA Flight PS752, little seems to be done to bring a satisfying conclusion to the investigat...

Air France Boeing 777 diverts due to hydraulic leak

Air France Boeing 777-200 aircraft diverted back to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) due to a possible hydraulic le...

Iran to compensate Ukraine PS752 crash victims’ families

Iranian government reportedly agreed to allocate $150,000 to each family of the Ukraine PS752 crash victims....

Airbus A220-300 demonstrating its capabilities during Farnborough

Regulators aim to prevent Airbus A220 engine shutdowns

Under bizarre circumstances, rainwater entered the avionics bay of the Airbus A220. After an initial AD in September 202...

Severe weather conditions blamed for Jet2 Boeing 737 runway incursion

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch released an incident report regarding a serious Jet2 Boeing 737-800 runway incurs...

A flying Boeing 737 MAX during the Farnborough Airshow

Boeing 737 MAX: is it safe to fly?

With the Boeing 737 MAX coming back to service, there are a lot of questions. Yet the main one, amongst potential passen...

Helicopter crash in French Alps: what we know so far

An Airbus EC135 helicopter crashed during rescue training in the French Alps, killing five people. The sole survivor, a...

Russian pilots to use paper maps as software update goes wrong

Aeronautical data providers have warned Russian airlines that updated navigational databases lack information on 49 airp...

Australian wasp nesting habits endanger planes

Attracted by aircraft probes, a species of wasp could become a danger for Australian aviation....

Pakistan International Airlines ATR taxiing before take-off

Prior maintenance shortfalls blamed for PIA flight 661 crash

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight 661 was supposed to be the final leg of a six-flight trip for the airline&#...

Transavia Boeing 737 landing at Paris Orly Airport ORY

Flawed AoA sensor and maintenance led to Boeing 737 turn back

Two Transavia France flights, including one that resulted in a turn around, puzzled French accident investigators (BEA),...

Stored Wizz Air Airbus A321 at Vilnus Airport VNO

Long-term storage and larvae forced Wizz Air A321 reject take-off

A Wizz Air Airbus A321 was forced to reject a take-off twice, as the Primary Flight Display (PFD) showed incorrect airsp...

MH17 trial: Russian suspect denies any involvement

Oleg Pulatov, one of the four suspects tried in absentia by the Netherlands for the murder of 298 passengers on Mal...

Vueling Airbus A320 departing Palma de Mallorca Airport PMI

Cessna Citation exhaust gasses almost downed Vueling Airbus A320

The French Accident Investigators BEA revealed how exhaust gasses from a Cessna Citation Excel partially incapacitated a...

Incorrect ATC data blamed for Yakutia SSJ100 runway excursion

Russian investigators released their final report on Yakutia Airlines SSJ100 runway excursion incident at Yakutsk Airpor...

Canarias ATR 72 turbine disintegrates during takeoff

On October 15, 2019, ATR 72-212A regional turboprop belonging to Canarias Airlines (operating as Binter Canarias) was ta...

qantas 737 turning off runway aerotime news

Qantas flights near-miss incident caused by confusing taxiway

On April 28, 2018, two Qantas Boeing 737s were involved in a near-miss incident in Perth airport, Australia. As it was a...

Airbus A320neo landing after its test flight in Toulouse Blagnac

FAA and EASA warn of Airbus A320neo unsafe condition

A biocide, which was used to combat microbiological contaminations inside fuel tanks, was found to adversely affect the...

Two Ryanair Boeing 737 at Cagliari Airport

Close but no crash: two Ryanair Boeing 737 near-miss above Spain

A new incident report released by the Spanish Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission (CIAIAC...

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Ladder left on Birmingham Airport runway endanger three flights

FAA orders immediate inspection of certain PW4000 engines

United 777 incident may be related to metal wear, NTSB says

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