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Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air, along with its UK subsidiary Wizz Air UK, has struck a deal with Pratt & Whitney over engine problems which have kept many of its aircraft grounded. The problems affect Wizz Air A320neo aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines of which around 40 [read more]

Authorities say 179 people have been killed in a plane crash in South Korea with just two survivors. Video of the accident shows the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 (HL8088) landed without its landing gear extended and collided with infrastructure at the end of the runway bursting into flames at Muan [read more]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan for Russian Air defences being responsible for the downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines flight which crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan on Christmas Day killing 38 people. The flight from Baku was due to land at Grozny Airport in Russia but was struck by [read more]

Human error was the primary cause of the crash between an Airbus A350 and a Japanese Coastguard Bombardier Dash 8 at Tokyo’s Haneda airport according to the preliminary report by authorities. Japan’s Transport Safety Board said that the crew of the coastguard aircraft had been focused on the mission ahead [read more]

The Azerbaijan Airlines flight which crashed on Christmas while attempting to make an emergency landing was been shot down by Russian Air Defences in the Grozny area according to Reuters sources and evidence from the survivors of the crash. The Embraer E190 was operating a flight from Baku in Azerbaijan [read more]

An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190 crashed while trying to make an emergency landing near Aktau, Kazakhstan. The aircraft was operating a flight from Baku to Grozny, Russia. Video of the flight shows the aircraft heading towards the ground with its landing gear down in an attempt to make an emergency [read more]

Flights in and out of Belfast City Airport (BHD/EGAC) are cancelled this evening following a landing incident involving an Aer Lingus ATR72-600 which closed the runway. The aircraft was positioning into Belfast City Airport from Edinburgh with 4 crew members on board when the nose gear collapsed following what was [read more]

At the exact time this article went live, 19:03 GMT on the 21st of December 36 years ago a bomb exploded onboard a Pan American (Pan Am) Boeing 747-121 registered as N739PA and called Clipper Maid of the Seas. The flight was operating a service from London Heathrow to New [read more]