Aviation safety news

A Korean Air Airbus A330 has crashed on landing in bad weather at Mactan-Cebu airport in the Philippines. The aircraft, with 173 people on board, was attempting to land for the third time at the airport as rain and high winds were affecting the area. After landing the aircraft over [read more]

Essex Police have confirmed they have been dealing with a security incident involving an airliner, believed to be an easyJet flight, at London Stansted tonight. The incident comes days after a Jet2 flight between Manchester and Dalaman was diverted to the airport following a “credible threat” which turned out to [read more]

A Jet2 flight from Manchester to Dalaman was diverted to Stansted last night after a bomb threat was made which also caused the RAF to launch 2 quick reaction alert Typhoons to escort the aircraft. The Typhoons escorted the aircraft into Stansted where the aircraft was checked by Essex Police [read more]

Video has emerged of one of the main wheels on the Boeing 747 Dreamlifer coming off shortly after take off from Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in Italy. In the video, one of the wheels separates from the undercarriage and falls to the ground bouncing off the runway, The crew were informed of [read more]

Passengers were forced to carry out an emergency evacuation of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 after its main landing gear overheated and caught fire at Antakya-Hatay Airport. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 had taken off from Istanbul for the short flight to Anatkia as TK2256 but after landing, the brakes [read more]

The US Air Force (USAF) has grounded almost all of its C130H Hercules transport aircraft because cracks were found on the propellor barrels of three aircraft. Over 100 C130H, EC130H, MC130H and TC130H aircraft are affected by the defect which could cause fluid to leak from cracks. USAF Mobility Command [read more]

A minor incident involving two aircraft occurred this evening at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) when a Korean Air Boeing 777-300 clipped the tail of an Icelandair Boeing 757 whilst taxiing. It is understood that the Korean air flight, operating KE908, clipped the 757 with its wing. A spokesperson for Heathrow airport [read more]

A Boeing 737 freighter being operated for cargo specialist West Atlantic has overrun the runway at Montpellier Airport ending up in the Étang de l’Or. A lake between the airport and the Mediterranean. The incident happened around 3 am local time on Saturday morning as the aircraft, A Boeing 737-400SF [read more]