An Easyjet Airbus A320 and a KLM Boeing 737-800 have collided during a pushback at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport (AMS/EHAM). The incident which happened yesterday saw the left wing of the A320 hit by the elevator of the 737. No injuries were reported but both aircraft suffered damage. A spokesperson for [read more]
A Virgin Atlantic flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in Boston (BOS/KBOS) after a fire broke out in the cabin. Unconfirmed reports have said the fire is believed to have been caused by an overheating or faulty battery charger and was contained to one seat. Virgin Flight [read more]
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has said it has sent a team to West Sussex to investigate an accident involving an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or Drone. Not much is known about the nature of the accident which happened near Goodwood yesterday. The Goodwood Estate is currently hosting the Festival [read more]
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it has found a “potential risk” with the Boeing 737 Max which it says must be rectified before the flight test program can commence. The Boeing 737 Max is currently grounded worldwide as a result of two fatal accidents linked it’s Maneuvering [read more]
The official report into the fatal plane crash of a motor-glider in Monmouthshire last year has concluded that the accident happened because the pilots did not see a tree until it was too late to avoid it. Grob 109B G-KHEH was carrying out a “Field Landing Excercise” on the 10th [read more]
Dutch investigators have named four people they say are responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in 2014. Flight MH17, A Boeing 777-200, was shot down by Pro-Russian Rebel forces over the Donetsk region of Ukraine. It was fired on by a [read more]
A statement released by Boeing shows that the airframer was aware of a software issue with MCAS on the Boeing 737 Max in 2017 but chose not to act. Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) has been implicated in two fatal Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes a Lion Air Crash in [read more]
The pilot who crashed a Hawker Hunter during a display at the 2015 Shoreham Airshow has been acquitted of manslaughter. Andy Hill was charged with the manslaughter of 11 people following an investigation by Sussex Police but a jury at the Old Bailey found the 54 year old not guilty. [read more]
Liberal newspaper “The Independent” has been caught spreading fake news about a supposed near-miss at 35,000ft. The newspaper posted a video online that it claimed showed a near miss at 35,000ft. The video involved an Aer Lingus flight and and another four engine aircraft of an unknown airline. Under the [read more]
A Laudamotion flight to Austria has been evacuated on the runway after performing a rejected take-off (RTO) at London Stansted (STN/EGSS)airport this evening. It is not yet clear what caused the pilot to reject the take-off but Twitter user Sam Long (@slongy20) posted an image of the slides deployed on [read more]
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