A Delta Airlines jet has crashed while landing at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. There were 80 people onboard the aircraft, 74 passengers and 4 crew, and a statement from Toronto Airport said all passengers and crew had been accounted for. Three people have been critically injured. Images show the jet, [read more]
The US Army UH60 Blackhawk which collided with an American Eagle CRJ700 over Washington had a vital safety system switched off according to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) briefing. The NTSB told US Senators that Blackhawk’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system, which provides information about the aircraft’s position, altitude [read more]
An initial report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has said that it is likely that up to 4 bolts were missing from the emergency exit door panel that detached in flight from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 last month causing an explosive decompression. The 737 Max [read more]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)have released the first images from the site of the fatal mid-air collision which happened at Dallas Executive Airport at the weekend. The crash happened when a Bell P-63F King Cobra collided with a Boeing B17G Flying Fortress at a display operated by the Commemorative [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed the details of yesterday’s horror crash at Dallas Executive Airport, which saw two World War II aircraft collide in mid-air. The crash occurred yesterday afternoon and involved a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra, the latter appearing to crash into [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD #2021-05-51) ordering US operators of Boeing 777 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112 engines to carry out thermal checks on compressor blades before allowing them to return to service. The directive comes after initial findings by the [read more]
Initial inspections of the Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112 engine that caught fire on flight UA328 on Saturday have found that Turbine Blade No11 sheared off at the root “likely caused by metal fatigue”. Turbine Blade 10 was also sheared mid-way along its length, probably after being hit by Blade 11. [read more]
Boeing has recommended that any airline flying the Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 powered Boeing 777 should ground them pending an investigation into the United Airlines flight which suffered an uncontained engine failure on Saturday. United Airlines, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines all operate the type of [read more]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a news release yesterday about the 2015 engine fire at Las Vegas McCarran as it concludes that it was caused by a crack in the high-pressure compressor stage. British Airways flight 2276, which was due to fly from Las Vegas to London Gatwick, [read more]
For the second time in less than 6 months, Air Canada pilots have been involved in an incident while landing at San Francisco. The second incident occurred on Sunday night when Air Canada flight AC781 from Montreal was ordered to abort its landing six times by Air Traffic Control (ATC). [read more]
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