Accident
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A Horizon Air Embraer ERJ175 operating for Alaska Airlines was forced to return to Wichita on 22 February 2026 after a passenger’s power bank went into thermal runaway shortly after takeoff. The aircraft involved, registered N641QX, was performing flight AS2117 from Wichita to Seattle when the incident unfolded during the initial climb. According to the…
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On the night of January 29, 2025 over the Potomac River, a Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk operated by the US Army as PAT25 collided with a PSA Airlines CRJ700 operating as Flight 5342 on short final to runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The impact, just half a mile southeast of the airport…
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The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report into the February 10, 2024 turbulence event involving United Airlines flight 1890, a Boeing 777‑222ER operating from Los Angeles to Newark. What began as an ordinary descent into the Northeast quickly escalated into a severe cabin‑injury event, leaving three flight attendants seriously hurt despite the…
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The aviation community was jolted on 10 February 2026 when a StarSky Aviation Fokker 50 suffered a dramatic runway excursion and cliff fall at Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport. Remarkably, all 55 occupants survived—a rare outcome in an accident that left the aircraft destroyed and lying on the shoreline. A Routine Departure That Quickly Unravelled…
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When LATAM flight LA8073 lined up on runway 35L at Milan Malpensa on 9 July 2024, nothing in the cockpit suggested the crew were seconds away from one of the most serious tail‑strike events ever recorded on a Boeing 777‑300ER. The weather was benign, the aircraft was serviceable, and the three‑pilot crew — a Line…
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A private jet crashed during takeoff at Bangor International Airport on Sunday night, killing most of the eight people on board and prompting a major federal investigation. Early reports from the FAA and local officials confirm severe winter weather, a post‑crash fire, and conflicting passenger counts as investigators work to piece together what happened. The…
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On January 24, 2026, a Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-941, registration 9V-SHW, experienced a tail strike during a go-around maneuver at Singapore Changi Airport (SIN). Operating as Flight SQ917 from Manila (MNL) to Singapore, the aircraft was on final approach to Runway 02L when the crew initiated a go-around from a very low altitude. During this…
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On January 17, 2026, tragedy struck Indonesia’s aviation sector when an ATR 42-500 aircraft operated by Indonesia Air Transport (IDA) crashed en route from Yogyakarta to Makassar. The aircraft, registered PK-THT, disappeared from radar and radio contact during its approach to Makassar’s Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport. All 11 people on board were confirmed dead after…
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Eighteen years ago today, on 17 January 2008, British Airways Flight 38 made aviation history—not for tragedy, but for an extraordinary survival story that reshaped global understanding of fuel‑system behaviour in modern long‑haul aircraft. As the Boeing 777‑236ER, registration G‑YMMM, descended toward London Heathrow after an 8,100‑kilometre journey from Beijing, a chain of events unfolded…
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An Asiana Airlines Airbus A330-300, registered HL7754, was involved in an onboard fire incident on 8 January 2026 during flight OZ745 from Seoul Incheon (ICN) to Hong Kong (HKG). The aircraft, operating with 284 passengers, was cruising roughly two hours into the journey when a passenger’s power bank entered thermal runaway, triggering a small but…