Airline auditing website, AirlineRatings has unveiled its report on the safest airlines in the world and in the full-service category, the Top 10 probably won’t be a surprise, but it only features one UK airline. Compiling the list used data analysis which considers incident rates adjusted for the total number [read more]
According to the report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), inexperience was the major factor in a fatal crash of a Cirrus SR22 at Duxford last year. The report concluded that there was no fault with the aircraft at the time of the crash, which occurred during a flight [read more]
First of all, let me say this feature does not deal with what led up to the crash or the cause of the landing gear/hydraulic failure. What I am looking at here is solely what happened post-landing. On the 29th December Jeju Air Flight 2216, a Boeing 737-800, declared an [read more]
There is no doubt that severe turbulence is effecting more and more flights. Climate change discussions aside, increasing incidents of severe turbulence is a fact! How can we prevent the most serious consequences of inflight turbulence in this rapidly changing climate if we are to continue flying around the world? First, passengers should pay [read more]
Data from 2023 shows there were six fatal airliner crashes in 2023 making it the safest year in commercial aviation in a decade. The number of crashes and passenger fatalities was almost half that of the previous year with 115 passenger deaths compared to 229 in 2022 according to data [read more]
A video posted on social media appears to show the final moments of a Yeti Airlines flight which crashed near Pokhara, Nepal. The flight was operating from Kathmandu and of the 72 people on board the aircraft, at least 68 have been confirmed dead. The aircraft involved was a 15-year-old [read more]
Airbus UpNext has begun testing next-level pilot assistant technology on an Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. The wholly-owned Airbus subsidiary is testing a system known as Dragonfly which includes the ability to autonomously divert the aircraft in flight with automatic landing and taxi ability. Airbus says that the technologies were able to [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]
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]
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