Category Archives: Latest Aviation News

Indonesian Plane Overshoots Wet Runway. JAKARTA: A Indonesian passenger plane carrying 146 people skidded off the runway as it landed in the eastern Papua region Wednesday, an official said, the latest mishap to hit the country’s aviation sector. No one was hurt after the Boeing aircraft operated by domestic carrier Sriwijaya Air overshot the wet […]

Challenger 604 – Uncontrolled Roll in A380 Wake Turbulence.       A Challenger 604 at FL340 operating from Male-Abu Dhabi passed an A380 opposite direction at FL350, one thousand feet above, about 630nm southeast of Muscat, Oman, over the Arabian Sea. A short time later (1-2 minutes) the aircraft encountered wake turbulence sending the aircraft […]

SAAB 340 loses propeller in flight.    Regional airline Rex has grounded some of its planes as an investigation continues into how a propeller fell off an aircraft as it approached Sydney airport late last week. Regional Express has revealed the crew had shut down the right-hand engine of the Saab 340 before the propeller […]

MD83 at Detroit overruns runway on takeoff.      An Ameristar McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N786TW performing charter flight 7Z-9363 from Detroit Willow Run, MI to Washington Dulles, DC (USA), was accelerating for takeoff from Willow Run’s 23L at about 15:40L (20:40Z) when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed but overran the end of […]

British Airways Runway Excursion.     British Airways flight BA804, and Airbus A319, slid off the taxiway at Billund Airport, Denmark and became stuck. The aircraft had just landed on runway 09 and had vacated the runway via taxiway M. It was turning towards taxiway K when the incident happened. Aviation-safety network

Boeing 747 cargo plane crashes in Bisahkek, Kyrgyzstan.        At least 32 people are reported dead in a crash of a Turkish cargo plane near the airport in the Kyrgyz capital. Many of those killed were residents of a village where the plane crashed. Many others are reported injured. Kyrgyz officials said the […]

Does Automated Taxi Drone’s Successful Test Spell Trouble for Pilots?        Self-piloting cars are bad enough for the current workforce because of its threat to jobs, but now companies are creating aircraft that can pilot themselves. Called the Cormorant, the vertical take-off, and landing (VTOL) vehicle can carry both people and supplies through […]

Bombardier Global 7000 business jet completes its first test flight.      Nov 4 Bombardier Inc’s Global 7000 completed its first test flight over Toronto on Friday, the company said, a milestone for the long-range business jet considered critical to the growth of its corporate plane division. The test aircraft took off from a Bombardier facility […]

iOS 10: Airplane Mode Doesn’t Turn Off All Radios (GPS, NFC).       With iOS 8.2 and earlier, Airplane mode in iOS would turn off all four radios in an iPhone: Bluetooth, Cellular, GPS and Wi-Fi. Starting in iOS 8.3, that changed with GPS. Plus, starting with iPhone 6, NFC is not disabled either. iPhones […]

GE alert after American Airlines fire.     Nov 5 General Electric Co is seeking to remove an engine part from service after an American Airlines jet erupted in flames last week, it told air carriers in a letter seen by Reuters on Saturday. The manufacturer has identified a “limited number” of parts closely related […]