Tag: aviation investigation
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Today In 2000: Air France Flight 4590 – How A 17-Inch Metal Strip Caused The Only Fatal Concorde Crash And Ended The Supersonic Era
On July 25, 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic airliner, crashed just moments after takeoff from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, becoming the only fatal accident involving the legendary Concorde during its 27 years of passenger service. In a tragic chain of events lasting barely more than a minute, all 109 people on…
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Families Of Pakistan Cargo Crash Crew Urge International Help To Recover Black Boxes From 3,000m-Deep Arabian Sea
Pakistan’s July 7 K2 Airways cargo plane crash has entered a critical phase as the families of the five crew members are urging authorities to seek international assistance to recover the aircraft’s flight recorders from the Arabian Sea. They say finding the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder is essential to uncovering what happened…
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US Investigators Lead Probe Into Ryanair Flight Where Man Was Partly Sucked Out Of Broken Window
NTSB Takes Over Investigation After Ryanair Passenger Was Partly Sucked Out of Blown-Out Window Mid-Flight The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has officially taken over the investigation into the dramatic Ryanair flight incident that left a passenger partially sucked out of a broken cabin window just minutes after takeoff. The terrifying event occurred on…
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Air India Boeing 787 Crash: AAIB Refuses Disclosure Of AI171 Cockpit Voice Recordings, Cites Legal Prohibition
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) has told the Supreme Court that cockpit voice recordings and airborne image recordings from the June 12, 2025 Air India Flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad cannot be disclosed to any external committee or released to the public. In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the AAIB said there…
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Mysterious Vibration, Fractured Fuel Tube and Damaged Generator – What Led to Both Engines Flaming Out Before the NetJets Highway Crash – NTSB Report Details
A mysterious vibration. A strange humming noise. Then one warning after another. Minutes later, both engines were dead and a private jet was gliding through the darkness toward a busy Texas highway. The NTSB’s preliminary investigation into the June 16, 2026, NetJets crash in Laredo, Texas, is now revealing a disturbing chain of mechanical events…
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Ryanair Boeing 737 Mid-Air Window Shattering Linked to Right Engine Failure as Investigators Examine Incident
A serious right engine issue has emerged as a key focus in the investigation into a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 emergency that resulted in rapid cabin decompression and a passenger being partially pulled through a damaged window. The aircraft was operating a flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, when the emergency occurred in North Macedonian…
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Wreckage of K2 Airways Cargo Plane From UAE Found Off Pakistan’s Karachi Coast
Wreckage Found: K2 Airways Cargo Boeing 737 Crashes into Arabian Sea After Reporting Navigation Problem After more than 12 hours of an intensive search, Pakistani authorities have located the wreckage of the missing K2 Airways Cargo Boeing 737 in the Arabian Sea off Pakistan’s Karachi coast, confirming fears that the cargo aircraft crashed after losing…
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Ground Collision at Manila Airport: Saudia Boeing 787 Clips Philippine Airlines Airbus A320 During Taxi
A serious ground incident occurred on Tuesday, July 7, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) in Manila when a Saudia Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner struck the tail of a parked Philippine Airlines Airbus A320 while taxiing for departure. The Saudia aircraft, operating Flight SV871 to Jeddah, reportedly clipped the lower section of the Airbus A320’s vertical…
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Beijing Identifies 66-Year-Old Pilot Surnamed Liu Killed in Crash Into City’s Tallest Building
The pilot killed when a plane crashed into Beijing’s tallest building last Friday was a 66-year-old man surnamed Liu, Beijing’s Chaoyang district government said on Thursday, as officials sought to end speculation about the incident. Without identifying the 108-storey CITIC Tower, headquarters of one of China’s largest state-owned conglomerates, the Chaoyang government said Liu had…
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FlyCAA A321 Freighter Involved In Landing Safety Event After Multiple Go-Arounds At Kindu Airport, DR Congo
A FlyCAA Airbus A321-200 passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft was involved in what authorities have described as a “safety event” during its landing at Kindu Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 24, 2026. The aircraft, registered 9S-AJM, was operating Flight BU-282 from Kisangani to Kindu when it encountered difficulties while attempting to land…
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