Tag: Boeing 777-300ER
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Holiday Dream Turns Into Tragedy: Husband Dies After Singapore Airlines Flight Plunges 178ft in Seconds
A six-week dream holiday turned into a devastating tragedy for a British couple when their Singapore Airlines flight was hit by severe turbulence over Myanmar in May 2024. Linda and Geoff Kitchen, from Thornbury near Bristol, were about 10 hours into Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 from London Heathrow to Singapore when the Boeing 777-300ER suddenly…
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Breaking: RAF Typhoons Scramble To Escort Qatar Airways Flight QR23 After Radio Contact Lost, Boeing 777 Lands Safely At Manchester
A Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER operating Flight QR23 from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Manchester Airport was intercepted and escorted by two Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets after air traffic controllers temporarily lost radio communication with the aircraft during its approach into the UK. The aircraft, registered A7-BAJ, was cruising at 36,000 feet…
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Tail Strike Sparks Fly! Kalitta Air Cargo Jet Scrapes Runway During Go-Around At Cincinnati Airport
A dramatic moment unfolded at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) on Sunday when a Kalitta Air Boeing 777-300ER freighter scraped its tail on the runway during an attempted landing, sending a shower of sparks into the air before the crew successfully executed a go-around. The aircraft, operating Flight K4-264 from Brussels, Belgium, touched down on…
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ATC Prevents Potential Runway Collision Between Two Air India Aircraft at Mumbai Airport
A potentially serious runway incident was averted at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after air traffic controllers ordered an Air India flight to abort its take-off when another Air India Express aircraft was still on the runway. The incident occurred at around 10:00 PM on Tuesday when Air India flight AI816, a Boeing 777-300ER…
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Turkish Airlines Boeing 777 Suffers Major Wing Strike And Damaged Fuselage After Hitting Pole During Taxi At Antalya Airport
BREAKING: A Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300ER carrying 267 people was involved in a serious ground accident on June 12, 2026, at Antalya Airport, Türkiye, after the massive widebody jet reportedly took the wrong taxi route and its right wing struck an airport radar/lighting pole while heading toward its parking stand. The aircraft, operating as Flight…
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American Airlines 777 Struck By Lightning Returns To Heathrow, Grounding Aircraft And Disrupting Charlotte Service
A flight from Heathrow to the US was turned around on Wednesday after reportedly being hit by lightning. American Airlines flight AA735, which was due to fly to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, returned to London just 30 minutes into its journey. The flight took off on schedule at 3.05pm, but the crew squawked the code…
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Fresh From The Paint Shop, Qatar Airways’ New FIFA World Cup Livery 777 Is Almost Home In Doha
Qatar Airways shared its new special livery with the world in a statement released yesterday. As seen in the photo above, the striking paint scheme has been applied to a Boeing 777-300ER that bears the registration A7-BEH. This is an apt choice for the World Cup, given that, according to Cirium, an aviation analytics company,…
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