Tag: cargo flight
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On This Day In 1993: A Fatigued DC-8 Banked Nearly 90 Degrees & Crashed And Destroyed By Fire At Guantánamo Bay – Yet Amazingly, All 3 Crew Members Survived With No Fatalities
On August 18, 1993, American International Airways Flight 808 was approaching the U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, when a routine cargo flight turned into a terrifying loss of control. The three experienced crew members survived a crash that destroyed the Douglas DC-8-61, but the investigation uncovered something far more disturbing than a simple…
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Fire Warning at 22,000 Feet Forces Cargolux Boeing 747 Freighter to Abort Flight and Return to Atlanta
A Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter operating Flight CV-6374 was forced to make an emergency return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on July 23 after the crew received a main deck cargo fire indication while climbing out of the airport. The aircraft, registered LX-OCV, had departed Atlanta for Luxembourg with two crew members on board. As…
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K2 Airways Cargo Flight 737 Overdue in Karachi – Last ADS-B Data Indicates Low Altitude, High Rate of Descent
Breaking News: K2 Airways Cargo Boeing 737 Reported Overdue Near Karachi Authorities in Pakistan have launched a search operation after K2 Airways Cargo Flight KTA1732, a Boeing 737-400 freighter registered AP-BOI, failed to arrive in Karachi as scheduled on July 7. The cargo flight was operating from Sharjah to Karachi when contact with the aircraft…
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