EASTERN AIRLINES – LOCKHEED L1011 (N310EA) flight EAL401

EASTERN AIRLINES – LOCKHEED L1011 (N310EA) flight EAL401

Eastern Airlines flight EAL410 operated with a Lockheed 1-1011 crashed at 23:42 eastern standard time, December 29, 1972, 10.7 miles west-northwest of Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida. The aircraft was destroyed. Of the 163 passengers and 13 cremembers aboard, 94 passengers and 5 crewmembers received fatal injuries. Two survivors died later as a result of their injuries.
Following a missed approach because of a suspected nose gear malfunction, the aircraft climbed to 2, 000 feet mean sea level and proceeded on a westerly heading. The three flight crew members and a jumpseat occupant became engrossed in the malfunction.
The National Transportation Safely Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the flightcrew to monitor the flight instruments during the final 4 minutes of flight, and to detect an unexpected descent soon enough to prevent impact with the ground.
Preoccupation with a malfunction of the nose landing gear position indicating system distracted the crew’s attention from the instruments and allowed the descent to go unnoticed.

Precision Air – ATR42-500 (5H-PWF) flight PW494

Precision Air – ATR42-500 (5H-PWF) flight PW494

Precision Air flight PW494 was operated with an ATR42-500 (registration 5H-PWF) from Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam for a scheduled commercial passenger flight to Bukoba on 06-11-2022. Weather at destination Bukoba airport was poor and last part...

Spicejet – Boeing B737-800 (VT-SGK) flight SG622

Spicejet – Boeing B737-800 (VT-SGK) flight SG622

On 06.11.2014, Spicejet flight SG622 operated with a Boeing B737-800 aircraft registered VT-SGK was involved in an accident at Surat while taking off to operate scheduled flight to Delhi. The flight was under the command of an ATPL holder; the First Officer was a CPL...

Emirates Boeing B777-300 (A6-EMW) flight EK521

Emirates Boeing B777-300 (A6-EMW) flight EK521

Emirates flight EK521 crashed on 3 August 2016 while operating a scheduled passenger flight UAE521, departed Trivandrum International Airport India, at 0506 UTC for a 3 hour 30 minute flight to Dubai International Airport (OMDB), the United Arab Emirates, with 282...

Summit Air – Dornier DO228-202 (C-FYEV)

Summit Air – Dornier DO228-202 (C-FYEV)

The Summit Air Dornier C-FYEV (a Dornier 228-202 serial number 8133) was a charter flight from Resolute Bay to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, under instrument flight rules. While on final approach to Runway 31 True, the aircraft collided with the ground approximately 1.5...

Smartlynx Airlines – Airbus A320-214 (ES-SAN)

Smartlynx Airlines – Airbus A320-214 (ES-SAN)

On 28th February 2018 at 10:02, the Smartlynx Airlines - Airbus A320-214 (ES-SAN) took off from Tallinn airport Estonia to perform training flights with 2 crew members (captain and safety pilot), 4 students and 1 ECAA inspector on board. Following several successful...

Aeroflot Superjet 100 (RA-89098) flight SU1492

Aeroflot Superjet 100 (RA-89098) flight SU1492

Update of Aeroflot superjet 100 flight SU1492 : a preliminary report has been issued today , June 16th 2019 by the Interstate Aviation Committee. According to the preliminary report, the following facts have been proven: airplane hit by lightning during climb...

USAIR – Boeing B737-300 (N513AU) flight US427

USAIR – Boeing B737-300 (N513AU) flight US427

On September 8, 1994, about 1903:23 eastern daylight time, USAIR flight US427, a Boeing 737-3B7 (737-300) registered N513AU, crashed while maneuvering to land at Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USAIR flight US427 was operating under the...

Aeroperu Boeing B757-200 (N52AW) flight PL603

Aeroperu Boeing B757-200 (N52AW) flight PL603

Aeroperu flight PL603 was operated by Aeroperu with a Boeing B757-200 (N52AW and took off at 05:42 UTC on 2 October 1996 from Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru bound to Santiago de Chile. When Aeroperu flight PL603 took off and reached speed V2 + 10,...

Gulf Air – Airbus A320-212 (A40-EK) flight GF072

Gulf Air – Airbus A320-212 (A40-EK) flight GF072

GULF AIR flight GF072 crashed while on go-around in Bahrain international airport. On 23 August 2000, at about 1930 local time, Gulf Air flight GF-072, an Airbus A320-212, a Sultanate of Oman registered aircraft A40-EK, crashed at sea at about 3 miles north-east of...

Easyjet – Airbus A320-214 (G-EZUC) flight U28193

Easyjet – Airbus A320-214 (G-EZUC) flight U28193

The EasyJet flight U28193 was being operated on a scheduled passenger service between London Gatwick Airport and Milan Malpensa Airport. During their pre-fight preparations, the fight crew noted that only low levels of turbulence were forecast, although there had been...

Malaysia Boeing B777-300ER (9M-MRO) flight MH370

Malaysia Boeing B777-300ER (9M-MRO) flight MH370

Malaysia flight MH370 will be for long one of the biggest mystery in aviation industry and collective immagination. After four years the final investigation about the Malaysia flight MH370 has been released with an enormous effort by the Malaysia's Ministry of...

Adam Air – Boeing B737-300 (PK-KKV) flight KI172

Adam Air – Boeing B737-300 (PK-KKV) flight KI172

On 21 February 2007 at 1525 local time (0825 UTC),  Adam Air flight KI172 , registered PK-KKV, was being operated by PT. Adam Sky Connection Airlines (Adam Air) on a scheduled passenger flight from Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Jakarta to Juanda Airport, Surabaya, East...

Tarom – Airbus A310-324 (YR-LCC) flight ROT371

Tarom – Airbus A310-324 (YR-LCC) flight ROT371

The Tarom flight ROT371 accident was notified to the Civil Aviation Inspectorate by Romanian Air Traffic Services. The accident occurred on 31 March, 1995, when the Airbus A310-324, registered YR-LCC, was scheduled as Tarom flight ROT371 with destination Brussels,...

Loganair – SAAB 2000 (G-LGNO) flight LM0080

Loganair – SAAB 2000 (G-LGNO) flight LM0080

The Loganair flight LM0080 was serviceable with no relevant deferred defects prior to the fight. Weather forecasts for Sumburgh predicted thunderstorms with rain, snow, and hail, and winds gusting up to 60 kt, during the afternoon and early evening. The aircraft and...

TAM Airlines – Airbus A320 (PR-MBK) flight JJ3054

TAM Airlines – Airbus A320 (PR-MBK) flight JJ3054

On 17 July 2007, at 17:19 local time (20:19 UTC), the Airbus aircraft, model A320, registration PR-MBK, operating as flight TAM Airlines flight JJ3054 , departed from Porto Alegre (SBPA) destined to Congonhas Airport (SBSP) in São Paulo city, São Paulo State. There...

FLYBE – DASH 8 DHC-8-402 (G-EC0Z) Flight BE461

FLYBE – DASH 8 DHC-8-402 (G-EC0Z) Flight BE461

The FLYBE flight BE461 crew and aircraft were operating the first sector of a return fight from Newcastle to London Gatwick. They were aware of forecast strong and gusty wind conditions throughout the south of England. The commander was the PF and, once the PNF...

Air China – Boeing B737-300 (B2906) flight CA161

Air China – Boeing B737-300 (B2906) flight CA161

On February 10 (Sunday) 2008, a Boeing 737-300, registered B2906, operated by Air China flight CA161, took off from Beijing Capital International Airport (People’s Republic of China) bound for Kansai International Airport (Japan) on a scheduled Flight CA161 of the...

RIGAS AEROKLUBS LATVIA – ANTONOV AN-28 (YL-KAB)

RIGAS AEROKLUBS LATVIA – ANTONOV AN-28 (YL-KAB)

RIGAS AEROKLUBS LATVIA flight YL-KAB was performing parachutists dropping with two airplanes at the National Parachute Sport Centre, Østre Æra airstrip in Østerdalen. The company had had a great deal of experience with this type of operations, and had been carrying...

Carpatair – ATR72-500 (YR-ATS) flight AZ1670

Carpatair – ATR72-500 (YR-ATS) flight AZ1670

Alitalia flight AZ1670 operated by Carpatair with ATR72-212A (ATR72-500) registration YR-ATS departed Pisa (LIPR) bound to Rome Fiumicino Airport (LIRF) on the 2nd of February, 2013, at 18.44 with 4 crew members and 46 passengers on board. After an uneventful approach...

TAROM – BOEING B737-300 (YR-BGC) flight ROT3107

TAROM – BOEING B737-300 (YR-BGC) flight ROT3107

On December 30th, 2007 the TAROM flight ROT3107, registered YR-BGC was scheduled for the flight ROT 3107 Bucharest – Sharm el Sheik. At 09:27 UTC, during the take-off procedure from runway 08R at “Henri Coandă” International Airport Bucharest, the aircraft collided...

LTU – AIRBUS A330-322 (D-AERK) flight LT230

LTU – AIRBUS A330-322 (D-AERK) flight LT230

The airplane with 11 crew and 114 passengers aboard was on a LTU flight LT230 from Düsseldorf, Germany, to Saloniki, Greece. At 10501 hrs in Flight Level (FL) 105 during climb the crew noticed a loud bang. Simultaneously, the aircraft began to yaw in combination with...

LOGANAIR – SHORTS SD3-60 (G-BNMT)

LOGANAIR – SHORTS SD3-60 (G-BNMT)

The LOGANAIR flight G-BNMT accident was notified to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) at 1744 hrs on 27 February 2001 by Air Traffic Control, Edinburgh Airport. The investigation was conducted by: Mr D King (Investigator-in-Charge), Miss G M Dean...

Kam Air – Boeing B737-200 (EX-037) flight RQ904

Kam Air – Boeing B737-200 (EX-037) flight RQ904

On February 3, 2005. a Boeing 737-242 aircraft with Kyrgyz Republic registration EX·037 . operated by Phoenix Aviation , was conducting Kam Air flight RQ904 from Herat to Kabul. There were a total of 105 occupants on board the Aircraft , including eight crew members...

Channel Express – Fokker F27 (G-CEXF)

Channel Express – Fokker F27 (G-CEXF)

Channel Express Fokker F27 G-CEXF was operating its fourth sector of the morning, the first two sectors having been operated by a different crew. Prior to the first sector, the commander noted that the aircraft was experiencing a notable low frequency vibration, felt...

Egyptair – Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCC) flight MS804

Egyptair – Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCC) flight MS804

A line flight from Charled De Gaulle Paris airport (CDG) and Cairo international airport has been reported missing this early morning on the Mediterranean sea, next to waypoint KUMBI. The flight was an Egyptair flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo that disappeared from...

Helisureste – Agusta A109-E – EC-GQX

Helisureste – Agusta A109-E – EC-GQX

The helicopter, Helisureste EC-GQX which was used for medical evacuation with operations based in Las Rozas (Madrid), had flown to the operator's maintenance base , in San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante), on 23rd July 1999, and once there had been subject to a...

UPS – Airbus – A300-600 (N-155UP) flight UP1354

UPS – Airbus – A300-600 (N-155UP) flight UP1354

On August 14, 2013, about 0447 central daylight time (CDT), UPS flight UP1354 , an Airbus A300-600, N155UP, crashed short of runway 18 during a localizer non precision approach to runway 18 at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM), Birmingham, Alabama....

KLM – Boeing – B737-400 (PH-BTC) flight KL1673

KLM – Boeing – B737-400 (PH-BTC) flight KL1673

During the takeoff of a KLM flight KL1673 from Amsterdam to Barcelona, the aircraft suffered a bird strike in the area of the nose landing gear during rotation. The flight crew informed the ATC and the flight continued without any abnormal indication in the cockpit....

Thai – Airbus – A310-204 (HS-TIA) flight TG261

Thai – Airbus – A310-204 (HS-TIA) flight TG261

On 11 December 1998 at approximately 17:54 hours Airbus A310-204, belonging to Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, of nationality and registration HS-TIA departed on a passenger scheduled flight TG261 en route on airways TG458 at flight level 310 from...

Shaheen Boeing B737-400 (AP-BJO) flight NL142

Shaheen Boeing B737-400 (AP-BJO) flight NL142

One of the pilots of a Shaheen flight NL142  was under the influence of alcohol, a medical report has revealed. On November 03rd 2015, a Shaheen Boeing 737-400 (reg. AP-BJO) flight NL142 was landing in Lahore (Pakistan ) for runway 36L with 112 passengers and 7 crew....

UtAir aviation – ATR72 (VP-BYZ) flight UT120

UtAir aviation – ATR72 (VP-BYZ) flight UT120

UtAir aviation flight UT120 crashed on 02.04.2012, at 01:35 UTC (07:35 local time), at day time, under VMC after the takeoff from the Roschino (Tyumen) airport RWY 21. The АТR72-201 VP-BYZ aircraft, operated by JSC “UTAir Aviation” (further referred to as “UTAir”)...

Gulf Air – Airbus – A320 (A9C-AG) flight GF270

Gulf Air flight GF270 : On 29th August 2011, Gulf Air Flight GF270 experienced a Runway Excursion whilst landing at Cochin Airport (VOCI/COK), at 22:24 UTC GF270 was a scheduled passenger flight operating the Bahrain-Cochin sector with a total of 143 personnel plus 1...

Qantas – AIRBUS – A380-842 (VH-OQA) flight QF32

Qantas – AIRBUS – A380-842 (VH-OQA) flight QF32

Qantas flight QF32 departed Changi Airport, Singapore on a scheduled passenger flight to Sydney, Australia. About 4 minutes after take-off, while the aircraft was climbing through about 7,000 ft, the flight crew heard two ‘bangs’ and a number of warnings and cautions...

Japan Airlines MD90-30 (J-002D) flight JAL3538

Japan Airlines MD90-30 (J-002D) flight JAL3538

Japan Airlines flight JAL3538 took off on Sunday August 15, 2010, at 16:08 Japan Standard Time (JST: UTC+9hr, unless otherwise stated all times are indicated in JST on a 24-hour clock). Japan Airlines JAL3538 was a McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30, registered JA002D,...

UPS – Boeing – B747-44AF (N-571UP) flight UPS6

UPS flight UPS6 , a Boeing 747-44AF departed Dubai International Airport [DXB] on September 03rd 2010 on a scheduled international cargo flight [SCAT-IC] to Cologne [CGN], Germany. Twenty two minutes into the flight, at approximately 32,000 feet, the crew advised...

Air France Airbus A330-203 (F-GZCP) flight AF447

Air France Airbus A330-203 (F-GZCP) flight AF447

On 31 May 2009, the Airbus A330 flight AF 447 took off from Rio de Janeiro Galeão airport bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle. The aeroplane was in contact with the Brazilian ATLANTICO control centre on the INTOL – SALPU – ORARO - TASIL route at FL350. At around 2 h 02,...

US Airways A320-214 (N106US) flight US1549

US Airways A320-214 (N106US) flight US1549

US Airways flight US1549 took off on January 15, 2009, about 1527 eastern standard time,was an Airbus Industrie A320-214, N106US, that experienced an almost complete loss of thrust in both engines after encountering a flock of birds and was subsequently ditched on the...

Qantas – Airbus A330-303 (VH-QPA) flight QF72

Qantas flight QF72 : at 0132 Universal Time Coordinated (0932 local time) on 7 October 2008, an Airbus A330-303 aircraft, registered VH-QPA and operated as Qantas flight 72, departed Singapore on a scheduled passenger transport service to Perth, Western Australia. At...

Iran Air – Fokker – F100 (EP-IDB) flight IRA235

Iran Air – Fokker – F100 (EP-IDB) flight IRA235

Iran Air flight IRA235 : on 02 Jan 2008, at 07:32 local time ,The Aircraft F.100, registered EP-IDB, operated by Iran Air flight No;IRA235 took off from runway 29L of Mehrabad Airport (OIII) /Teheran destination to Shiraz (OISS) city in the Islamic Republic of Iran ....

Tam – Airbus – A320 (PR-MBK) flight JJ3054

Tam – Airbus – A320 (PR-MBK) flight JJ3054

On 17 July 2007, at 17:19 local time (20:19 UTC), the Airbus aircraft, model A-320, registration PR-MBK, operating as TAM flight JJ3054, departed from Porto Alegre (SBPA) destined to Congonhas Airport (SBSP) in São Paulo city, São Paulo State. There were a total of...

TUNINTER – ATR72-200 (TS-LBB) flight TUI1153

TUNINTER – ATR72-200 (TS-LBB) flight TUI1153

Tuninter flight TUI1153 took place on August 6th, 2005, at 13.39 UTC (15.39 local time) and involved an ATR 72-202 aircraft, registration marks TS-LBB, operating the flight TUI 1153 from Bari to Djerba (Tunisia). The aircraft had ditched into the sea off the coast of...

SI FLY – ATR42 (F-OHFV) flight KSV 3275

SI FLY – ATR42 (F-OHFV) flight KSV 3275

SI FLY flight KSV3275 , an ATR 42-300 registered F-OHFV crashed on 12 November 1999 at 8 h 11and was operated by the Italian airline Si Fly and chartered by the World Food Program, took off from Rome to undertake Flight KSV 3275 to Pristina with three crew members and...

Qantas – Boeing – B747-438 (VH-OJH) flight QF1

Qantas – Boeing – B747-438 (VH-OJH) flight QF1

On 23 September 1999, at about 2247 local time, a Qantas Boeing 747-438 aircraft registered VH-OJH (callsign Qantas One) overran runway 21 Left (21L) while landing at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. The overrun occurred after the aircraft landed long and...

Dan Air Services – Boeing – B707-332 (G-BEBP)

Dan Air Services B707 G-BEBP was engaged on a non-scheduled international cargo night on behalf of International Aviation Services for Zambian Airlines. It was carrying a through load of palletised freight from London Heathrow to Lusaka International Airport, with...

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