Airbus SAS is a division of Airbus Group SE that manufactures civil aircraft. It is based in Blagnac, France, a suburb of Toulouse, with production and manufacturing facilities mainly in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Airbus began as a consortium of aerospace manufacturers, Airbus Industrie. It’s owned by the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) (80%) and BAE Systems (20%). After a protracted sales process BAE sold its shareholding to EADS on 13 October 2006.
Airbus employs around 63,000 people at sixteen sites in four countries: France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Final assembly production is based at Toulouse, France; Hamburg, Germany; Seville, Spain; and, since 2009 as a joint-venture, Tianjin, China. Airbus has subsidiaries in the United States, Japan and India. The company produces and markets the first commercially viable fly-by-wire airliner, the Airbus A320, and the world’s largest passenger airliner, the A380.
Electric airplanes are still in their early stages of development, but they have the potential to revolutionize commercial aviation in the coming years. Electric planes offer a number of advantages over traditional fossil fuel-powered planes, including lower operating...
Turkish Airlines flight THY696 was operated with an Airbus A321-231 (registration TC-JMM) from Ercan (North Cyprus) to Istanbul Ataturk airport on 13-05-2018. After Turkish Airlines flight THY696 landed, was instructed by ATC to proceed to stand 217. In the same time,...
To have a good overview of Aviation statistics year 2022 and understand “how safe (or not) flying is”, we have to look into numbers and graphs. From a first glance, the answer to the above question is not only “yes, flying is safe” (and safer every year) but it’s one...
Czech Airlines flight OK481 was about to depart on Friday afternoon, 3 August 2018, as a scheduled flight from Helsinki to Prague. The aircraft was an Airbus A319-112 registered OK-PET. There were 135 passengers and five crewmembers on board. Czech Airlines flight...
On 18 September 2018, Air Arabia Airbus A320 Aircraft, registration A6-ANV, was scheduled to operate commercial flight Air Arabia flight ABY111 from Sharjah International Airport (OMSJ), the United Arab Emirates, to Salalah International Airport (OOSA), Sultanate of...
In the evening of 5 October 2012, an Airbus A320 Tiger Airways airplane 9V-TRG at Singapore Changi Airport was being prepared to be towed out for departure when the flight crew requested the ground staff to amend the flight crew’s load document. The passenger loading...
PIA Pakistan Airlines flight PK8303 crashed short of a runway in Karachi Airport, over a residential area, on May 22, 2020. It was a domestic flight from Lahore and it was operated with an Airbus A320-214 registration AP-BLD. 99 people were on board, 2 passengers...
CHC Helikopter Service flight HKS241 operated with an Airbus Helicopter EC225LP (registration LN-OJF) carried out transportation services for Statoil ASA on a contractual basis, including services from Bergen airport Flesland (ENBR) to the Gullfaks oil field in the...
Emirates flight EK131 was a scheduled flight from Dubai International Airport to Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow operated on 10 September 2017with an Airbus A380-861 aircraft, registration mark A6-EEZ. There were a total of 448 persons onboard, comprising 422...
Air France flight AF296 crashed on June 26th 1988, the Airbus A320-111 registered F-GFKC was performing a series of Air Charters with passengers on behalf of the Mulhouse flying club. The program included the following flights : Paris-Charles de...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH122 was a flight operated on 18 January 2018 with an Airbus A330-323 aircraft registered 9M-MTM as a scheduled passenger flight from Sydney, New South Wales, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On board Malaysia Airlines flight MH122 were two flight...
The report is about an engine failure which suffered an Air New Zealand flight NZ412 operated with an Airbus A320-232 registered ZK-OJQ. Before the flight of the event, the airplane was landing in Wellington when a bird strike occurred to its right engine. The bird...
On the morning of 18 December 2017, Jetstar Airways flight JQ452 operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft, registered VH-VQG was on final approach for Gold Coast Airport, Queensland. Jetstar Airways flight JQ452 was a scheduled passenger flight, from Adelaide, South...
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...
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012, an Airbus A330-300, registered HL8258, operated by Asiana Airlines Inc. as flight OZ231, took off from Honolulu International Airport the United States of America, for Incheon International Airport, the Republic of Korea, as a...
The Air Contractors flight DHL6321 crew took off from Leipzig Airport (Germany) at 3 h 38 bound for Bratislava Airport (Slovakia). The approximately forty-five minutes flight took place without incident and the crew was cleared for the ILS approach to runway 22....
On 20 September 2018 at 1038 local time, Saudia flight SV566 from Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport (OEJN), Saudi Arabia, operated by an Airbus A320-214 aircraft, registration HZ-AS55, landed at Dubai International Airport (OMDB), the United Arab Emirates....
The crew of Hermes Airlines flight ML7817 made a Category 1 (CAT I) ILS approach to runway 36R at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. The meteorological conditions were such that low visibility procedures (LVO) were in place. On passing the stabilisation height at 1,000 ft,...
Turkish Airlines flight TK726 accident took plane in Kathmandu airport (Nepal) in March 04th 2015. The NAIC (Nepal's Accident Investigation Commission) reported the aircraft attempted to establish radio contact with Kathmandu between 00:02Z and 00:11Z while descending...
On September 21, 2005, at 1818 Pacific daylight time, Jet Blue Airways flight 292, an Airbus A320, N536JB, landed at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, with the nose wheels cocked 90 degrees. Jet Blue Airways, Inc., was operating the airplane...
TAM flight JJ3451 departed from Guararapes – Gilberto Freyre Airport (SBRF), Recife, Pernambuco to Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek Airport (SBBR), Brasília, Distrito Federal, for a regular transport flight with 06 crewmembers and 154 passengers on board.On the final...
On 14th December 2016, Indigo flight 6E201 operated with an Airbus A320-232 (VT-IGK) was involved in hard landing incident during landing at Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur, while operating a scheduled from Delhi to Raipur. Indigo flight 6E201 took-off from Delhi at...
Air Portugal flight TP1107 was a scheduled passenger flight from Lisbon (LPPT) to Sal airport (GVAC), in Cape Verde, operated on the 11th of April 1999 with a Airbus model A310-300, registration CS-TEW.With 10 crewmembers (2 pilots and 8 cabin crew) and 134 passengers...
Lufthansa flight LH1829 took off from Bilbao for scheduled services at 0748 hrs1 with 109 persons on board. The co-pilot was Pilot Flying (PF) and the commander monitored the conduct of the flight. It rained during take-off. The airplane climbed through the cloud tops...
Air Canada flight ACA261 operated with an Airbus A319-112 (registration C-GJTC, serial number 1668), was landing at Winnipeg International Airport, in darkness, at 1835 central standard time. An instrument landing system approach to Runway 13 was flown using the...
TACA flight TA390 ,was operated with an Airbus A320-233 with Irish Registry EI-TAF, with 135 passengers and crew on board, overran at the end of the runway during landing at Tegucigalpa caused the deaths of three people on board and two on the ground. ...
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...
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...
Asiana Airlines flight OZ162 was operated on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, with Airbus A320-200, registered HL7762. The flight approached lower than the prescribed approach path during approach to Hiroshima airport. The aircraft collided with the Aeronautical Radio...
At 0654 hours on 28 February 2010, an Airbus A320, Air Asia A320 9M-AHA , taxied to its designated gate at D38 after arrival at Changi Airport. The aircraft was received by a handling team from the ground handling agent (GHA) of the airline. The team comprised three...
Singapore Airlines flight SQ446 was operated with an Airbus A330 aircraft (registration 9V-STO) at 18:58 (Singapore time) on 22 April 2013 from Singapore Changi Airport bound for Dhaka, Bangladesh. Eighty-four minutes into the flight, while cruising at 36,000 feet...
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,...
On 30 May 2007, at about 0555 hours local time, the pilot of an Airbus A340 Gulf Air - Airbus A340 A40-LH , while taking off from Runway 20C at Singapore Changi Airport, had to apply TOGA (Take-off Go Around) power and rotate abruptly at a high rate to expedite the...
On 16 April 2013, about 17:37, an A321-200 Asiana Airlines flight OZ340 , as a scheduled international passenger flight, which took off from Harbin Taiping International Airport, China for Incheon International Airport, the Republic of Korea, experienced a tail strike...
The incident took place in LKPR, between a LUFTHANSA flight DLH5NC and SUN EXPRESS flight SXS5663. Operation took place in the morning rush hours. The Lufthansa flight DLH5NC , an Airbus A321-131 , began taxiing at 08:26:21 from the stand 17 on TWYs H, F, E following...
On Wednesday, 17 March 1982 with a slight delay from schedule, the Airbus A300 registrated F.BVGK providing commercial flight Air France flight AF125 from Sana'a to Cairo (Paris being its final destination) initiated its take-off roll at 05.10 a.m. U.T. (08.10 local...
On Monday, 21 April, 2008 at 15:05 UTC a serious aircraft incident took place in Riga FIR, in the vicinity of Liepaja (N56:31:07; E021:05:31) : Air Baltic flight BT165T - Virgin Atlantic flight VIR301 airprox. Virgin Atlantic flight VIR301 Airbus A340 was en route...
On 11 January 2007, after an overnight layover in Sydney, NSW an Airbus A320 Air New Zealand flight NZ706, was being operated on a scheduled flight from Sydney Airport to Auckland, New Zealand. The flight crew taxied for a planned takeoff from runway 25, but that was...
The Virgin Atlantic flight VS76 was on a scheduled fight from Orlando Airport, USA to Manchester International Airport, UK. The fight crew comprised three pilots: the aircraft commander and two Senior First Officers. All three pilots were present on the fight deck for...
Air France flight AF268P was a scheduled flight from Sofia to Paris (LBSF-LFPG) on April 13th 2007 , operated with an Airbus A320 registration F-GJVA. The Air France flight AF268P crew was briefed according to the Air France procedures. At 11:43:15 Sofia Tower gave...
On 22 March 1994, at 17:58 (here and throughout, times. will be given in hours and minutes UTC), 00:58 local time, an Airbus A31O-308 (registration F-OGQS) operated by the state subsidiary Russian Airlines flight AFL593 crashed 91 km. from Novokuznetsk Airport while...
The Easy Jet flight EZY2016 was on a scheduled flight to London Luton Airport, from Faro, Portugal. The pilot flying (PF) was a captain-under-training (Capt U/T), occupying the left seat; the right seat was occupied by a training captain, who was the commander of the...
On 29 March 2015, Air Canada flight AC624 Airbus Industrie A320-211 (registration C-FTJP, serial number 233) was on a scheduled flight from Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Ontario, to Halifax/Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, with 133...
Mytravel Airways Scandinavia flight VKG866 flew from Tenerife Airport (GCTS) to Sandefjord Airport Torp (ENTO) on 26th of March 2006. The first officer was Pilot Flying (PF) and the commander was Pilot Not Flying (PNF). The crew reviewed updated weather and runway...
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...
On February 28, 2013, at almost 02:13:59 UTC, Ural Air flight SVR3027 , Airbus A321 russian registration (Flight from to: Flight from “Bolshoye Savino” Russia (USPP), to Hurghada, Egypt (HEGN)), has suffered a tail strike during landing at Hurghada, runway 34. The...
Air Blue flight ABQ202 , operated with an Airbus A321 (AP-BJP) on 28 July 2010, was a scheduled domestic flight sector Karachi - Islamabad. The aircraft had 152 persons on board, including six crew members. Air Blue flight ABQ202 took-off from Karachi at 0241 UTC...
On 1 June 2008, an Airbus A320 registration PK-YVE operated by Metro Batavia Airlines flight 7P591 (Batavia Air) , on a scheduled passenger flight from Jakarta to Medan. The flight departed at 00:10 UTC (07:10 local time) with an estimated arrival time at Medan of...
Air Berlin flight AB2050 was operated with an Airbus A330-322 (D-AERQ) and took off on 15/08/2001 at 12:32 hrs from Düsseldorf Airport with 11 crew members and 383 passengers aboard. Shortly after take-off of Air Berlin flight AB2050 the cabin crew member sitting next...
The Wizz Air flight W6524 incident took place during a flight between Västerås, Sweden and Poznan, Poland: the flight was operated with an Airbus A320-233 (registration HA-LPB). During cruise of WIZZ AIR flight W6524 , over the southern part of the province of...
The AWAIR flight QZ730 departed from the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport of Jakarta (CGK). Block-off time was at 01.05 UTC or 08:05 LT, with an estimated time of arrival at its destination airport Sepinggan (Balikpapan) of 03:15 UTC or 11:15 LT At the time of...
The LUFTHANSA A340-313 was on a scheduled LUFTHANSA flight from Teheran (Iman Khomeini International) to Frankfurt (Rhein-Main). 224 passengers and 12 crew members were on board. According to the flight plan, landing was scheduled at 0600 hrs after a flight time of...
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...
The BRITISH MIDLAND flight G-MEDJ suffered an electrical malfunction during a scheduled night flight between Khartoum (Sudan) and Beirut (Lebanon). The more significant symptoms included the intermittent failure of the captain and co-pilot’s electronic displays and...
The JETSTAR flight JQ57 was on a scheduled flight from London Gatwick Airport to Chania Airport, Crete. The aircraft and pilots were on their first fight of the day. The fight preparation proceeded normally until, when the co-pilot selected the slats/flaps lever to...
The MONARCH AIRLINES flight G-MAJS was on a scheduled fight from London Gatwick Airport to Chania Airport, Crete. The aircraft and pilots were on their first fight of the day. The fight preparation proceeded normally until, when the co-pilot selected the slats/flaps...
EasyJet flight EZY2133 was a scheduled flight from London Luton Airport to Paphos, Cyprus. The forecast weather conditions at Paphos were clear, with a wind from the north-west. After reviewing the flight planning paperwork, the co-pilot was designated as the pilot...
31 minutes after taking off from Taiwan's CKS International Airport at 0746 local time on May 8, 2000, and during cruising level flight and heading for Ho-chiming City, Vietnam, the first officer of China Airlines flight CI681, an Airbus A300-600R with registered...
On 4 October 2014, Emirates flight EK609 , from Jinnah International Airport (JIAP), Karachi, Pakistan, to Dubai International Airport (OMDB), the United Arab Emirates, with 14 crewmembers and 68 passengers onboard was operated by an Airbus A330 Aircraft, registration...
Air Canada flight AC433 was scheduled to depart Montréal at 0730. As part of its pre-flight preparations, the flight crew performed an external inspection where nothing unusual was found. The aircraft logbook indicated that 6 litres of hydraulic fluid had been added...
On 6 March 2012, an Airbus A319 aircraft registered 9V-SBH, was operating a Silkair flight SLK112 passenger flight. The aircraft departed from Changi Airport (WSSS), Singapore to Adi Soemarmo Airport (WARQ), Solo Indonesia. There were 131 persons on board, consisted...
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...
On 01 May 2012, aircraft TC- OAG, an Airbus 300-605R was performing a commercial flight for Saudi Arabian Airlines (SVA) as SVA 2865. Onur Air flight SVA2865 departed from Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (PMAI) Madinah at 08h50 en-route to the King...
Virgin Atlantic flight VS024 was a Los Angeles LAX to London Heathrow LHR on 05 November 1997, operated with a A340-311 Airbus registration G-VSKY. The accident occurred when the aircraft, which had a landing gear problem on its first approach to Heathrow Airport,...
Air France flight AF3575 took off from Antananarivo airport (Madagascar) at 22 h 45 bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle. At 23 h 10, they received an ACARS message describing the 22 h 30 satellite images. They concluded that they would encounter highly convective zones...
ANA All Nippon Airways flight NH391 , an Airbus A321-131 registration JA104A, was operating as scheduled flight from Nagoya to Hakodate. The flight crew of ANA All Nippon Airways flight NH391 were briefed for the flight by the dispatcher before departure from Nagoya...
British Airways flight BA870 departed London Heathrow Airport at 1918 hrs on a scheduled night flight to Budapest, with 76 passengers and 6 crew on board. The incident occurred at 1926 hrs, as the aircraft was approaching FL 200 in the climb, in clear weather...
Air Asia flight QZ8501 crashed on 28 December 2014 : was an Airbus A320-216 aircraft registered as PK-AXC cruising at 32,000 feet on a flight from Juanda Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia to Changi Airport, Singapore with total occupants of 162 persons. The Pilot in...
On Tuesday 24 March 2015, the Airbus A320-211 registered D-AIPX operated by Germanwings was programmed to undertake scheduled flight 4U9525 between Barcelona (Spain) and Düsseldorf (Germany), with the callsign ‘‘GWI18G’’. Six crew members (2 flight crew and 4 cabin...
On June 9, 2006, about 17:40, Asiana Airlines flight OZ8942 , an Airbus 321-100 (Registration HL7594), enroute from Jeju Airport to Gimpo Airport, encountered a thunderstorm accompanied by hailstones around 20 miles southeast of Anyang VOR at an altitude of 11,500 ft...
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....
Air France flight AF2184 was operated with an Airbus A319 between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tunis Carthage. The briefing was carried out at 5 h 00, takeoff took place at 6 h 53 min. The Captain was Pilot Flying (PF). In cruise at FL 350, the PF prepared an arrival...
The crew took off from Ajaccio bound for Lyons Saint-Exupéry. The flight was chartered by Air Méditerranée and performed by Hermes Airlines. The Captain was the instructor (PNF) and was sitting in the right-hand-side seat. The student /pilot in-command was PF in the...
Air France flight AF358 , an Airbus A340-313 aircraft (registration F-GLZQ, serial number 0289) departed Paris, France, at 1153 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) as Air France Flight 358 on a scheduled flight to Toronto, Ontario, with 297 passengers and 12 crew members...
The crew of Thomas Cook UK flight MT990 reported to fly two sectors, Manchester to Ibiza and return, on an A321 aircraft. The flight crew consisted of three pilots; a training captain who occupied the left flight deck seat and was the commander, a co‑pilot undertaking...
On 16 February 1998, flight Dynasty 676 from DPS to CKS by Aircraft B1814 of China Airlines, type A300-600R was flying with PIC, F/O , 12 cabin crew and 182 passengers. This was the first flight the two pilots had flown together. The flight took off from DPS...
While landing on Runway 14 at Leeds Bradford Airport the aircraft touched down just beyond the end of the marked touchdown zone with low autobrake selected. Manual wheel braking commenced shortly after mainwheel touchdown. At a groundspeed of around 70 kt the brakes...
At 1630 hrs1 on 1 March 2008, the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) was advised by Hamburg Airport that the left wing of an Airbus A320 had made contact with the ground during an attempted landing. In conformity with the Federal German Law...
On Sunday 30 January 2000, the Kenya Airways Airbus 310-304, registered 5Y−BEN, was undertaking the scheduled international flight KQ 431 transporting passengers from Abidjan to Nairobi, via Lagos. On board there were 10 crewmembers and 169 passengers. On the same...
The Egyptian International investigation committee has released today, December 14th 2015 a statement regarding the Metrojet flight KGL9268 crash. The preliminary report has been disclosed only to ICAO, to the accredited representatives of the States that are...
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...
Virgin Atlantic flight VS27 was operating a flight from London Gatwick Airport to McCoy International Airport in Orlando, USA with three flight crew, 10 cabin crew and 304 passengers on board including three infants. Early in the flight the crew received a series of...
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...
The Air France flight AF471 took off from Caracas-Maiquetía Simón Bolívar airport at 23 h 38 for Paris Charles de Gaulle. The captain was PF. At 23 h 52, climbing through FL180, the PF and the PNF both set the range of their Navigation Display (ND) to 320 NM. Between...
Airtours A321 G-VOLH in Funchal : departed Manchester on 18th April 2001, at 07:26 UTC hours,with 7 crew and 167 passengers on board, for a charter flight with Funchal Airport (Madeira Island) as destination. The flight was an uneventful transit until the landing. The...
Finnair flight AY831 : on 5 March 2011 at approximately 06:50 a pressurisation failure led to a serious incident on Finnair flight AY831. An Airbus A320-214 airliner, registration OH-LXL with call sign FIN831L, was on a scheduled flight from Helsinki to London. The...
Air Nippon flight ANA731 - On Sunday, February 5, 2012, an Airbus A320-200, registered JA8384, which was operated by Air Nippon Co., Ltd., took off from Osaka International Airport, flew to Sendai, and approached Runway 27 of Sendai Airport. It was the scheduled...
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...
Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8949 was an Airbus A319 (B-6054) . The plane took off from Chongqing airport at 07:45. At 08:47, the flight crew confirmed that the special report about the thunderstorms at Destination airport (see Appendix I) sent by CSC Dispatching Office...
Afriqiyah A330-202 registration 5A-ONG was on schedule flight from O.R Tambo International Airport - Johannesburg (South Africa) to Tripoli international Airport (Libya).The Aircraft took off on May 11th 2010 at 19:25 UTC flight number (8U 771). There were three...
CATHAY flight CPA780 declared “MAYDAY” when approaching Hong Kong International Airport (VHHH) with control problem on both engines. The aircraft landed at a groundspeed of 231 knots, with No. 1 engine stuck at about 70 % N1 and No. 2 stuck at about 17 % N1. Five main...
Skyservice Airlines flight SSV5044 was an Airbus A320-232 (A320) that departed from Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport at 1823 for Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport (MUVR) in Varadero, Cuba. The flight en route was uneventful. Before receiving...
Iran Air flight IR762 , an Airbus A300-600 with the registration EP-IBB, was to commence a flight from Stockholm/Armanda Airport to Tehran in Iran. Following normal preparations, the aircraft was taxied out to runway 19R for take-off. The runway conditions were...
SATA International flight RZO129 : On August, the 4th, 2009, SATA International aircraft Airbus A-320/214, registration CS-TKO, was engaged on flight RZO129, from Lisbon (LPPT) to Ponta Delgada (LPPD) – Azores (Portugal), with scheduled departure at 18:10 hours and...
Finnair flight AY58 incident occurred from from Shanghai, China to Helsinki- Vantaa Airport, Finland on 22 June 2009. The aircraft was an Airbus A340-313, registration OHLQE. There were 195 passengers and 12 crew members on board. The inner rear tyre on the left...
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 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...
XL Airways Germany flight GXL888T from Perpignan – Rivesaltes aerodrome was undertaken in the context of the end of a leasing agreement, before the return of D-AXLA to its owner. The programme of planned checks could not be performed in general air traffic, so the...
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...
The Airbus A310 serial number 548 owned by Sudan Airways Was entered in Sudan Civil Register on 15/09/2007 , designated registration marks ST-ATN in accordance to registration certificate No. 0493 dated 15/09/2007 and issued with Certificate of airworthiness No...
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...
Easy Jet flight EZY6074 serious incident occurred to an Airbus A319-111 aircraft operating a scheduled passenger flight between Alicante, Spain and Bristol, UK. The aircraft had experienced a fault affecting the No 1 (left) electrical generator on the previous flight...
AOA Sibir flight C7778 : on July 8, 2006 an А-310 airplane with state registration number F-OGYP (France), leased by ОАО Aviakompania Sibir, and with a flight crew consisting of the Captain and the co-pilot, was flying scheduled passenger flight С7 778 from Domodedovo...
Armenia flight RNV967 , an Airbus A320 registered EK-32009, was undertaking on 2 May 2006 a passenger flight RNV967 from Zvartnots (Yerevan, Armenia) to Adler (Sochi, Russia). Preliminary preparation of the crew was conducted on 23-24 May 2006 under the guidance of...
American Airlines flight AA587 : on November 12, 2001, about 0916:15 eastern standard time, American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus Industrie A300-605R, N14053, crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy...
On August 24, 2001, Air Transat Flight TSC236, an Airbus 330-243 aircraft, was on a scheduled flight from Toronto Lester B Pearson Airport, Ontario (CYYZ), Canada to Lisbon Airport (LPPT), Portugal with 13 crew and 293 passengers on board. The Captain was carrying out...
Air France flight AF3682 was on ILS final approach to runway 08 at Cayenne-Rochambeau aerodrome, the airplane encountered windshear and sank suddenly at a height of a hundred feet. A "SINK RATE" warning sounded. The Co-pilot, at the controls, pulled back on the...
Swissair flight SR831 was in flight from London Heathrow to Geneva after the climb to FL290 and establishing cruise conditions at 11:05 UTC a loud bang was heard by the flight and cabin crew. The cabin crew advised the cockpit crew by interphone of their observations....
The Romanian Tarom Airbus A 310 YR-LCA, coming from Bucharest as scheduled flight ROT 381, estimated its arrival time at Paris Orly at 10 h 40. The Orly ATIS indicated that runway 26 was in service and visibility announced was ten kilometers with scattered cloud at...
An aviation accident is an incident in which an aircraft is damaged or destroyed as a result of a collision, fire, structural failure, or other event. Aviation accidents can be caused by a variety of factors, including mechanical failure, pilot error, adverse weather conditions, and sabotage. Aviation accidents can result in fatalities, injuries, and damage to property.
An aviation incident is an occurrence, other than an accident, that affects or could affect the safety of aircraft operations. Examples of aviation incidents include near collisions, runway incursions, and unruly passenger incidents.
A serious incident in aviation refers to an event that could have resulted in an accident or that had the potential to cause serious injury or death. Some examples of serious incidents in aviation include engine failure, in-flight fires, and loss of control of the aircraft.