Boeing

Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets and satellites. It also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aircraft manufacturers, is the second-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2013 revenue, and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value.

The Boeing Company’s corporate headquarters are located in Chicago and recorded $90.78 billion in sales, ranked 27th on the Fortune magazine “Fortune 500” list (2015), ranked 90th on the “Fortune Global 500” list (2015), and ranked 27th on the “World’s Most Admired Companies” list (2015).

Fly-by-wire airplanes

Fly-by-wire airplanes

Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a flight control system that replaces the mechanical linkages between the pilot's control inputs and the aircraft's control surfaces with electronic signals. In an FBW system, the pilot's control inputs are detected by sensors and transmitted to a...

Electric airplanes

Electric airplanes

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...

Commercial aviation statistics year 2022

Commercial aviation statistics year 2022

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...

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...

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,...

Adam Air – Boeing B737-329 (PK-KKE) flight DHI782

Adam Air – Boeing B737-329 (PK-KKE) flight DHI782

On 11 February 2006, Adam Air flight DHI782 , a Boeing B737-329 registered PK-KKE, operated by Adam Sky Connection Airlines (AdamAir) as flight number DHI 782, was scheduled to depart Soekarno Hatta Airport, Jakarta at 06.00 LT (22.00 UTC) for Hasanuddin Airport –...

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...

Ryanair – Boeing B737-800 (EI-DHD) flight FR772

Ryanair – Boeing B737-800 (EI-DHD) flight FR772

The Ryanair flight FR772 made a normal landing on Runway 31 at Prestwick Airport. As the turnoff at the end of the runway approached, the brakes were applied, with no apparent effect, and Ryanair flight FR772 slid off the end of the runway onto the grass. There was no...

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...

Qantas – Boeing B737-400 (VH-TJX)

Qantas – Boeing B737-400 (VH-TJX)

On 18 January 2001, Qantas flight VH-TJX, a Boeing 737-476 aircraft, encountered microburst windshear at 0729 EST while conducting a go-around from runway 19 at Brisbane aerodrome during an intense thunderstorm. The aircraft was operating a scheduled fare-paying...

JET 2 – BOEING B737-33A (G-CELC)

JET 2 – BOEING B737-33A (G-CELC)

The fight crew of JET 2 flight G-CELC were carrying out an ILS approach to Chambery Airport, in IMC, with the autopilot engaged and the LOC (localiser) and VS (vertical speed) modes selected. The crew reported that they had observed some anomalies with the ILS and DME...

BMIBABY – BOEING B737-3Q8 (G-OBMP)

BMIBABY – BOEING B737-3Q8 (G-OBMP)

The Boeing B737 registered G-OBMP and operated by BMIBaby departed from Runway (RWY) 09 at EIKN at 14.20 hrs on a scheduled passenger flight to Manchester, U.K. (EGCC). The First Officer was the Pilot Flying. The Commander, who was the Pilot Monitoring, reported to...

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...

OZJET AIRLINES – BOEING B737-229 (VH-OBN)

OZJET AIRLINES – BOEING B737-229 (VH-OBN)

On 29 December 2007, a Boeing Company 737-229 aircraft, registered OZJET AIRLINES flight VH-OBN, was being operated on a scheduled passenger service from Brisbane, Qld to Norfolk Island. At 0352 Coordinated Universal Time1, the flight crew briefed the cabin crew that...

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...

Cobham Aviation – Boeing B717-200 (VH-NXD)

Cobham Aviation – Boeing B717-200 (VH-NXD)

On 13 October 2010, a Boeing 717-200 (717) aircraft, registered VH-NXD (NXD), was being operated by Cobham Aviation Services Australia on a scheduled passenger flight from Perth to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Cobham Aviation B717 VH-NXD was due to depart at 1150...

Austrian Airlines – Boeing B777-200 (OE-LPC)

Austrian Airlines – Boeing B777-200 (OE-LPC)

On 17 January 2006 at 2315 hours local time, an Austrian Airlines Boeing 777-200 landed at Singapore Changi Airport from Melbourne, Australia. While parking at gate F58 , Austrian Airlines Boeing B777 OE-LPC taxied beyond the designated stop line and its left hand...

KLM – Boeing B737 (PH-BDP) flight KL1369

KLM – Boeing B737 (PH-BDP) flight KL1369

KLM flight KL1369 , operated with a Boeing B737 (registration PH-BDP), took off at 20.30 hours in the evening of 10 February 2010. It was dark at the time, with occasional light snowfall. KLM flight KL1369 was flown by a pilot in command and a first officer. Prior to...

JET 2 – Boeing – B757-21 (G-LSAH) flight LS224

JET 2 – Boeing – B757-21 (G-LSAH) flight LS224

On Tuesday, 7 August 2012, a Boeing 757-21B aircraft, registration G-LSAH, was on JET 2 flight LS224 en route to the Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) in the United Kingdom from the Tenerife South Airport (TFS). It had previously made the flight in the opposite direction,...

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....

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....

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...

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...

Aviation accidents

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. 

Aviation incidents

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.

Aviation serious 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.

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