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 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 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...
Bhoja Air flight BHO213 , a Boeing B737-236A was scheduled to fly a domestic flight on 20th April, 2012 from Jinnah International Airport (JIAP) Karachi to Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIAP) Islamabad. The aircraft had 127 souls onboard including 06 flight...
Blu Line flight BLE914P was a positioning flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Kuwait. The co-pilot was the PF. During the flight preparations, the PF input the information into the PMS: when inputting the aircraft weight, he mistakenly entered the aircraft’s zero...
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...
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...
On 30thJuly, 2011 Caribbean Airlines Flight BW523, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with 157 passengers and a crew of six, departed Piarco International Airport, (TTPP), Port of Spain Trinidad at 04:36hrs Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) on an instrument flight rules (IFR)...
The following elements are based on recorded data (QAR, FDR) and accounts from the flight crew. The CVR, which was safeguarded by the crew, was erased by mistake before it could be read out by the BEA. The crew reported that the flight was proceeding with no...
American Airlines flight AA1572 : on November 12, 1995, at 0055 eastern standard time a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, N566AA, owned by American Airlines and operated as flight AA1572, was substantially damaged when it impacted trees in East Granby, Connecticut, while on...
On February 4, 2015, TransAsia Airways flight GE235 , an ATR 72-600 aircraft, registration number B-22816, took off from Songshan Airport at 1053 Taipei time for Kinmen Airport. The aircraft carried 58 people, including 3 flight crew members, 2 cabin crew members, and...
Asiana flight OZ214 : on July 6, 2013, about 1128 Pacific daylight time, a Boeing 777-200ER, Korean registration HL7742, operating as Asiana Airlines flight 214, was on approach to runway 28L when it struck a seawall at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San...
Flybe Finland flight FCM992T was flown on 19 August 2012 from Tampere-Pirkkala airport to Helsinki-Vantaa airport where the flight landed at 3:42 UTC. Prior to the flight the aircrew stayed overnight at Tampere. The ATR 72-212A aircraft involved in the serious...
Bradley First Air flight FAB6560 , Boeing 737-210C combi 2 aircraft departed Yellowknife (CYZF), Northwest Territories, at 1440 as First Air flight 6560 (FAB6560) on a charter flight to Resolute Bay (CYRB), Nunavut, with 11 passengers, 4 crew members, and freight on...
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...
Republic of Poland flight PLF101 : on March 30, 2010 the Third European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation was sent an additional letter PdS 10-20-2010 from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland with one more request to conduct a...
American Airlines Flight AA331, a Boeing 737-823 in United States registration N977AN, carrying 148 passengers, including three infants, and a crew of six, was being operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121. The aircraft departed...
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,...
Empire Airlines flight EM8284 : on January 27, 2009, about 0437 central standard time, an Avions de Transport Régional Aerospatiale Alenia ATR 42-320, N902FX, operating as Empire Airlines flight 8284, was on an instrument approach when it crashed short of the runway...
Air Europa flight UX196 departed from Glasgow at 03:15 for Lanzarote with 74 passengers onboard. The flight was scheduled to last 4 hours and 19 minutes. The copilot (FO) was the pilot flying (PF). The climb and cruise flight phases at Flight Level (FL) 390 transpired...
On September 13, 2008 an Aeroflot–Nord flight crew (Captain and Co-pilot), were conducting a scheduled domestic passenger flight No. AFL 821 on a B-737-505 aircraft, registration VP-BKO, from Moscow (Sheremetyevo, UUEE) to Perm (Bolshoye Savino, USPP). Apart from the...
Spanair flight JKK5022 was an MD82 (EC-HFP) that crashed in Madrid (Spain) on Aug. 20th 2008 : the aircraft stalled after liftoff and crashed : 17 passengers + 1 crew member survived the crash. The crew lost control of the airplane as a consequence of entering a stall...
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 ....
Gol - Excel Air Services flight GLO1907 collided over Brasil on 29 September 2006. The regular air transport airplane was a Boeing 737-8EH, manufactured in the United States and registered in Brazil as PR-GTD, operated by the Brazilian airline company “Gol Transportes...
COMAIR flight DL5191 , on August 27, 2006, about 0606:35 eastern daylight time, a Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N431CA, crashed during takeoff from Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky. The flight crew was instructed to take off from runway 22 but instead lined up the...
Ryanair flight RYR9853 was carrying out a routine scheduled passenger flight between London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and Ireland West Airport (EIKN), Knock, Co. Mayo. The major part of the flight was operationally uneventful until the approach phase to Ireland West was...
Ryanair flight RYR9672 was a Boeing B737-800 (EI-DAV) on approach to Rome on 07/09/2005. The event in question was determined by a series of interconnected circumstances, which finally led to the missed approach maneuver at Fiumicino airport in unsafe separation with...
Helios Airways flight HCY522 : on 14 August 2005, a Boeing 737-300 aircraft, registration number 5B-DBY, operated by Helios Airways, departed Larnaca, Cyprus at 06:07 h for Prague, Czech Republic, via Athens, Hellas. The aircraft was cleared to climb to FL340 and to...
Pinnacle Airlines flight 9E3701 : on October 14, 2004, about 2215:06 central daylight time, Pinnacle Airlines flight 3701 (doing business as Northwest Airlink), a Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N8396A, crashed into a residential area about 2.5 miles south of Jefferson City...
Brit Air flight AF5672 was on an ILS approach to runway 26 Left at Brest Guipavas aerodrome : the aeroplane deviated progressively to the left of the normal runway approach track. It passed above and then below the glide path and descended until it touched the ground...
On Thursday 6 March 2003, the Boeing 737 registered 7T-VEZ, operated by Air Algérie, was taking off from Tamanrasset to undertake, with a three-hour delay, scheduled flight DAH 6289 to Ghardaïa and Algiers. Six crew members (two flight crew and four cabin crew) and 97...
On Sunday 5 November 2000, the Boeing 747-200 registered TJ-CAB operated by Cameroon Airlines was carrying out the scheduled service between Douala and Paris Charles de Gaulle under the operational call sign UYC070. Take-off from Douala took place at 14 h 25 about...
Soutwesth Airlines flight WN1455 : on March 5, 2000, about 1811 Pacific standard time (PST), Southwest Airlines Inc., flight WN1455, a Boeing 737-300 (737), N668SW, overran the departure end of runway 08 after landing at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (BUR),...
Korean Air Cargo flight KAL8509 arrived at Stansted Airport after a flight from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Prior to leaving the aircraft, the flight engineer made an entry in the Technical Log to the effect that the captain's Attitude Director Indicator (ADI) was...
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...
Korean Air flight KL801, a Boeing 747-3B5B (747-300), Korean registration HL7468, operated by Korean Air Company, Ltd., crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam on August 6, 1997, about 0142:26 Guam local time. Flight 801 departed from Kimpo International Airport, Seoul, Korea,...
Alitalia flight AZ404 departed from Milan - Linate airport on the 14th November 1990 at 1836 hrs with the destination Zürich. After a problem-free flight, the crew were cleared by Zürich Approach to descend to 4000 ft (QNH) and to make an approach on the ILS 14. At 14...
British Midland flight BMA92 left Heathrow Airport for Belfast at 1952 hrs with 8 crew and 118 passengers (including 1 infant) on board . As the aircraft was climbing through 28,300 feet the outer panel of one blade in the fan of the No 1 (left) engine detached. This...
Saudi Arabian flight SV163 : it was around 1808 GMT on August 19, 1980, when Saudi Arabian Airlines, Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, departed Riyadh, Saudi Arabia enroute to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Flight 163 returned to Riyadh after an uncontrolled fire...
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.