Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground.
When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called “landing,” “touchdown” or “splashdown” as well.
A normal aircraft flight would include several parts of flight including taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent and landing.
The British Aerospace BAe 146-200 aircraft, operated by Air BC as flight ABL597, was on a scheduled instrument flight rules (IFR) flight from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Terrace, British Columbia. On board were two pilots, two cabin attendants, and 12 passengers....
Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG060 was operating flights from DAC to RGN and back to DAC. At (18:03) the Bombardier DHC-8-402 aircraft, registered (S2-AGQ) contacted Yangon control tower and at (18:16) had ILS established and reported to the Yangon control tower....
Air Canada flight AC614 was flying on 04 March 2019, operated with a Boeing 767-375 aircraft (registration C-FTCA, serial number 24307) from Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport (CYYZ), Ontario, for an instrument flight rules flight to Halifax/Stanfield...
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...
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...
The serious accident of Cargo Airline 4X-ICM happened on October 01st 2003. The Boeing B747-271C cargo airplane registered 4X-ICM was operated by Cargo Airline Ltd. After an uneventful flight from Tel Aviv and a normal ILS approach on runway 05R of Liege, the Cargo...
Air Niugini flight PX073 impacted the water of Chuuk Lagoon, about 1,500 ft (460 m) short of the runway 04 threshold on 28 September 2018, at 23:24:19 UTC2 (09:24 local time). It was operated with a Boeing 737-8BK aircraft, registered P2-PXE (PXE), operated by Air...
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...
On 31 March 2007, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN 124-100 (registration RA-82078, serial number 38718017006) was being operated as VDA 2100 on a flight from Greer, South Carolina, United States, to Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. On arrival in Gander, the crew...
Ryanair flight FR4102 accident occurred on 10 November 2008, at 06.56 '(07.56' local), on the Rome Ciampino airport and involved the aircraft type B737-8AS registration marks EI-DYG.On 10 November 2008, at 05.30', the aircraft Boeing 737-8AS EI-DYG took off from...
ASL Hungary flight FAH7332 was a scheduled cargo flight from in Paris Charles de Gaulle airport (LFPG) to Bergamo Orio al Serio (LIME) and operated on behalf of DHL. ASL Hungary flight FAH7332 departed at 00.54’ UTC...
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. ...
Korean Air flight KAL769 was operated by Korean Air Lines co Ltd and took off from Incheon International Airport (Seoul, the Republic of Korea) on January 6, 2007 (Saturday), and made an approach to Runway 10 of Akita Airport (Akita Japan), its destination, but landed...
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...
On March 5, 2015, at 1102 eastern standard time, Delta Airlines flight DL1086 , a Boeing MD-88, N909DL, was landing on runway 13 at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York, New York, when it departed the left side of the runway, contacted the airport perimeter fence, and...
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...
On March 3, 1991, United Airlines flight UA585 was on a scheduled passenger flight from Denver, Colorado, to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and the flight was on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Numerous...
On 14 February 2011, a Lion Air flight LNI392 aircraft registration PK-LFI operated by PT. Lion Mentari Airlines departed from Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Jakarta (CGK / WIII) to Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport, Pekanbaru (PKU / WIBB). The aircraft taxi out from...
Merpati Nusantara Airlines flight MZ6517 was operated on 10 June 2013 with a Xi‘An MA60 aircraft registered PK-MZO. The Merpati Nusantara Airlines flight MZ6517 departed from Bajawa Airport (WATB) Nusa Tenggara Timur, at 0102 UTC to El Tari (WATT) Kupang, Nusa...
Singapore Airlines flight SQ368 was operated with a Boeing 777-300ER registered 9V-SWB that departed from Singapore Changi Airport at 0224 hrs for Milan Malpensa on 27 June 2016. The aircraft carried two sets of operating crew, i.e. four pilots in total. As Singapore...
The Spanair flight JK3203 accident was notified to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Watch Manager at Liverpool Airport. The investigation was conducted by: Mr D King (Investigator-in-Charge), Miss G M Dean (Operations), Mr...
The Jazz Aviation flight JZA8481 (doing business as Air Canada Express) Bombardier DHC-8-402, registration C-GGBF, serial number 4433, departed from Calgary International Airport (CYYC) with an intended destination of Grande Prairie, Alberta. During the takeoff roll,...
On 6 August 2013 , Lion Air flight LNI892 , aircraft registered PK-LKH , departed from Sultan Hasanuddin Airport (WAAA) Makassar, at 1203 UTC to Djalaluddin Airport (WAMG) Gorontalo. This previous flights were Soekarno Hatta Airport of Jakarta to Sultan Hasanudin...
On 16 July 2010 at South African Express Airways flight SA1107, a de Havilland Dash 8 with registration ZS-NLY, collided with a wild animal (aardvark/anteater) shortly after touchdown on runway 20 at Kimberley aerodrome. The accident occurred at night. The impact was...
The BRIT AIR flight AF5937 crew took off from Paris Orly at 18 h 30 bound for Lorient Lann Bihoué. It was the fifth and last flight of the day. The captain was at the controls (PF). At around 19 h 00 just before the descent, he reviewed the ATIS Whisky information...
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...
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...
Singapore Airlines flight SIA236 was a scheduled service from Brisbane, Australia to Singapore operated with a Boeing B777-200. The flight was normal until the landing at 2035 hours at the Singapore Changi Airport. The first officer (FO) was the pilot flying (PF) the...
Air Lingus Regional flight EI3728 was on a scheduled passenger flight from Cork Airport to Manchester Airport and had made an uneventful approach to Runway 23R. The co-pilot was PF and, after carrying out a normal landing, the aircraft started to deviate to the left...
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...
The Air Malta flight AMC144 incident was notified to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) at 2105 hrs on 20 October 1993 and an investigation began the next day. The AAIB team comprised Mr R StJ Whidborne (Investigator in Charge), Mr A W Skinner (Operations)...
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,...
Delta Airlines flight DL129 was on a scheduled public transport flight from Atlanta Georgia (ATL) in the USA, to Dublin Airport (EIDW), with a planned transit to Shannon Airport (EINN) and return to ATL. A total of 3 flight crew, including a Relief First Officer...
On 27 July 2010, Lufthansa Cargo flight GEC8460 was scheduled to depart from the Frankfurt International Airport, Germany at 01h00 UTC for a cargo flight to the King Khalid International Airport – Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The departure was delayed by...
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...
The crew of Blue Island flight SI308 , comprising a commander, co-pilot and cabin crewmember, reported for duty at 0620 hrs at Guernsey Airport. The commander was conducting line training of the co-pilot, a first officer who had recently joined the company. The first...
On 13 August 2012, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines flight VDA4118, a Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD aircraft (registration RA-76511, serial number 94-08), departed Prestwick, Scotland, for St. John’s International Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador, on a scheduled cargo flight with 10...
The copilot of Singapore Airlines flight SQ327 was initially Pilot Flying (PF) during the flight Manchester - Munich. When it became apparent that the weather in Munich would be below the values under which the copilot was allowed to perform the landing, the Pilot in...
Are Arann flight EI3601 commenced operations in EINN that morning, departing at 05.52 hrs and arriving at EGCC at 07.13 hrs. During the turnaround, fuel was uplifted and 21 passengers boarded. Using the call sign Air Arann flight EI3601 the scheduled passenger service...
Enerjet flight ENJ401 was operated with a Boeing B737-700 (registration C-GDEJ, serial number 32427) from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson, British Columbia. At 1117 Mountain Standard Time, during the landing rollout on Runway 03, Enerjet flight ENJ401 overran the runway...
Myanmar Airways Xian Aircraft MA-60 registered XY- AIQ (MSN-0808) , departed on 16 May 2013 at 08:00 local Time, from Yangon International Airport (VYYY) to Monghsat Airport. For this flight captain assigned FO to line training (Command) pilot and aircraft landed to...
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....
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...
Ryanair flight FR1216 was coming from Belgium, was supposed to stop for 25 minutes at Limoges-Bellegarde aerodrome , without refuelling, then return to Belgium with more passengers. The copilot was PF on the leg. The ATIS information at 14 h 01, heard by the crew,...
City Jet flight WX5026 serious incident was notified to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) on 20-02-2007 , involving EI-CZO in which the aircraft burst all four main landing gear tyres during the landing. Enquiries by AAIB revealed that the aircraft had...
On 23 January 2005 the cargo aircraft Boeing 747-212B took off from Dubai Airport at 2234 UTC for a flight to Düsseldorf. The Pilot in Command (PIC), the co-pilot and a flight engineer were aboard. After more than six hours of flight time the aircraft was the first...
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 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)...
On Sunday 24 December 2000 at 4 h 38 min, the DC10 registered N132AA took off from Honolulu bound for Tahiti with a hundred and thirty-nine passengers and fifteen crew members on board. This was Hawaiian Airlines scheduled international flight HAL 481. The flight crew...
Cirrus Aviation flight C91567 was a Do 328-100 that had taken off from Berlin-Tempelhof to a scheduled service to Mannheim City. Three crew members and 24 passengers were aboard the airplane. The co-pilot was the Pilot Flying (PF) during this flight. After an...
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....
Brit Air flight DB5937 : the crew was cleared for an ILS RWY 25 approach. During the descent, the controller informed them of a wind from 160° at 17 kt with gusts up to 26 kt and a lasting, severe squall. Visibility was reduced to between 2,000 and 3,000 m and the...
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...
Trans States Airlines flight LOF3363 was doing business as United Express Flight 3363 : At 1529 Eastern Daylight Time, an Embraer EMB-145LR (registration N840HK, serial number 145341) operated by Trans States Airlines LLC as United Express Flight 3363 from Chicago...
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...
American Airlines flight AA2253 : this report discusses the December 29, 2010, incident involving American Airlines flight 2253, a Boeing 757-200, N668AA, which ran off the departure end of runway 19 and came to a stop in deep snow after landing at Jackson Hole...
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...
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...
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...
Timber Air flight QI332 incident ccurred during a scheduled flight from EKCH to Bornholm Airport (EKRN). The commander was Pilot Flying (PF) and the first officer was Pilot Non Flying (PNF). At 17:06:51 the pilots made radio contact with the control tower at EKRN. The...
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...
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...
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...
TNT Airways flight TAY325N was a scheduled cargo flight from Liège Airport to London Stansted Airport the crew diverted to Nottingham East Midlands Airport due to unexpectedly poor weather conditions at Stansted. The weather conditions at EMA required a CAT IIIA...
On May 9, 2004, about 1450 Atlantic standard time, Executive Airlines (doing business as American Eagle) flight 5401, an Avions de Transport Regional 72-212, N438AT, skipped once, bounced hard twice, and then crashed at Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport, San...
On December 18, 2003, about 1226 central standard time, Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) flight 647, a Boeing MD-10-10F (MD-10), N364FE, crashed while landing at Memphis International Airport (MEM), Memphis, Tennessee. The right main landing gear of Federal Express...
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....
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),...
Alpi Eagles flight DLA 2708 on behalf of Air Dolomiti, a Fokker MK-100, registration I-ALPL, landed in Barcelona on 7 November 1999 at 13:55 UTC. It was making a commercial flight, DLA 2708, from Venice to Barcelona with a crew of five and 39 passengers on board....
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...
American Airlines flight AA1420 : on June 1, 1999, at 2350:44 central daylight time, American Airlines flight AA1420, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82), N215AA, crashed after it overran the end of runway 4R during landing at Little Rock National Airport in Little...
Federal Express flight FX14 : on July 31, 1997, about 0132 eastern daylight time, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, N611FE, operated by Federal Express, Inc., (FedEx) as flight 14, crashed while landing on runway 22R at Newark International Airport, Newark, New Jersey (EWR)....
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.