SOP Standard Operating Procedures in Flight Operations are defined as strict procedures covering every aspect of flight deck activity and embracing normal, abnormal and emergency situations.
This wide range of SOP Standard Operating Procedures and checklists is essential because of the large number of situations which can arise and the critical nature of some of these situations.
Although these SOP Standard Operating Procedures are written down in checklists and quick reference handbooks, pilots must be able to perform certain vital actions from memory, referring to the written procedure later to confirm that correct action has been taken.
Flight Operations procedures have been defined after much research in order to ensure the most successful outcome from all reasonably likely circumstances. They are not discretionary and must be followed precisely. Failure to follow established procedures has been found to be a causal factor in many aircraft accidents and serious incidents.
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...
LAM Mozambique Airlines flight TM470 departed on the 29th November 2013 at 09:26 from Maputo International Airport on a scheduled flight to Luanda, Angola, and was operated with an Embraer ERJ 190-100 aircraft with registration number C9-EMC . On board the aircraft...
Tigerair Australia flight TT229 was a flight operated with Boeing Company 737-8FE, VH-VUB on 12 July 2018 from Sydney, New South Wales to Melbourne, Victoria. For this flight, a trainee First Officer was the pilot flying (PF) and a training Captain was the pilot...
Iran Aseman Airlines flight IRC3704 was an ATR72-212 registered EP-ATS operated by Iran Aseman Airlines and assigned to perform a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Yasouj on 07:55 local time. The aircraft took off from Tehran Mehrabad International...
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...
On the 22nd of January 2002 a Boeing 757-208, TF-FIO, on Iceland Air flight FI315, made an approach to Oslo airport Gardermoen. The descent and approach was made in strong tailwind. The unstabilized final approach was abandoned at low altitude, and during the...
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...
On 21st June 2017, Go Airlines flight G8338 , operated with an Airbus A320-214 (reg VT-GOS) was involved in Air Turn Back incident due to Bird Strike shortly after takeoff from Delhi, India. During take-off roll on Runway 09 at around 115 knots IAS, Go Airlines flight...
Tatarstan Airlines flight TAK363 was a commercial flight operated on November 17, 2013 from Moscow (Domodedovo, UUDD) to Kazan (UWKD) on the Boeing 737-500 VQ-BBN aircraft. At 10:10 all the crew members passed medical examination at Kazan airport medical post and the...
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...
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...
Sirwijaya Air flight SJ230 , a Boeing 737-300 registered PK-CKM, was being operated by PT. Sriwijaya Air on On 20 December 2011 from Soekarno Hatta International Airport (WIII) Jakarta to Adisutjipto International Airport (WARJ), Yogyakarta. There were 141 persons on...
Airport with the first officer in the right cockpit seat as ‘Pilot Flying’ (PF). The commander, as ‘Pilot Non-Flying’ (PNF) was in the left cockpit seat and another first officer qualified pilot was seated on the ‘Jump Seat’. The Centurion Air Cargo MD11 N701GC flight...
The preliminary analysis of Saratov Airlines flight 6W706 accident has shown that during the accidental flight, the heating of all the three Pitot probes were in the OFF position. As for all the other lights recorded by the FDR (15 more flights), the Pitot probes’...
The British Airways flight BA034 , a Boeing B747-400 with registration G-BNLL , was going to embark on a commercial international air transportation long haul flight from FAOR to EGLL. ATC gave British Airways flight BA034 instructions to push back, start and face...
About 0901 central day light time on August 31, 1988, Delta Airlines flight DL1141 crashed shortly after lifting off from runway 18L at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Texas. The airplane, a Boeing 727 -232 , U. S. Registry N473DA, was a regularly...
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...
On 23 July 2014, an ATR-GIE Avions de Transport Régional ATR72-212A (ATR72) aircraft, registered B-22810, Transasia Airways flight GE222 , with two pilots, two cabin crew, and 54 passengers, was being operated on an instrument flight rules (IFR) regular public...
On the 1st October, 2008 in night time, during landing at aerodrome Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo) , JSC KD Avia flight KNI794 was involved in an accident: The flight was operated with a Boeing B-737-300 registered EI-DON operated by JSC KD AVIA airline of North-Western Air...
Map Executive Flight Service flight KK7634 was operated with an MD 83 aircraft that was scheduled to perform a charter flight to Antalya, Turkey : there were 169 passengers and six crew members on board. At take off, which was made from runway 30, the aircraft became...
On 16 September 2007, at approximately 14:30 hours, a One Two Go Airlines flight OG269 nationality and registration mark HS-OMG, a McDonnel Douglas DC9 departed from Don Mueang International Airport to Phuket International Airport on a domestic flight OG 269 with 130...
The flight crew reported for duty at Manchester at 2130 hrs on 21 February to operate a series of three cargo flights. Following normal pre-flight preparations they flew an ATR-72 to Paris Charles de Gaulle, arriving at 2246 hrs; the commander was pilot flying on this...
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...
Itek Air flight IRC6895 was a flight from Bishkek to Teheran, flown on 24 August, 2008 with a Boeing 737-200 aircraft registered ЕХ-009 . Souls onboard where the PIC plus co-pilot, cabin crew (3 persons) as well as 85 passengers including two service passengers: a...
On 7 March 2007, Garuda Indonesia flight GA200, a Boeing B737-497 registered PK-GZC , was being operated by Garuda Indonesia on an instrument flight rules (IFR), scheduled passenger service, from Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Jakarta to Adi Sucipto Airport, Yogyakarta....
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...
British Airways flight BA2156 was operating a scheduled service from VC Bird International Airport, Antigua (ANU), West Indies to Robert L Bradshaw International Airport, St Kitts (SKB), West Indies and return. The sector from ANU to SKB was uneventful. On arrival at...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ryanair flight FR058 departed London Stansted , the aircraft climbed to its allotted cruising level, with the Captain as the Pilot Flying (PF) and the First Officer as the Pilot Not Flying (PNF). This was the PF’s last day of duty for the Operator. He would be...
On 22 July 2011, a Boeing 737-300 aircraft registered PK-GGO was being operated by Garuda Indonesia flight GA292 , from Soekarno - Hatta International Airport (WIII) Jakarta to Abdul Rahman Saleh Airport (WARA) Malang. The flight crew member was three pilots which...
Naske Air Falcon 20 D-CBNA was part of a non-scheduled international cargo flight from Gdansk (EPGD) to Louisville (KSDF). The flight crew had previously on August 4, 2001, on another charter flight, flown the aircraft from Hanover (EDDV) to Palma de Mallorca (LEPA)...
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...
Continental Airlines flight CO1943 : airplane was landing on runway 27 at the Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston, Texas on Feb 26th, 1996. The airplane slid 6,850 feet before coming to rest in the grass about 140 feet left of the runway centerline. The...
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...
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...
Georgian Airways flight UNO834 crashed on 04 April 2011 ; a Georgian Airways Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ 100 ER), registration 4L-GAE, using call sign „UNO 834‟, operating a domestic flight from Kisangani to Kinshasa for United Nation's Stabilization Mission in the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
KLM - PAN AM flights KL4805 - PAA1736 (the "Tenerife's accident") the highest death toll accident in aviation history. The KLM Boeing 747, registration PH-BUF, took off from Schipol Airport (Amsterdam) at 0900 hours on 27 March 1977, en route to Las Palmas de Gran...
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.
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