Tag: Landing
NEWS Dec 15, 2025 NTSB: Maintenance Error Led to Citation CJ4 Gear Collapse in Baton Rouge NTSB has determined that improper installation of a critical landing gear component caused a Cessna Citation CJ4's right main landing gear to collapse during landing rollout in September 2025 Read More →
NEWS Dec 13, 2025 Engine Failure Forces United 777 Emergency Landing, Starts Brush Fire at Dulles Airport A United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER bound for Tokyo made a safe emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Saturday afternoon after an engine failure shortly after takeoff ignited a brush fire near the runway. All 275 passengers and 15 crew members aboard United Flight 803 were reported uninjured. Read More →
NEWS Dec 30, 2024 Air Canada Flight Makes Emergency Landing Due to Landing Gear Issue An Air Canada flight made an emergency landing due to issues with the landing gear. All 73 passengers are reportedly uninjured. Read More →
NEWS Dec 29, 2024 Second Jeju Air Landing Gear Failure Forces Boeing 737 to Make Emergency Diversion in South Korea As recovery efforts are underway for the flight that crashed yesterday, December 29th, another aircraft of the same airline made an "emergency diversion" today, December 30th, due to a landing gear issue. Read More →
NEWS Oct 27, 2024 Qatar Airways 787 Landing Gear Sinks Into Tarmac Drain at Doha Airport While taxiing to the runway for takeoff, the right main landing gear of a Qatar Airways 787-8 sunk into a drainage hole at Doha’s Hamad International Airport (DOH). Read More →
NEWS Oct 13, 2024 Alaska Airlines 737 Windshield Cracks, Forces Emergency Landing in Montana Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 made an unscheduled landing in Missoula, Montana, after the flight deck windshield cracked mid-flight. The airline issued a statement confirming the diversion resulted from a crack in the flight deck window. Read More →
NEWS Sep 22, 2024 Mouse ‘Jumped’ Out of Passenger’s In-Flight Meal, Forces SAS Emergency Landing A Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Copenhagen after a mouse leaped out of a passenger’s in-flight meal and into the aircraft aisle. While not seemingly dangerous, rodents, like mice, pose severe safety risks to aircraft operations as the animals tend to chew on electrical wiring. Read More →
NEWS Aug 20, 2024 Passengers Stranded for Over 20 Hours After Pilot Taxis Swiss 777 Into Grass A Boeing 777 got stuck in grass during an emergency stop in Kazakhstan, leaving over 300 passengers stranded. See how Swiss International Airlines responded and how the flight was able to continue. Read More →
NEWS Aug 11, 2024 Donald Trump’s Private Jet Forced To Make Emergency Landing After a Mechanical Issue Article covering Trump's emergency landing in Billings. Possible causes are discussed as well as the history of trump's 757 itself. Read More →
NEWS Jun 18, 2024 Possible Bird Strike Causes Passenger Plane To Burst into Flames Mid-Air A suspected bird strike has caused a Virgin Australia plane to make an emergency landing in New Zealand after one of its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff. The Melbourne-bound flight left Queenstown on Monday evening with footage emerging later that appeared to show fire coming from the Boeing 737-800. Read More →