Tag: Incident
NEWS May 20, 2026 Air France Flight Turned Away From U.S. Airspace and Diverted to Canada Over Suspected Ebola-Linked Passenger An Air France Boeing 777-200 operating a scheduled service from Paris to Detroit has been denied entry to U.S. airspace and forced to divert to Montreal, in what is emerging as a direct consequence of sweeping new American travel restrictions linked to a deadly Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa. Read More →
NEWS May 08, 2026 Two Southwest Jets Clipped Each Other at the Gate in Baltimore Where ATC Has No Eyes Two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft collided during pushback at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Read More →
NEWS May 05, 2026 A British Airways 787 Worth $355 Million Was Stabbed by Its Own Engineering Steps at Heathrow While Passengers Watched From Buses A British Airways Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner has been grounded at London Heathrow Airport following a ground handling incident that is as costly as it is avoidable, an engineering mishap driven by one of the most fundamental properties of a fully loaded commercial aircraft. Read More →
NEWS May 04, 2026 A United Airlines 767 Flying From Venice Hit a Bakery Truck and a Light Pole on the New Jersey Turnpike Before Landing at Newark One of the most extraordinary and alarming aviation incidents in recent American history unfolded when a United Airlines Boeing 767-400ER on final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport flew so low over the New Jersey Turnpike that its landing gear and underside made physical contact with a highway light pole and the cab of a bakery delivery truck travelling below. Read More →
NEWS Apr 21, 2026 A Cockpit Display Fell and Knocked Out a Southwest Pilot Mid-Takeoff A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 was forced to declare an emergency and return to Las Vegas after the captain was struck on the head by a detached Head-Up Display unit during the takeoff roll. Read More →
NEWS Apr 10, 2026 Frontier Airlines Pilots Narrowly Avoid a Catastrophe at LAX After Two Trucks Cut Across Their Path in the Dark A Frontier Airlines crew had to slam on the brakes to avoid a collision with two service trucks that cut across their path in the dead of night. Read More →
NEWS Apr 08, 2026 Cape Air Flight Forced to Turn Back After Cabin Door Opens Mid-Air Over Nantucket A routine early-morning commuter flight from one of New England's most iconic island destinations turned alarming on Monday when the upper portion of a Cape Air aircraft's main cabin door swung open over Nantucket Sound. Read More →
NEWS Mar 20, 2026 A Narrow Escape Triggers Federal Probe Into Alaska and FedEx Runway Collision Federal investigators are currently dissecting a high-stakes "close call" at Newark Liberty International Airport after an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 and a FedEx Boeing 777F narrowly avoided a collision. Read More →
NEWS Mar 11, 2026 Debris Rips Through American Eagle Jet Nose During Takeoff Federal aviation safety officials have launched an investigation into a high-speed runway incident at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) that left an American Eagle regional jet with a gaping hole in its nose. Read More →
NEWS Mar 09, 2026 Ground Collision At Denver International Forces Emergency Response After United Jet Strikes De-Icing Vehicle Federal investigators have launched a probe into a serious ground collision at Denver International Airport that left an airport contractor hospitalized and a Nashville-bound Boeing 737 significantly damaged. Read More →