The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday said it will launch an investigation after the engine cowling of a Southwest Airlines plane fell off during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap. The cowling is the protective cover over the plane’s engine. The engine cowling hanging from the wing of a Southwest Airlines flight (Cooper […]
All passengers on a Boeing 737 are safe after the plane’s takeoff was delayed at the Lubbock Preston Smith Airport in Texas on Thursday evening due to a reported engine fire, the latest incident to occur on a Boeing 737 aircraft. Southwest Airlines flight 1928 was preparing to depart to Las Vegas but returned to […]
A Boeing whistleblower told CNN he refused to fly on a plane he’d boarded after realizing it was a Boeing 737 Max. Ed Pierson said he’d deliberately made sure the plane wasn’t a 737 Max prior to booking. Pierson spent 10 years at Boeing and testified to Congress in 2019 about its factory in Renton, Washington. A Boeing whistleblower […]
A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after take-off on Wednesday, livestreamed video showed. Online video showed the rocket, called Kairos, blasting off from the mountainous Wakayama Prefecture in central Japan, exploding in mid-air within seconds. A huge plume of smoke engulfed the area and flames […]
A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, livestreamed video showed. Online video showed the rocket, called Kairos, blasting off from the mountainous Wakayama Prefecture in central Japan, exploding in mid-air within seconds. A huge plume of smoke engulfed the area and flames […]
TOKYO (AP) — A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff Wednesday, livestreamed video showed. Online video showed the rocket called Kairos blasting off from Wakayama Prefecture, in central Japan, a mountainous area filled with trees, but exploding midair within seconds. A huge plume of […]
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed on Tuesday while taking off from an air base in western Russia, the Defense Ministry said. The ministry said the Il-76 aircraft with eight crew and seven passengers on board crashed in the Ivanovo region. It didn’t say whether there were […]
A short flight to a luxurious dinner experience became a nightmare for four tourists and two crew members on board a helicopter in Colombia, where it spiraled out of control shortly after taking off from a rooftop. The helicopter, a Bell 206 chopper, had six people on board at the time of the crash in […]
A Canadian tourist opened the door of a Thai Airways flight that was preparing to take off from Chiang Mai airport bound for the capital Bangkok, local broadcaster ThaiPBS and officials said this week. “The whole plane was in chaos,” wrote Facebook user Ananya Tiangtae, who was on the flight, adding that officials escorted the […]
A flight was canceled moments before takeoff after a passenger noticed missing bolts on the wing. The Airbus A330 operated by Virgin Atlantic was set to fly from Manchester, England, to JFK in NYC. The news follows an investigation into Boeing 737 Max 9 after a door plug fell off mid-flight. On January 15, Phil Hardy […]
A cargo plane made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport (MIA) after experiencing engine failure shortly after takeoff, an airline spokesperson said. The aircraft landed safely on Thursday night “after experiencing an engine malfunction soon after departure”, the spokesperson for Atlas Air said in a statement on Friday. “The crew followed all standard procedures […]
A cargo plane made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport (MIA) after experiencing engine failure shortly after takeoff, an airline spokesperson said. The aircraft landed safely on Thursday night “after experiencing an engine malfunction soon after departure”, the spokesperson for Atlas Air said in a statement on Friday. “The crew followed all standard procedures […]