AVIATION INCIDENTS : CAPTAIN ILL, HAIL STRIKE, GALLEY OVEN 'FRIED' & JOLTS

Cathay A333 near Osaka on Aug 19th 2015, hydraulic leak A Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300, registration B-HLO performing flight CX-530 from Taipei (Taiwan) to Nagoya (Japan) with 312 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 180nm southwest of Osaka when the crew decided to divert to Osaka due to a... Read full story »

Alitalia A319 near Naples on Aug 19th 2015, hail strike An Alitalia Airbus A319-100, registration EI-IML performing flight AZ-2016 from Rome Fiumicino to Milan Linate (Italy) with 111 passengers, was climbing through FL150 when the aircraft encountered hail causing damage to the radome. The crew decided... Read full story »

Lufthansa Cityline CRJ9 at Stavanger on Aug 21st 2015, gear problem A Lufthansa Cityline Canadair CRJ-900, registration D-ACNE performing flight LH-875 from Stavanger (Norway) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 37 passengers, was climbing out of Stavanger when the crew stopped the climb reporting problems with the... Read full story »

Jazz DH8D near Ottawa on Aug 10th 2015, engine shut down in flight A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GKUK performing flight QK-8956 from Toronto,ON to Fredericton,NB (Canada) with 61 people on board, was enroute at FL250 about 45nm south of Ottawa,ON (Canada) when the crew noticed the oil pressure... Read full story »

Jet Airways B738 at Trivandrum on Aug 18th 2015, landed below required final fuel reserve on 7th approach A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800, registration VT-JFA performing flight 9W-555 (dep Aug 17th) from Doha (Qatar) to Kochin (India) with 142 passengers and 8 crew, was on approach to Kochin and went around three times due to weather. Following the third... Read full story »

British Airways B788 near Irkutsk on Aug 21st 2015, smartphone disobeys no smoking instruction A British Airways Boeing 787-800, registration G-ZBJG performing flight BA-18 from Seoul (South Korea) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 205 passengers, was enroute at FL380 about 25nm southwest of Irkutsk (Russia) when the battery of a passenger's... Read full story »

Jazz DH8D near Prince George on Jul 15th 2015, hail strike A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GGDU performing flight QK-8205 from Vancouver,BC to Prince George,BC (Canada) with 67 people on board, was descending through 16,000 feet towards Prince George when the aircraft encountered hail for... Read full story »

Air Canada A321 near Toronto on Aug 13th 2015, captain incapacitated An Air Canada Airbus A321-200, registration C-GITY performing flight AC-739 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to San Francisco,CA (USA) with 192 people on board, was enroute at FL320 about 660nm west of Toronto when the captain became ill and was unable to... Read full story »

American B752 near Philadelphia on Aug 17th 2015, galley oven roasts rather fast An American Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N942UW performing flight AA-750 from Philadelphia,PA (USA) to Brussels (Belgium) with 158 passengers and 9 crew, was enroute at FL310 about 40nm southeast of New York,NY (USA) when the crew declared... Read full story »

Delta B752 near Great Falls on Aug 15th 2015, jolt enroute A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N675DL performing flight DL-915 (dep Aug 14th) from Detroit,MI to Seattle,WA (USA), was enroute at FL300 near Great Falls,MT (USA) when the aircraft encountered a single jolt causing a serious back... Read full story »

Jazz DH8D near Prince George on Jul 15th 2015, hail strike A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GGDU performing flight QK-8205 from Vancouver,BC to Prince George,BC (Canada) with 67 people on board, was descending through 16,000 feet towards Prince George when the aircraft encountered hail for... Read full story »

Blue B734 at Liverpool on Aug 17th 2015, suspected bird strike A Blue Air Boeing 737-400, registration YR-BAJ performing flight 0B-134 from Liverpool,EN (UK) to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) with 156 people, was climbing out of Liverpool's runway 27 when the crew stopped the climb at about FL130 reporting they... Read full story »

Indigo A320 at Ahmedabad on Aug 20th 2015, bird strike An Indigo Airbus A320-200, registration VT-INS performing flight 6E-158 from Ahmedabad to Delhi (India), departed Ahmedabad's runway 23 but received a bird strike into the left hand engine (V2527) prompting the crew to return to Ahmedabad for a safe... Read full story »

Delta B752 near Las Vegas on Aug 19th 2015, engine trouble A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N709TW performing flight DL-459 from New York JFK,NY to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 156 people on board, was enroute at FL380 about 240nm northeast of Las Vegas,NV (USA) when the crew reported problems... Read full story »

Skywest CRJ7 near Billings on Aug 19th 2015, loss of cabin pressure A Skywest Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of Alaska Airlines, registration N215AG performing flight OO-3469/AS-3469 from Omaha,NE to Seattle,WA (USA) with 50 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 140nm eastsoutheast of Billings,MT (USA)... Read full story »

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