13 April 2021The National Transportation Safety Board detailed in an accident report issued April 13 the circumstances that led to the crash of a Boeing B-17G airplane that killed seven people and injured seven others. The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s failure to properly manage the airplane’s configuration and airspeed following […]
7 April 2021The United States FAA extended a security warning for the Egypt Sinai Peninsula by another year due to continuing concern for flight safety. The initial Notam was issued on March 30, 2015, based on the FAA’s assessment that international civil air routes that transit the Cairo (HECC) Flight Information Region (FIR) over the Sinai Peninsula and aircraft operating to […]
5 April 2021An Ethiopian Boeing 737-800 landed at an airport near Ndola, Zambia, that was still under construction.
28 March 2021The crew of an Icelandair Boeing 757 missed SIGMETs and improperly chose an alternate airport, causing a low fuel emergency at Manchester Airport
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed in a mountainous area near Marsabit, Kenya, killing both occupants.
17 March 2021AAIB Iran issued the final report on the shootdown of Ukraine International flight PS752, the Boeing 737-800 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran-Imam Khomeini Airport, Iran in January 2020.
16 March 2021Following series of incidents involving Azman Air Boeing 737 aircraft, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) suspended the operations of all the Boeing 737 aircraft in the fleet of Azman Air Services Limited, with effect from March 15, 2021. The suspension is to enable the NCAA to conduct an audit of the airline to determine […]
14 March 2021A Utair Boeing 737-500 landed short and hit snow bank at Usinsk, Russia in February 2020, according to a newly released accident report. Improper winter maintenance at airport was a factor.
A Kazakh Border Service Antonov An-26 crashed at Almaty Airport.
10 March 2021In its investigation report released today, TSB found that the decision to continue flying in poor weather led to the fatal July 2019 controlled flight into terrain occurrence on Addenbroke Island, British Columbia (BC).