The ICAO Council expressed its strong condemnation of the continued launching of ballistic missiles by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) over or near international air routes, which seriously threatens the safety of international civil aviation.
6 October 2017The French accident investigation agency BEA, which is conducting the investigation into the uncontained engine failure accident involving an Air France Airbus A380, released photos of the first engine fan and cowling parts. These parts were located in Greenland.
4 October 2017A Maldivian DHC-6 Twin Otter seaplane suffered a landing accident at Male, Maldives. All on board survived.
All five on board an East Wing Antonov An-28 ambulance plane were killed when the aircraft crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan
The Swiss STSB issued a summary report on a serious incident in January 2017 when an Embraer ERJ-190 suffered a failure of the cabin pressurization and anti-ice system.
1 October 2017A report by the Bulgarian AAIU concluded that poor ATC coordination and a lack of TCAS response were factors in a serious airprox incident over Bulgaria in June 2016.
An Air France Airbus A380 diverted to Goose Bay, Canada a serious engine failure.
29 September 2017The TSB concludded that icing conditions led to an accident in 2015 in which a Cessna 208 lost of control and impacted terrain near Pickle Lake, Canada.
An investigation showed that an unstabilized approach by intoxicated captain led to a landing accident of a Boeing 737-400 in November 2015 at Lahore Airport, Pakistan.
28 September 2017The Spanish CIAIAC is investigating a serious incident in which a Swiftair ATR 72-500 stalled in icing conditions en route to Madrid, Spain on 9 September.