On August 10, 2018, a DHC-8-400 aircraft crashed after being stolen from Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, Washington, USA, by an airline ground-service agent. The ASN Safety Database shows there have been several cases in which aircraft crashed after being taken on an illegal flight. The following is a list of specific cases involving non-pilots stealing an aircraft*: 13 […]
11 August 2018A Horizon Air DHC-8-402Q was stolen by a 29-year old airline ground-service agent from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac). The aircraft crashed at Ketron Island, killing the ‘pilot’.
The wingtip of a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 787-8 ripped off the APU cover of a parked Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300 at Istanbul-Atatürk Airport.
7 August 2018NTSC Indonesia issued a preliminary report on an ATR 72-600 that landed at the old, closed, Sintang Airport, Indonesia. The pilot was not briefed on the new airport that opened two months earlier.
6 August 2018AIB Saudi Arabia says the Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 that suffered an excursion incident at Riyadha attempted a takeoff from the taxiway and subsequently overran.
5 August 2018NTSC Indonesia issued a preliminary report on the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan that hit trees on approach to Nabire Airport (and landed safely!).
4 August 2018A Junkers Ju-52/3m of Ju-Air, built in 1939, impacted the slope of the Piz Segnas mountain in Switzerland.
3 August 2018An initial NTSB report on the Burnet DC-3 takeoff accident says the tailwheel was correctly locked and no evidence of any flight control locks was found installed.
A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 suffered runway excursion after an aborted takeoff at Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia.