[Ref 19-25Mar2019 Flight International] Aircraft came down in swamp southeast of Houston Intercontinental swamp: (an area of) very wet, soft land The 767 (N1217A), operating as Atlas flight 3591 from Miami, was descending to land at Houston Intercontinental airport when it came down in Trinity Bay, about 35nm (65km) southeast of the hub. All three of the jet’s […]
Category: Accident
US-Bangla Q400 almost struck tower
[Ref Flight International |5-11 February 2019 P.14] Occurrence Date/Time 12 March 2018 Aircraft Type Bombardier Q400 Flight / Operator US-Bangla Airlines POB 71 (including crews) Description Pilots realized an error when the Q400 started turning left to enter a holding pattern. While a new heading heading of 027° to turn back towards the 202° inbound. The […]
Mountain wave hit Iranian ATR during dangerous descent
[Ref 26 February-4 March 2019 | Flight International 15] Aseman crew were surprised by sudden downdraught after their non-approved manoeuvre below minimum safe height an ATR 72-200’s unauthorised de-scent below minimum safe height resulted in its being caught in a mountain wave, and that its crew failed to carry out the procedures necessary to recover from […]
Lion Air 737 Max 8 had ‘issues’ before making fatal flight
[ref 4-10 December 2018 | Flight International | 11] Indonesian investigators say aircraft was not airworthy and suffered sensor problems on four occasions prior to crash Tests were then performed on the ground, with the engineer satisfied that the issued had been resolved before dispatching the jet. The crew also requested an altitude block spanning […]
US pilots ignorant over Max stabiliser safety trim system
[8 | Flight International | 20-26 November 2018] Crews at US carriers not told about automated envelope protection feature on new 737s linked to Lion Air tragedy Boeing 737 Max which has been linked to the loss of Lion Air flight JT610 Maneuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) – which is not present on earlier-generation 737s, automatically […]
Security questions follow Horizon theft
[Ref Flight International | 21 August-3 September 2018 P.11] commercial aircraft engines start without keys An employee – a ground service agent identified, his job involved loading and unloading aircraft and operating aircraft tugs. He stole the parked aircraft from a cargo area on the north part of Seattle-Tacoma International airport, then took off, crashing […]
Accident v.s Incident
[Ref. AVIA4003 Handout, ICAO Annex 13] Incident Incident is an occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft which affects or could affect the safety of operation. In layman words, those near miss episodes with minor consequences that could have resulted in greater loss. An unplanned event that could have resulted in […]