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Pilot Grounded as Air India flight Landed on the wrong (under-construction) runway in Maldives

Pilot Grounded as Air India flight Landed on the wrong (under-construction) runway in Maldives

Pilot Grounded as Air India flight AI263, an Airbus A320neo  with 136 passengers on board landed on a runway that was under construction at Male Velana International Airport in the Maldives. The wheels of the airplane as well as the brakes assemblies were seriously damaged and have to be replaced.   …

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Saudi Arabia Boeing AH-6i Helicopter crashes in Khashm Alan Airport

Saudi Arabia Boeing AH-6i Helicopter crashes in Khashm Alan Airport

Royal Saudi Arabia National Guard Boeing AH-6i Helicopter crashes in Khashm Alan Airport – Saudi Arabia The military helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances during a training exercise. An American trainer died in the crash, the trainee pilot was injured. The Saudi statement gave the trainer’s name as Paul Reedy and …

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UTAir Passenger jet catches fire after overshooting runway at Sochi Airport

UTAir Passenger jet catches fire in after overshooting runway on landing at Sochi Airport Russia

A passenger jet caught fire after overshooting its landing sending it crashing through a fence at an airport in Russia, injuring 18 people. UTAir flight 579, a Boeing 737-800, suffered a runway excursion accident after landing at Adler/Sochi Airport, Russia. The aircraft departed Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport at 00:32 hours local …

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12 Dead ( 2 Ukrainian crew members and 10 Afghan soldiers) In Mi-8 helicopter Crash

12 Dead ( 2 Ukrainian crew members and 10 Afghan soldiers) In Mi-8 helicopter Crash

  Afghan army Mil Mi-8 Helicopter with 14 aboard crashes at Shaheen Corps headquarters, northern Balkh province A total of twelve occupants died in the crash, two pilots and ten passengers. A Mil Mi-8MTV helicopter crashed during takeoff from the Shaheen Corps headquarters in Afghanistan. On board, the helicopter were …

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Boeing Win Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Competition

Boeing Win Navy's MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Competition

After a months-long competition Boeing Win Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Competition: U.S. Navy awards Boeing with an $808M contract for four MQ-25A unmanned air vehicles   On 30 August, Boeing has announced that company is awarded an $805,318,853 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract to provide the design, development, fabrication, test, verification, certification, delivery, …

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