Royal Air Force Douglas Dakota III plane pilot performed an unscheduled landing after engine problems. The no.1 engine was shut down and the propeller feathered. There are reports Manchester Airport has come to a standstill after a Second World War plane was forced to make an emergency landing. According to …
Read More »Pilot detained after Libyan L-39 Albatros jet makes emergency landing on road in Tunisia
A Libyan National Army Aero L-39 Albatros military training aircraft made an emergency landing on a road in the southern Tunisian town of Beni Khadash and its pilot has been detained There were no fatalities. Tunisia’s Defence Ministry said a Libyan military plane made an emergency landing in southern Tunisia …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3B Sentry makes emergency landing at Lincoln Airport after engine fire
U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3B Sentry (707-300) from 522nd Air Control Wing (USAF) makes an emergency landing at Lincoln Airport after one of its engines caught fire mid-flight. Cause and damage under investigation. The six crew members were not injured. The call of an engine on fire came in shortly …
Read More »Shocking Footage of XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 Bomber Emergency Landing at Edwards Air Force Base
On Apr. 30, 1966, the second XB-70 prototype, the Air Vehicle 2 (AV 2), suffered a short-circuit in the landing gear retraction system shortly after the take-off from Edwards Air Force Base. As a result of this malfunction, the nose gear was blown back into the partially retracted gear well …
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