Boeing B737 Helios Accident
On 14 August 2005, a B737-300 aircraft crashed near Grammatiko (Greece ) following the incapacitation of the crew due to hypoxia…. Continue Reading →
Boeing B737 Loss Of Pressurization
Whilst in the cruise the crew began to feel some discomfort in their ears. This was shortly followed by cabin altitude warning horn which indicated that the cabin altitude had exceeded 10,000 feet and this was seen to continue to climb on the cockpit gauge. At the same time, the primary AUTO mode of the…… Continue Reading →
Boeing B737 Near CFIT During Visual Approach
Aircraft was too high during the visual approach. During a right hand orbit manoeuvre asked to the ATC, the aircraft flew low over the Bishopstown area of Cork City (Ireland) on its base leg. As the aircraft turned onto finals the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) Glide Slope CAUTION sounded twice…… Continue Reading →
Boeing B737 Nearly Crash On Takeoff
The crew of a B737-800 did not realise that Runway 06L at Manchester (UK) was operating at reduced length due to work-in-progress at its far end until their aircraft had accelerated to a speed approaching VR…… Continue Reading →
Boeing B737 Runway Overrun
During the takeoff of a scheduled passenger transportation flight from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Barcelona (Spain), the aircraft suffered a bird strike in the area of the nose landing gear during rotation. The flight crew informed the ATC and the flight continued without any abnormal indication in the cockpit. During the landing roll at Barcelona, when…… Continue Reading →
Boeing B737 Tailstrike On Takeoff
A Boeing 737-800 departed from Rotterdam Airport (Netherlands). The flight was scheduled for a three leg flight via Maastricht-Aachen Airport (Netherlands) and Arrecife (Spain), Lanzarote Airport (Spain) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands). Immediately after initiation of the take -off, when the aircraft started to roll, the aircraft’s nose pitched up. This movement stopped when the…… Continue Reading →
Boeing B737 Taxiway Excursion Due to Ice
The crew of the Easyjet Boeing 737-700 that slipped on Schiphol Airport on the 22 December 2003, was insufficiently informed about the iciness of the taxiway. As the taxiway was covered with ice, the aircraft, when taking a turn, no longer reacted to the nose wheel steering. As a consequence, the aircraft skidded and the…… Continue Reading →
Boeing B747 Loss Of Power During Cruise
The left outboard engine of a B747 Classics ran down and could not be restarted. It was decided to return to Ramstein AFB (Germany). The crew determined that the three remaining engines were not producing the selected thrust and declared an emergency requesting a diversion to London Heathrow Airport (UK)…. Continue Reading →
Boeing B757 Uberlingen Accident
On 1 July 2002 at 21:35:32 hrs a collision between a Tupolev TU154M, which was on a flight from Moscow, Russia to Barcelona, Spain, and a Boeing B757-200, on a flight from Bergamo, Italy to Brussels, Belgium, occurred north of the city of Ueberlingen, Germany. Both aircraft flew according to IFR and were under control…… Continue Reading →
Boeing B767 Fuel Leak and Engine Fire
On 30 December 2006, a fire occurred in the left General Electric CF6-80C2 engine nacelle of a Boeing 767 aircraft as it taxied clear of the runway after landing at Auckland International Airport. The fire was promptly extinguished and the minor damage was confined within the nacelle…. Continue Reading →