While taxiing to the gate, the flight crew heard a noise from the nose landing gear area. As the aircraft turned onto the lead-in line at the gate, the ground marshallers observed that the right-hand nosewheel was missing… Continue Reading →
The aircraft landed heavily, causing substantial damage to the aircraft’s main landing gear. It touched down with a high rate of descent, following a late initiation of the flare by the co-pilot, who was undergoing line training…. Continue Reading →
At approximately 140 feet AGL, on final approach to Runway 24R with full flaps selected, the aircraft experienced roll oscillations. The flight crew levelled the wings and the aircraft touched down firmly. During the approach, the aircraft had accumulated mixed ice on areas of the wing and the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer that…… Continue Reading →
An Airbus 330 aircraft, was on a scheduled flight from Toronto (Canada) to Lisbon (Portugal) when the crew noted a fuel imbalance. Shortly after, the crew initiated a diversion from the flight-planned route for a landing at the Lajes Airport, Terceira Island in the Azores…. Continue Reading →
The aircraft made an emergency descent from FL350 and the Captain requested a diversion to Shannon…. Continue Reading →
An A330-300 departed Vancouver, Canada, on a scheduled flight to Calgary, Canada. Shortly after take-off, the Vancouver tower informed the pilots that a substantial amount of smoke or vapour was coming from the number 2 engine. Although the pilots did not receive any abnormal engine indications or cockpit warnings, they declared an emergency and advised…… Continue Reading →
in strong gusting crosswind conditions, the aircraft began to drift to the right of the runway extended centreline. At the moment of touchdown, the aircraft was drifting to the right, its heading was some 10º to the left of its track and its roll attitude was approximately 3.5º right wing low. These factors resulted in…… Continue Reading →
As the aircraft was taking off the underside of the tail struck the runway. The strike was undetected by the flight crew, but they were notified of the strike during the climb-out by ATC…. Continue Reading →
During the flare, the aircraft travelled through an area of heavy rain, and visual contact with the runway environment was significantly reduced. There were numerous lightning strikes occurring, particularly at the far end of the runway. The aircraft touched down about 3800 feet down the runway, reverse thrust was selected about 12.8 seconds after landing,…… Continue Reading →
One hour and nine minutes into the flight, while cruising at flight level 350, the pilots felt an airframe vibration and observed the number 1 engine shut down spontaneously…. Continue Reading →