Showing posts with label Incident. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Incident. Show all posts
Friday, October 4, 2013

► NIGERIA: Associated Aviation EMB 120 crashes on take off from Lagos MMA; 13 confirmed dead.

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An Associated Aviation (SCD) Embraer EMB-120, ( MCN 120174 | 5N-BJY ) operating as a charter flight from Lagos Murtala Muhammed Internation...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

► SPAIN: Arik Air flight to Heathrow diverts to Mallorca after pregnant passenger suffers severe pains, bleeding.

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Arik Air (W3) flight W3101 from Lagos, Nigeria to London Heathrow, Untied Kingdom, was on Sunday, September 15, forced to divert to Palma M...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

► GHANA: Antrak Air reassures public after ATR72 suffers inflight engine-fire.

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Ghana's Antrak Air (O4) has assured the travelling public that both its services and aircraft are safe following an incident on August ...
Friday, August 30, 2013

■ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Bangui M'poko Int'l Airport resumes partial operations following disturbances.

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Bangui's Mpoko International Airport has been partially reopened with some flights cleared to land after the tarmac was inundated with ...
Monday, August 26, 2013

► SOMALIA: An26 overruns runway on landing at Guri'el airstrip, impacts rock; one injured.

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A Ukrainian Antonov An-26 ( MCN 57314101 | EK-26818 ) operated by South Airlines overran the runway on touchdown at Guri'el airstrip ...
Friday, August 16, 2013

► SUDAN: Mid Airlines Fokker 50 prop shatters on collision with obstacle; no injuries.

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The Aviation Herald reports that a Sudanese Mid Airlines (7Y) Fokker 50 ( MSN 20130 | ST-ARG ) that was preparing for departure from Kharto...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

►► SOMALIA: Ethiopian Air Force Antonov AN12 crashes on landing in Mogadishu; 4 dead.

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[UPDATE AUGUST 15] On Friday, August 9, an Ethiopian Air Force Antonov AN-12 military transport (MCN ? | 1513) crashed on landing at Mogad...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

► TANZANIA: fastjet A319 grounded following birdstrike.

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fastjet (FN) says one of its three Airbus A319s was temporarily grounded in Tanzania following a birdstrike on August 8. The incident resul...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

► ETHIOPIA: Russian Mil-8 chopper on WFP ferry flight to Juba crashes near Debre Zeyit; no casualties.

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A Russian Mil Mi-8MTV ( MSN 95642 | RA-25497 ) helicopter leased from Krasnodar-based firm, PANH Helicopters, by the United Nations W...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

■■ KENYA: Huge blaze rips through Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

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A devastating fire tore through the International Arrivals building and Unit 1 departures at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Ai...

► SOUTH AFRICA: SAA jet suffers another false hijack alert, this time in Port Elizabeth.

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A South African Airways (SA) jet operating as flight SA417 from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth was yesterday met at Port Elizabeth Internat...

■ KENYA: Mass delays at Nairobi JKIA after pipeline fault starves airport of Jet A1.

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Nearly two thousand passengers, among them 49 athletes from the Kenyan athletics team heading to the IAAF Athletics World Championships i...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

► LIBYA: Qatar Airways A320 diverts to Alexandria after militia forces Tripoli tower to deny landing permission.

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Qatar Airways (QR) has once again been victimized in Libya, this time in Tripoli when on Sunday, August 4, an armed militia are said to hav...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

■ ALGERIA: Fire in Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport control tower temporarily disrupts flights.

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Authorities at Algiers Houari Boumediene International Airport were on Monday, July 29 forced to divert all inbound flights to Wahran and...
Monday, July 29, 2013

► KENYA: Missing Cessna 206F wreckage found in Aberdare forest; no survivors.

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The wreckage of a Cessna U206F Stationair ( MCN U206-02880 | 5Y-BUG ) that disappeared on Thursday July 25 while en-route from Lentille A...
Friday, July 26, 2013

► NIGER: Air France A330 grounded in Niamey after a stowaway's dead body discovered in city suburb.

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An Air France A330-200 ( MCN 519 | F-GZCL ) operating as flight AF547 from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to Paris CDG via Niamey, Niger, has be...
Monday, July 22, 2013

► ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian Q400 reportedly suffers engine problems on finals into Axum; makes a safe landing.

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An Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Bombardier Q400 operating a domestic flight ET128 from Addis Ababa to Axum, Ethiopia, on Wednesday, July 17, r...

► UNITED KINGDOM: AAIB releases special bulletin on Ethiopian 787 fire as FAA moves to issue Airworthiness Directive for 787 ELTs.

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The United Kingdom's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)has issued a special bulletin pertaining to a fire onboard a parked Ethio...
Friday, July 19, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: Cirrus light aircraft crashes just outside Johannesburg Lanseria Airport; 2 dead.

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Two people were killed yesterday morning when their Cirrus SR-20 ( ZS-CAP ) light aircraft crashed after take off from Johannesburg's...
Monday, July 15, 2013

► UNITED KINGDOM: Fire aboard Ethiopian 787 parked at London Heathrow; carrier to continue 787 ops despite incident.

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An Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Boeing 787-8 ( MSN 34744 | ET-AOP ) has been grounded at London Heathrow airport following an on-board fire whic...