Airbus A340 Emergency Landing
An A340 Crew Conducts Emergency Landing With Left-main Gear Partially Extended… Continue Reading →
An A340 Crew Conducts Emergency Landing With Left-main Gear Partially Extended… Continue Reading →
Within seconds of becoming airborne, the flight crew were informed by ATC that the aircraft had scraped its tail on takeoff. The commander acknowledged the report and the aircraft continued with the standard instrument departure but unpressurized and not above 6,000 feet altitude…. Continue Reading →
During takeoff, as the aircraft was accelerating at 40 knots, it pitched up and its tail touched the ground violently. The crew abandoned the takeoff and returned to the parking area…. Continue Reading →
Serious altitude bust during approach due to an incorrect QNH setting… Continue Reading →
During the landing flare, the rudder control inputs were not effective in correcting for a slight crab. The aircraft landed and taxied to the gate. After shutdown, it was discovered that the aircraft rudder was missing. Small pieces of the rudder were still attached to the vertical stabilizer…. Continue Reading →
On approach the captain inadvertently selected the parking brake to ON after the first officer had called for full flap. The application of the parking brake was not detected prior to touchdown. All four main landing gear tyres deflated on landing…. Continue Reading →
The A310 ran down the runway, overran the runway threshold and collided with barriers, broke apart and burst into flames…. Continue Reading →
During a go-around in bad weather conditions, The Airbus A320 stalled in turn. The aircraft was completely destroyed due to impact with the water…. Continue Reading →
After receiving taxi clearance from Air Traffic Control, the A320 started moving under its own power. Shortly afterwards it collided with the tractor that had just performed the pushback, damaging the right engine and the tractor…. Continue Reading →
On a flight from Alexandria, Egypt to Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, the crew carried out two approaches using the Addis Abeba VOR and associated DME. On the second approach the aircraft crossed over a ridge of high ground in IMC and came within 56 ft of terrain at a location 5 nm to the northeast of…… Continue Reading →