May 18, 2018 4:12 pm ET
Breaking
August 27, 2016 6:24 pm ET -
Southwest 737 Experiences “Uncontained Engine Failure:” Lands Safely in Pensacola
Southwest flight 3472 from New Orleans to Orlando diverted to Pensacola, Florida after an incident involving the number two engine. The aircraft involved was N766SW, a 16 year old 737-7H4 with CFM56 engines. There were 99 passengers and 5 crew…
August 9, 2016 10:07 am ET -
UPDATED: Atlanta Power Outage Affects Delta Flights Worldwide
At approximately 5:05 am ET, Delta announced that their system was undergoing a power outage. The source of the outage occurred in Atlanta at approximately 2:30 am ET. Initially, the outage only delayed flights awaiting departure. Aircraft already in the…
May 19, 2016 6:59 am ET -
EgyptAir Flight 804 Loses Radar Contact
Early Thursday morning, EgyptAir flight 804 disappeared from radar en route from Paris to Cairo. The aircraft has presumably crashed in the Mediterranean, but no debris have been confirmed yet. EgyptAir has confirmed that Flight 804 operating from Paris-Charles de…
March 18, 2016 10:35 pm ET -
FlyDubai 981 Crashes in Rostov-on-Don
Media outlets in Southern Russia are reporting the crash of FlyDubai 981. The Boeing 737-800, A6-FDN, was flying from FlyDubai's hub at Dubai International Airport to Rostov-on-Don in the south of Russia. The aircraft is reported to have crashed on…
October 31, 2015 9:40 am ET -
MetroJet A321 Crashes Near Sinai
At around 08:00 UTC, reports surfaced that a Russian airliner disappeared 23 minutes after departure from Egyptian radar whilst enroute from Egypt's Sharm El- Sheikh to Russia's St. Petersburg. The aircraft departed from Egypt at 03:51 UTC Soon after reports of…