Air Safety
The simple mistake that caused Etihad 787 to be 300ft low on approach
Investigators in the UAE have identified what caused an Etihad Airways Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner to be 300ft below the correct vertical profile while on approach to Abu Dhabi in 2020
Qatar Airways A350 nearly suffers ‘mid-air collision’
A Qatar Airways Airbus A350 came close to colliding with a Caspian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 over Iranian airspace earlier this year.
NTSB coordinating recovery of ditched Transair 737
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced it is sending a team of investigators to the ditching site of Transair Flight 810 off the Hawaiian island of Oahu to coordinate the recovery of the wreckage from the ocean floor.
Condor A320 forced to dodge helicopter AND mountain on departure
Investigators have concluded that failures by the crew of a Condor Airbus A320 and air traffic control caused the jet to experience a serious air proximity encounter and terrain alert
Virgin Australia Boeing 737 experienced “uncommanded descent”
The jet was climbing away from Perth when the crew detected the problem
Fatal Air India Express crash captain ‘did not respond’ to go-around call
The overrun, which led to the deaths of 19 passengers and two pilots, occurred during a repatriation flight
SIA A350 took off without clearance causing conflict at Barcelona
The widebody came within 2.8nm of an A320 which was landing on a crossing runway
Orange2Fly A320 stall-protection activated on approach to Muscat
The jet’s automation kicked in to prevent the aircraft from stalling
Air India Express 737 hit wall on take-off after captain’s seat reclines
The jet took out the airport’s localiser and a portion of its boundary wall after a botched take-off
BA’s 787 nose-gear incident is THIRD of its kind for Dreamliner
Following the release of the AAIB's preliminary report, Key.Aero analyses the two other occasions when this has happened to a Dreamliner