Sun Express Germany flight XG-3264 made a crash landing at Stuttgart Airport, Germany, on July 31st.
The Boeing 737-800 en-route from Varna, Bulgaria, was on the taxiway when it failed to follow the turn and hit the grass between taxiway and runway.
The plane received minor damage.
No one was injured.
An Ethiopian Airlines’ Queen of Sheba, a Boeing 787 #ET-AOP which had been sitting empty for eight hours caught fire and shut down Heathrow Airport for an hour Friday. The fire seems to have started in the upper fuselage, far from the 787’s lithium-ion batteries. A battery fire would have been “contained by the new casing and…smoke would have been vented outside of the airplane.” Nearly a dozen fire trucks responded to the scene. The plane was parked on the apron taxiway E at Stand 592 next to a fire station.
#ET-AOP had arrived from Addis Ababa as flight ET700 at 06:30a.m. Departure was scheduled as ET701 to Addis Ababa at 21:10.
In photos, damage appears on the outside top of the upper fuselage near the vertical stabilizer, on the left side of the top of the airplane just in front of the tail. The fire was not caused by lithium-ion batteries, which are in in the cargo-bay.
Potential causes of the fire:
NTSB Sends Investigator to Participate in Investigation of London Boeing 787 Dreamliner Fire
The National Transportation Safety Board has sent an investigator to assist in the investigation of a fire that occurred yesterday aboard a parked Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Heathrow Airport, London, England.
NTSB Senior Air Safety Investigator Lorenda Ward has been appointed as the traveling U.S. accredited representative. Ms. Ward will be accompanied by NTSB airplane systems investigators and representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing.
The investigation is being conducted by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the United Kingdom, which will release all information.
Thomas Cook flight MT-2152 had to return and make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport, England, on April 9th.
The Airbus A321-200, en-route to Paphos, Cyprus, had to return due to a hydraulic problem. The plane entered a hold to burn off the fuel before landing.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
An ultralight plane crashed near an amusement park in Rishon Lezion, central Israel, on the morning of January 25.
The plane crashed and caught fire at the airstrip while the pilot was attempting an emergency landing.
The pilot and his only passenger were killed in the crash.
Authorities believe that dense fog might have caused the accident.
What: Delta Boeing 737
Where: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
When: Mar 13, 2013
Who: Crew
Why: As mechanics were testing the engine of a Delta Boeing 737 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the plane developed braking problems. The jet ended at an awkward angle on a hill just off a runway.
The jet sustained damage but none of the mechanics were injured.
Air Europa flight UX-1017 had to return and make an emergency landing in Madrid, Spain, on January 6th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Gatwick Airport, England, but had to turn back after smoke was noticed in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
After an all night search, a father and his ten year old son missing aboard a Aveko VL-3 Evolution ultralight were found in a marshland near the Lukna river in Paluknys, Lithuania near a wooded area.
The plane went missing after dusk on April 19th and was not found until the 20th. Border guards and reconnaissance helicopters engaged in the search. The rescuers were unable to provide assistance to the victims. Police, aviation, safety experts, and disaster site rescue teams assisted in the search and recovery.
Investigators suggest there was an engine failure and spin, leading to the accident, which occurred along the route where the craft would have turned.
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