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Mar 6, 20231 min read
Southwest Diverts After Bird Strike & Smoke In Cabin
On Mar. 5, Southwest flight SWA3923 had just departed Havana, Cuba (HAV) bound for Ft. Lauderdale, FL (FLL) when the flight experienced a...
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Mar 6, 20231 min read
Passenger Killed After Challenger 300 Hits Turbulence
On Mar. 3, a Bombardier Challenger 300 (N300ER) departed Keene, NH (EEN) and was enroute to Leesburg, VA (JYO) when the aircraft...
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Mar 6, 20231 min read
Man Steals American Airlines Bus, Leads Police On 15 Mile Chase
On Mar. 1, a 43 year old man took an unattended airport bus belonging to American Airlines for a joy ride spanning 15 miles & three...
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Mar 6, 20231 min read
Lufthansa Flight Diverts After Severe Turbulence
On Mar. 1, Lufthansa flight LH469 departed Austin, TX (AUS) and was enroute to Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) when it encountered severe...
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Mar 6, 20231 min read
Busted: PA Man Arrested For Attempting to Carry Explosives Onto Flight
On Mar. 1, a man was arrested at Lehigh Valley/Allentown Intl (ABE) airport after a TSA screening alerted agents to suspicious baggage...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
Two Men Sentenced For Exporting Aviation Technology to Russia
Two Kansas men were arrested on Mar. 2 on charges related to supporting Russia. The charges, which include conspiracy, exporting...
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Mar 2, 20231 min read
Spirit Airlines Diverts Due To Battery Fire
Spirit flight NK259 departed Dallas (DFW) and was enroute to Orlando (MCO) when a battery caught fire in the overhead bin, forcing the...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
Picking Up Where We Left Off; Learjet Causes Near Miss With JetBlue
Late Feb. 28, a Learjet was instructed to line up and wait on runway 9 for landing traffic, which was a JetBlue E190. JetBlue flight 206...
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Feb 27, 20231 min read
Cirrus Aircraft's Chief Of Engineering Killed In Crash
On Feb. 24, David Rathbun, Cirrus's Chief Engineer of the SF50 Vision Jet program died in a plane crash. Rathbun had departed Duluth,...
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Feb 27, 20231 min read
Medevac Pilatus PC-12 Crashes Shortly After Departure
On Feb. 24, a Pilatus PC-12 Medevac aircraft belonging to Care Flight had departed Reno, NV (RNO) for Salt Lake City, NV (SLC) and was...
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Feb 27, 20231 min read
Mesa & SkyWest Involved In Latest ATC Mishap
On Feb. 24, Mesa Airlines flight 5826 operating on a CRJ-900 was cleared to land on Runway 33 and was ~1.3 miles from the runway when the...
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Feb 27, 20231 min read
Turkish Airlines A321neo Makes Emergency Return After Engine Failure
On Thursday, Feb. 23, a Turkish Airlines A321neo operating as TK1629 had just departed Istanbul (IST) and climbing out for Munich (MUN)...
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cfcaviation
Feb 24, 20231 min read
Boeing Halts 787 Deliveries Due to "Fuselage Issue"
Another fuselage issue has plagued the 787 delivery timeline, this one deemed "an analysis error" by Boeing. Boeing says that fuselage...
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
FAA Issues Immediate AD for Continental Engines
Just 2 weeks after Cirrus Design Corp. grounded its SR22/SR22T fleet due to an "engine issue," the FAA has published an immediate AD on...
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
You May Be Cool, But Not "U-2 Pilot Selfie w/the Chinese Balloon" Cool
On Feb. 23, the Pentagon/DoD released a photo of a USAF U-2 Dragon Lady Pilot taking a selfie with the Chinese balloon that was shot down...
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
AAL Flight Diverts to RDU For Unruly Passenger
On Feb. 22, American Airlines flight AAL3444 departed Jacksonville, FL (JAX) to Regan (DCA) but diverted to Raleigh-Durham (RDU) airport...
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Feb 22, 20231 min read
F-35C That Crashed Into South China Sea Deemed Pilot Error
On Jan. 24, 2022, an F-35C Lightening II crashed into the South China Sea after a ramp strike aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). The...
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Feb 22, 20231 min read
The "Little" Airplane That Could(n't Land): Japan Airlines A350 Diverted Twice
On Feb. 19, A Japan Airlines Airbus A350 was scheduled to depart Tokyo Haneda airport (HND) for Fukuoka airport (FUK) at 18:30 local,...
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Feb 22, 20231 min read
PA High School Student Arrested After Air-Dropping Bomb Threats on AA Flight
A Pennsylvanian student, belonging to Central Catholic High School from Pittsburg, has been arrested after admitting to making a bomb...
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Feb 22, 20231 min read
Cirrus Lands On Utah Highway After Engine Failure
On Feb. 18, an SR22T made a successful emergency landing on a Utah highway after suffering an engine failure. The aircraft had left...
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