by Spyros Georgilidakis | Oct 5, 2021 | News
TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) intervened in an incident over Mallorca, to keep an EasyJet and a Go2Sky from getting too close. This TCAS incident happened yesterday, on the 4th of October. It involved two flights, both of them arriving at Palma de Mallorca...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Aug 23, 2021 | News
An Envoy E175 hit a drone, as it climbed out of Chicago. The flight crew were able to return the aircraft for a safe landing, back in O’Hare. The incident happened on Sunday, the 22nd of August. It involved flight AA-3961, from Chicago O’Hare (KORD) in Illinois, to...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Aug 22, 2021 | News
An Aerosucre 737 freighter had to return for an emergency landing at its origin airport, because the its main cargo door opened in flight. It is not a common occurrence, but we have certainly seen it before. The 737 in this incident belongs to Aerosucre Colombia. The...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jun 20, 2021 | News
A hydrographic survey company accidentally found a missing aircraft in Folsom Lake, in California! Unusually dry conditions helped. The company is called Seafloor Systems Inc. Folsom Lake is close to their base in Northern California – closer than any sea coast. So...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jun 1, 2021 | News
A passenger constantly trying to grab the controls distracted a pilot, who then overflew an air show, and had a near collision with two aircraft! However there were other factors at play, too. The incident happened last September, at the Shuttleworth drive-in event at...
