TransAsia ATR-72 crashes in Tapei

Taipei, Feb. 4 (CNA) An ATR-72 airplane belonging to TransAsia Airways crashed into the Keelung River in Taipei after hitting an elevated bridge, Taipei City government spokesman Sidney Lin confirmed Wednesday morning. The plane had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was headed to Kinmen Airport in the outlying county just off the coast of southeastern China. (focustaiwan.tw) More...

FAA Grounds 787 with Emergency Airworthiness Directive

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the U.S. fleet of Boeing 787 planes to be grounded, citing an incident in Japan earlier today in which one of the jet's batteries emitted smoke. The Japanese report came a week after a similar incident occurred in Boston. (www.npr.org) More...

First ever 787 commercial flight to the U.S.

Japan Airlines Flight 8 - the first ever regularly scheduled 787 flight to the United States is airborne for KBOS. This historic flight is scheduled to touch down this morning (April 22nd.) at 11:30 AM. (flightaware.com) More...

Aspen Challenger Jet crash captured on video

Airport surveillance video has been released that captured the crash of the Challenger Jet at Aspen on January 5th. (vimeo.com) More...

US Airways suffers collapsed nose-gear on takeoff from KPHL

A US Airways jet crashed when a tire blew out during takeoff at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday evening, but no injuries were initially reported, a company official said. "Plane just crashed. But we are ok," one apparent passenger, Dennis Fee, posted on Facebook, followed by a photo of passengers fleeing a US Airways jet that appeared intact but whose nose was in contact with the ground. Flight 1702 was taking off en route to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., when a tire blew… (abcnews.go.com) More...

Cobra Helicopter crash caught on video

Miraculously both pilots walked away from this seemingly unsurvivable crash! (www.cinema5d.com) More...

Air Canada jet has runway overrun in Halifax

Air Canada flight 624 has crashed on a runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Canada, the airline has confirmed. The plane reportedly hit power lines and sustained extensive damage upon crash-landing. No passengers were killed. (rt.com) More...

Delta flight 1063 Emergency landing after bird-strike at KJFK

Just in! CNN anchor Ali Velchi was on this flight and is reporting on take-off birds flew into right engine and the aircraft returned to JFK for an emergency landing. Velchi reporting mood on board was very calm. (flightaware.com) More...

Swissair 111 revisited

Former air investigator claims criminal evidence was suppressed by RCMP in the investigation of fiery crash that claimed 229 lives in 1999. Official report concluded that faulty wiring the cause of the fire. (www.cbc.ca) More...

jetBlue flight headed to JFK from San Juan evacuated after aborted takeoff

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (WABC) -- A Jet Blue flight headed to JFK Airport from Puerto Rico was evacuated after the left engine caught on fire Saturday night. Flight 704 from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan experienced the engine fire while taxiing before takeoff around 7:15 p.m. Puerto Rico airport official Rolando Padua said in a press statement that the 186 passengers aboard the A-320 aircraft were evacuated after the pilot halted the A-320 aircraft before it could take off.… (7online.com) More...