A Northwest Airbus 310 made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff this weekend because of a birdstrike.
The Detroit-bound flight was forced to return to John Wayne airport in California minutes after take-off when pilots heard a noise in the right engine.
The aircraft landed safely and without injury to any of the 98 passengers who were re-routed to other flights. Engineers found the bird remains and determined a new engine was needed.
Source: Flight Daily News
The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.
Investigators probing the fatal Bombardier CRJ200 crash at Kathmandu will inevitably focus on the extraordinary attitude the aircraft developed as it lifted off from runway 02. Nepal’s civil aviation regulator states that the captain survived the 24 July accident but the first officer, and the 17 other occupants, did not. ...
A Bombardier CRJ200 operated by Nepalese carrier Saurya Airlines has crashed during take-off from Kathmandu airport, with fatalities among those on board.
