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AeroTime • Stephen Pope

Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737-500 runs off runway at Mashhad, nose gear collapses

Sepehran Airlines flight IS4310, a Boeing 737-500 registered EP-FSF, veered off the runway while landing at Mashhad Airport in Iran on Aug. 25. The aircraft, flying from Tehran-Mehrabad with 127 people aboard, suffered a nose-gear collapse; the available reports provide no further casualty details.

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2026-08-26T10:36:10.315018-07:00

SAAB Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Airlines

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Pilots urged to check waypoint entries after departing Saab 340s drift off course

By FlightGlobal: Regional Express amends procedures after incidents in which pilots took manual control to restore flightpath. Australian operator Regional Express is amending flight procedures following incidents in which Saab 340B turboprops drifted off their planned departure course after take-off.

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2026-08-26T10:50:14.321463-07:00

Helicopter North America Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation

AINonline • Amy Wilder

TSB Canada: Helicopters More Than Twice as Likely as Airplanes to Suffer Loss-of-Visual-Reference Accidents

By AINonline: Rotorcraft more than twice as vulnerable to loss of visual reference accidents than airplanes.

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2026-08-26T10:07:11.248295-07:00

Airline Industry & Market Trends Airbus Airbus A320 United Airlines

Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

United Questions Airbus A321XLR’s Real-World Range for Some Missions

By Air Data News: Carrier says the Airbus narrowbody cannot perform some missions originally presented to it, but existing A321LR and XLR operations suggest the issue is more nuanced than the headline 4,700-nm figure.

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2026-08-26T10:20:12.292629-07:00

ATC Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management Workforce & Skills Development

Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

New Facility Could Help FAA Address ATC Staffing Woes

By Flying Magazine: Manufacturing plant for digital voice switches could enable dynamic reallocation of ATC resources.

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2026-08-26T09:33:57.679792-07:00

Supply Chain Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Aviation Safety & Regulation Boeing

Bloomberg • Allyson Versprille

FAA Requires Inspections of Some Boeing 787 Dreamliners for Gaps

By Bloomberg: The US Federal Aviation Administration is requiring inspections of some Boeing Co. Dreamliner jets after a company probe into potential manufacturing errors uncovered gaps that fell outside of engineering specifications.

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2026-08-26T08:21:05.231986-07:00

M&A Airlines

ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

Abra Group, SKY Airline complete share swap transaction

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2026-08-26T09:05:29.897541-07:00

Airline Industry & Market Trends Airlines

ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

Aeroméxico eyes $100mn-per-year share repurchase

By ch-aviation: Discover more news on Aeroméxico at ch-aviation, the leading aviation news and data provider.

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2026-08-26T09:50:27.631146-07:00

Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737-500 runs off runway at Mashhad, nose gear collapses

Pilots urged to check waypoint entries after departing Saab 340s drift off course

TSB Canada: Helicopters More Than Twice as Likely as Airplanes to Suffer Loss-of-Visual-Reference Accidents

United Questions Airbus A321XLR’s Real-World Range for Some Missions

New Facility Could Help FAA Address ATC Staffing Woes

FAA Requires Inspections of Some Boeing 787 Dreamliners for Gaps

Abra Group, SKY Airline complete share swap transaction

Aeroméxico eyes $100mn-per-year share repurchase

Nose gear collapses as Sepehran Airlines 737 runs off runway in Iran

Pilots urged to check waypoint entries after departing Saab 340s drift off course

TSB Canada: Helicopters More Than Twice as Likely as Airplanes to Suffer Loss-of-Visual-Reference Accidents

United Questions Airbus A321XLR’s Real-World Range for Some Missions

Aeroméxico eyes $100mn-per-year share repurchase

New Facility Could Help FAA Address ATC Staffing Woes

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