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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Vietnam Airlines 787-9 returns to Munich after late rotation and suspected substantial damage

A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 bound for Hanoi returned to Munich after spending about two hours in a holding pattern following an unusually late takeoff rotation. Investigators are examining the apparent laboured departure, which reportedly kicked up dust near the runway end and may have caused substantial aircraft damage.

Also: Simple Flying and airlive.net

3 Sources

2026-08-15T12:50:02.946985-07:00

ATC Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Boeing 737

New York Times • Emmett Lindner

Phoenix controller prevents confusion after two aircraft share the same flight number

By New York Times: An air traffic controller noticed that two planes — one departing, one landing — were both flight 2482. He acted quickly to avoid confusion.

Also: CBS News

3 Sources

2026-08-15T10:49:56.978042-07:00

ATC Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Airlines Boeing 737

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

American 737-800s involved in Phoenix conflict had identical callsigns

By FlightGlobal: Controller acted to separate converging outbound and inbound services on Chicago O'Hare route. Air-ground radio communications have revealed that a controller at Phoenix had to resolve an extraordinary conflict between outbound and inbound American Airlines Boeing 737-800s that were using identical callsigns.

Also: The Independent and The Independent

3 Sources

2026-08-15T03:36:05.829409-07:00

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Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

Electric Airplane Maker Beta Sees Up to $50M Revenue in FY26

By Flying Magazine: Beta has yet to certify or deliver an electric aircraft but has carved out a niche selling components.

1 Source

2026-08-15T05:05:56.588680-07:00

ATC AI Aviation Safety & Regulation

AINonline • Hanneke Weitering

Merlin Clears a Certification Hurdle for AI in the Cockpit

By AINonline: Milestone covers the software that talks to air traffic control.

1 Source

2026-08-14T13:35:58.117340-07:00

ATC Airports Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Airlines Boeing 737

Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

‘It Could Have Been Disastrous’: Air Traffic Controller Carefully Handles Two American Airlines Planes With the Same Callsign as They Flew Towards One Another

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: An air traffic controller at Phoenix International Airport (PHX) is winning praise for the calm way that he handled two American Airlines planes with the exact same callsign heading towards one another with just a couple of thousand feet vertical separation between the two… Something that the controller said he hadn’t.

View from the Wing

Two American Airlines Flights Shared a Flight Number Near Phoenix, Causing ATC Confusion

Aviation A2Z

Phoenix ATC Separates Two American Airlines 737s Operating Under the Same Callsign

Also: Simple Flying, Associated Press, Bloomberg, One Mile at a Time, CBS News and The Independent

13 Sources

2026-08-14T08:20:35.273073-07:00

NTSB Europe Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Boeing Boeing 737

Associated Press • Josh Funk, Rio Yamat

NTSB: Engine Debris Shattered Ryanair Plane Window, Nearly Sucking Passenger Out

By Associated Press: Investigators say broken engine parts shattered a window on a Ryanair plane shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, causing a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety.

Airline Geeks

Report: Air India A320 Briefly Lost Flight Controls After Sudden 300-Foot Drop

Airline Geeks

NTSB: Engine Fragments Shattered Window on Ryanair Aircraft

Also: Reuters, Aviation Source, aviationnews.eu, Paddle Your Own Kanoo, Washington Post, AeroTime, Air Data News, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Aviation A2Z, Simple Flying and 20 more

62 Sources

2026-08-13T11:35:08.448175-07:00

MRO Aircraft Finance & Leasing Orders Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Asia-Pacific (APAC) Air India Airlines Boeing Boeing 737

AeroTime • Miquel Ros

2026-08-14T06:34:55.787730-07:00

Vietnam Airlines 787-9 returns to Munich after late rotation and suspected substantial damage

Phoenix controller prevents confusion after two aircraft share the same flight number

American 737-800s involved in Phoenix conflict had identical callsigns

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Merlin Clears a Certification Hurdle for AI in the Cockpit

‘It Could Have Been Disastrous’: Air Traffic Controller Carefully Handles Two American Airlines Planes With the Same Callsign as They Flew Towards One Another

Two American Airlines Flights Shared a Flight Number Near Phoenix, Causing ATC Confusion

Phoenix ATC Separates Two American Airlines 737s Operating Under the Same Callsign

NTSB: Engine Debris Shattered Ryanair Plane Window, Nearly Sucking Passenger Out

Report: Air India A320 Briefly Lost Flight Controls After Sudden 300-Foot Drop

NTSB: Engine Fragments Shattered Window on Ryanair Aircraft

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Vietnam 787-9 apparently damaged after laboured take-off from Munich

Phoenix controller prevents confusion after two aircraft share the same flight number

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American 737-800s involved in Phoenix conflict had identical callsigns

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