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FlightGlobal • Greg Waldron

ATSB: QantasLink Dash 8-300 lined up with runway edge lights after cockpit task focus during night departure

The ATSB says cockpit checks were handled as ready checks by a QantasLink De Havilland Dash 8-300 crew, but task saturation contributed to an unintended alignment with a runway’s edge lights during a night takeoff at the runway’s edge. The report underscores task prioritization over checklist execution as the primary risk driver.

2026-05-11T23:45:38.258917-07:00
Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airlines   Southwest Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Southwest Airlines Flight Diverts After Cockpit Windscreen 'Shattered' as it Cruised at 31,000 Feet Over Oklahoma

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A Southwest Airlines flight from Albuquerque to Baltimore was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday afternoon after the cockpit windscreen on the Captain’s side of the flight deck suddenly shattered as the plane cruised at 31,000 feet over Oklahoma.

2026-05-11T22:12:26.917866-07:00
Europe   Aircraft Finance & Leasing   Orders   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Airbus A350   Airbus   Airlines   Boeing   Lufthansa  
newsroom.lufthansagroup.com • Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Lufthansa Group Orders 10 Airbus and 10 Boeing Long-Haul Aircraft

By newsroom.lufthansagroup.com: Tags # Flotte # Finanzen # Innovation & Technologie A350-900_RR_LUFTHANSA_GROUP_VGROUND DUSSELDORF, GERMANY - CIRCA OCTOBER, 2018: aircraft on tarmac at Dusseldorf Airport.

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2026-05-11T15:07:08.340850-07:00