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Iberia’s New A321XLR Diverts After Bird Strike, Cabin Crew Treated for Smoke Inhalation

An Iberia Airbus A321XLR delivered just over a month ago was forced to return to Madrid after striking a large bird during climb out of Barajas Airport, leaving a flight attendant hospitalized for smoke inhalation and several passengers treated for anxiety before a replacement service to Paris was arranged.

2025-08-04T03:19:09.220642-07:00

The Air Current

NTSB Hearing Finds Army Black Hawk Flew Above Assigned Altitude Before Fatal Reagan National Collision

2025-07-30T06:47:56.852480-07:00

Reuters

Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 Crashes in Russia’s Amur Region, Killing All 49 On Board

2025-07-23T23:34:37.432708-07:00

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Bangladesh Air Force Training Jet Crashes into Dhaka School, Killing At Least 19

2025-07-21T04:21:29.133507-07:00

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Virgin Atlantic First-Class Passenger Jailed 15 Months for Threatening Flight Attendant A London court sentenced a first-class passenger on Virgin Atlantic to 15 months in prison for threatening a flight attendant with sexual abuse aboard the carrier’s April service from Heathrow to Lahore. The ruling highlights intensifying legal measures against onboard misconduct and crew protection.

2025-08-07T16:48:20.781178-07:00

Virgin Atlantic First-Class Passenger Jailed 15 Months for Threatening Flight Attendant

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Helicopter Strikes Powerlines, Crashes into Mississippi River Barge, Killing Two and Shutting Waterway A helicopter carrying powerline workers struck overhead lines before plunging into a barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, on Thursday, killing both occupants and igniting a fire that closed the waterway to traffic. The U.S. Coast Guard said the incident has halted commercial barge operations pending investigation.

2025-08-07T11:28:50.426848-07:00

Helicopter Strikes Powerlines, Crashes into Mississippi River Barge, Killing Two and Shutting Waterway

Associated Press

Air ambulance helicopter crashes near Nairobi residential area, killing six A Kenya Red Cross–operated air ambulance helicopter crashed into a residential neighborhood just outside Nairobi on Thursday, killing at least six people, including crew and local residents. Authorities have launched an investigation as emergency responders search for any survivors and secure the crash site.

2025-08-07T07:12:53.251637-07:00

Air ambulance helicopter crashes near Nairobi residential area, killing six

FlightGlobal

Hydraulic Coupling Failure and Design Flaw Blamed for $300M B-2 Spirit Crash The U.S. Air Force’s accident investigation into the December 2022 B-2 Spirit crash at Whiteman AFB found that a failed hydraulic coupling and a flawed landing-gear design triggered the bomber’s collapse on landing. The mishap inflicted roughly $300 million in damage and trimmed the stealth fleet to 18 aircraft.

2025-08-06T22:56:04.252491-07:00

Hydraulic Coupling Failure and Design Flaw Blamed for $300M B-2 Spirit Crash

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Emergency Landing of Beech B200 Halts Operations at Birmingham Airport A Beechcraft B200 Super King Air operating a Birmingham–Belfast charter returned to BHX on August 6 after its right main landing gear collapsed and left the aircraft half on the runway. One passenger sustained minor injuries; flights were suspended for investigation and resumed later, causing widespread delays.

2025-08-06T13:32:04.772328-07:00

Emergency Landing of Beech B200 Halts Operations at Birmingham Airport

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Pitch-up input on bounced landing led to Aer Lingus A321LR tail-strike at Dulles Irish investigators say a sudden pitch-up input during a bounced landing caused an Aer Lingus Airbus A321LR to sustain a tail-strike on touchdown at Washington Dulles on 30 August 2023. The Dublin–Dulles service was descending to runway 01R in gusting winds when the recovery input led to the tail contacting the runway.

2025-08-06T03:25:36.227793-07:00

Pitch-up input on bounced landing led to Aer Lingus A321LR tail-strike at Dulles

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CSI Aviation Beechcraft 300 Medical Transport Crashes on Navajo Nation, 4 Killed The Beechcraft 300, operated by CSI Aviation and en route from Albuquerque to pick up a patient, crashed and caught fire while landing at Chinle Municipal Airport on Navajo Nation territory in northern Arizona, killing all four on board, the FAA said.

2025-08-05T16:12:00.024845-07:00

CSI Aviation Beechcraft 300 Medical Transport Crashes on Navajo Nation, 4 Killed

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USAF F-15E Strike Eagle Lands Safely at Kadena After Losing Wheel at Diego Garcia A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle deployed to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, made an emergency landing on Aug. 4 after one of its landing gear wheels was left behind at Diego Garcia. Both airmen aboard touched down without injury despite the malfunction.

2025-08-04T07:30:04.715023-07:00

USAF F-15E Strike Eagle Lands Safely at Kadena After Losing Wheel at Diego Garcia

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