Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
A KLM flight to Curaçao returned to Amsterdam-Schiphol after a passenger’s power bank reportedly exploded in the business-class cabin over the Atlantic, creating a fire hazard and causing minor burns. The 322 passengers were accommodated on a replacement aircraft the following day.
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A KLM flight to Curaçao returned to Amsterdam-Schiphol after a passenger’s power bank reportedly exploded in the business-class cabin over the Atlantic, creating a fire hazard and causing minor burns. The 322 passengers were accommodated on a replacement aircraft the following day.
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The Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Army are moving to implement safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the January 2025 collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
A Trans Air Cargo DC-8-73CF was damaged in a runway excursion at Kinshasa, followed days later by a Serve Air Boeing 737-300 freighter whose main landing gear apparently collapsed during takeoff from Kindu. Congolese investigators are probing the 737 accident, in which the aircraft sustained serious damage.
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An F-16 assigned to the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing crashed in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, during a training mission on Sept. 17. Radio traffic indicated a possible bird strike; the pilot ejected safely and was reported in stable condition.
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China will establish a permanent airspace security zone roughly the size of Italy around Beijing from September 20, restricting access to commercial, approved business and emergency flights. Authorities are also banning most drone possession across the city, months after a small aircraft crashed into the capital’s tallest building.
A Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737-300 experienced violent vibration during a rejected takeoff or shortly after departure from Mashhad, causing cabin panels and overhead components to detach. The aircraft returned for an emergency landing at Hashemi Nejad International Airport; the reports do not provide casualty information or a confirmed cause.
UK investigators found that a nose-down elevator input preceded an ATR 72-500 freighter’s heavy touchdown at East Midlands Airport. The aircraft bounced three times and sustained landing-gear damage, highlighting the operational consequences of pitch-control inputs during the flare and touchdown phases.
A Cirrus SR22T crashed near Leukerbad in Switzerland’s Valais canton on Sept. 15, killing all three people aboard, including two British citizens. The aircraft had departed Lugano and was en route to Buochs after a stop in Sion when it went down in mountainous terrain.
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