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Cargolux is inspecting its Boeing 747-8F fleet after the left wing landing gear of LX-VCF collapsed while the freighter was parked at Luxembourg Airport on Oct. 23. The carrier reported no injuries; an investigation into the incident is underway.
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Cargolux is inspecting its Boeing 747-8F fleet after the left wing landing gear of LX-VCF collapsed while the freighter was parked at Luxembourg Airport on Oct. 23. The carrier reported no injuries; an investigation into the incident is underway.
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Two Philippine Air Force SIAI-Marchetti SF-260 training aircraft collided over Fernando Air Base in Batangas, killing all four pilots aboard. The air force grounded its SF-260 fleet while officials investigate the cause; reports describe the flight as training, with one saying it was a rehearsal for an air show.
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Pilots at Frankfurt Airport turned onto a runway in the wrong direction, leaving them with less than half the available takeoff distance, according to the report. Air traffic control spotted the error and ordered the pilots to abort, averting a potential near-miss from developing further.
Two Air Force pilots safely ejected from a T-6A training aircraft near San Antonio on Thursday after receiving indications of a potential landing gear problem. The available reports do not identify the aircraft’s damage or provide further details about the incident.
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Rosaviatsiya restricted arrivals and departures at Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky after Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow. The disruption forced airlines to adjust schedules, with some international flights diverted to alternate airports and authorities seeking ways to transport affected passengers onward.
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Indian investigators said the aircraft deviated from the glidepath during an unstable approach in adverse weather, then landed short of the runway at Bhubaneswar. The inquiry identified the failure to execute a missed approach as a key factor in the occurrence.
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An Indian air ambulance flight diverted to Dhaka after a depressurization event, according to the available reports. The critically ill patient being transported died after transfer to a hospital; the reports provided do not establish whether the diversion or depressurization contributed to the death.
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