Airline Geeks
• Ryan Ewing
A UPS McDonnell Douglas MD-11F has crashed near Louisville, Kentucky, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday evening
Airline Geeks reports: Three crew members were on the aircraft, UPS said.
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• Ryan Ewing
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A Turkish military C-130 cargo aircraft crashed near the Georgia–Azerbaijan border after departing from Azerbaijan, undergoing a mid-air breakup visible in video footage before impact. Details on casualties, mission and cause are not yet confirmed and Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
Pakistan's aviation investigator BASIP found the first officer of Pakistan International Airlines flight PK150 (Dammam–Multan) on 17 January selected the wrong ILS frequency and failed to detect an approach to the wrong runway after diverting to Lahore, resulting in a wrong‑runway landing, BASIP says.
Czech investigators say a Wizz Air UK A321XLR's descent rate increased about 60% in the final seconds before a hard touchdown and subsequent tail‑strike at Prague on 11 September. The aircraft was conducting an ILS approach to runway 24 after a service from London Gatwick.
A long-serving United Airlines flight attendant was found with a blood-alcohol level nearly eleven times the legal limit after drinking on a San Francisco–London flight, was hospitalized during the trip and subsequently resigned from the airline following the incident.
The FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive grounding all Boeing MD‑11 and MD‑11F aircraft worldwide and mandating immediate inspections of engine pylons and attachments. The action follows Boeing's recommendation and a fatal UPS crash in Louisville in which an engine reportedly separated during takeoff.
A suit filed against American Airlines alleges flight attendants ignored a passenger’s severe chest pain during a flight, dismissed his pleas for help and threatened him when he sought assistance, raising fresh legal and safety questions about cabin crew responses to in‑flight medical emergencies.
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