StarSky Aviation has commended the flight crew of a Fokker 50 after the aircraft conducted a forced landing along the Mogadishu coastline following a reported technical malfunction shortly after departure. All 55 people on board, 50 passengers and five crew members survived the incident without injuries. The aircraft, a Fokker 50 registered 6O‑YAS, had taken off from Aden Adde International Airport on a scheduled flight to Djibouti when the crew encountered a technical issue

A FedEx Airbus A300‑600F experienced a nose‑landing‑gear collapse on Wednesday while parked outside the company’s maintenance facility in Baltimore. The aircraft was undergoing maintenance at the time of the event. Airport fire and rescue teams responded after the aircraft’s nose gear unexpectedly gave way, causing the forward fuselage to settle onto the apron. The aircraft was stationary, and the situation remained contained to the FedEx maintenance area. There were no opera

Authorities in Spain are investigating an incident at Valencia Airport after a Moroccan man gained access to the airside area and climbed onto the roof of a Vueling Airbus A320 on Saturday. The individual reportedly reached the aircraft by using the passenger stairs positioned at the forward door before making his way onto the top of the fuselage. Airport security and members of the Civil Guard responded immediately. According to officials, three civil guards engaged with the

A Learjet 45XR aircraft (registration VT‑SSK) crashed near Baramati Airport, a non‑towered airfield in Maharashtra, at around 8:45 am this morning, killing all five people on board. Authorities have confirmed there were no survivors. The aircraft was on approach to Baramati when it went down just short of the runway threshold. Emergency responders reached the site shortly after the crash and confirmed that the aircraft was destroyed on impact. Those on board included a ruling

UPS has formally withdrawn its remaining McDonnell Douglas MD‑11 freighters from service, marking the end of the carrier’s operations with the tri‑jet type. The move follows a fatal accident in November and the subsequent grounding of the entire MD‑11 fleet. The retirement was confirmed in UPS’s fourth‑quarter 2025 earnings release, published on January 27. In the filing, the company disclosed a non‑cash, after‑tax charge associated with the accelerated phase‑out of the MD‑11

A Challenger 650 business jet crashed during takeoff at Bangor International Airport on Sunday evening, killing seven of the eight people on board and leaving one survivor in critical condition. The aircraft overturned on the runway after attempting departure in severe winter weather, prompting an immediate shutdown of all airport operations. Takeoff in a Winter Storm The jet had been preparing for departure amid heavy snowfall, low visibility, and rapidly deteriorating runw

An ATR 42-500 aircraft operated by Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) for the Indonesian Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance service has reportedly lost contact in the skies above Leang-leang, Maros Regency, South Sulawesi. The incident occurred on Saturday at 13:17 WITA, sparking a large-scale search and rescue operation. The aircraft, registered PK-THT, was en route from Yogyakarta to Makassar when communication was lost as it approached Sultan Hasanuddin International A

A Jet Excellence Cessna 750 Citation X, registered N772XJ, veered off the runway at Telluride Regional Airport in Colorado on Tuesday, sustaining significant damage. All three occupants on board escaped without injury. The incident occurred shortly after the aircraft touched down. According to information provided to deputies, the pilot reported that a strong, gusting crosswind struck the aircraft during the landing roll, pushing it off the runway surface. The Citation X repo

A robbery has been reported at the Maldivian office inside Hoarafushi Airport, after two boxes of cargo were stolen in the early hours of December 28. According to police, the report was received at 3:58 am on Saturday morning. Officers confirmed that two cargo boxes were taken from the Maldivian office, though the contents of the boxes have not been disclosed. Police say the case remains under investigation, and no arrests have been made so far. Airports in the Maldives oper

Libya’s army chief, Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, has died in a plane crash in Turkey, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah confirmed late Tuesday. The general was among five people on board a Falcon 50 business jet that departed Ankara’s Esenboğan Airport on Tuesday evening, bound for Tripoli. According to Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, the aircraft lost contact with air traffic control at 20:52 local time (17:52 GMT), approximately 42 minutes after takeoff. The

A Berniq Airlines Airbus A320‑214, operating a scheduled flight from Mitiga International Airport (MJI) to Cairo International Airport (CAI), was forced to return to Mitiga on 19 December after suffering multiple bird strikes during takeoff. According to sources familiar with the incident, the aircraft encountered a very large flock of birds while accelerating along the runway. The impact resulted in several bird strikes to the airframe and engines shortly after the takeoff r

A man was taken into custody early Thursday after a stolen Cessna 172 crashed into a hangar at Van Nuys Airport, causing significant damage but no reported injuries, according to Los Angeles Airport Police. The incident occurred shortly before 5 am, when the suspect identified as 37‑year‑old Ceffareno Michael Logan allegedly trespassed onto airport property and gained access to an aircraft belonging to a local flight school. Authorities said Logan managed to start the engine

A Cessna Citation III private jet crashed near Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (Toluca Airport) in San Pedro Totoltepec, State of Mexico, on 15 December 2025, killing all ten people on board, according to Mexican authorities. The aircraft, registered XA‑PRO and operated by JetPro S.A. de C.V., was arriving from Acapulco when the crew declared an emergency on approach. The jet struck the roof of an industrial building before catching fire. Emergency servic

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have claimed responsibility for shooting down a Sudanese Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft over the city of Babanusa, escalating ongoing conflict between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). According to a statement released by the RSF, the aircraft had conducted airstrikes on several towns in West Kordofan including Wad Banda, Aiyal Bakhit, El-Fula, and Babanusa resulting in civilian casualties. The RSF said its air d

A UPS Airlines cargo aircraft operating as Flight 2976 crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening, resulting in at least seven fatalities, multiple injuries, and significant structural damage near the airfield. The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, registered as N259UP, en route to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii. The crash occurred at approximately 5:13 PM local time, just sou

An Azerbaijan Airlines Airbus A320 operating flight AHY020 from St. Petersburg to Baku overran the runway at Pulkovo Airport early on October 20 after a prolonged landing gear emergency, coming to rest on the grass beyond runway 28R. All 155 passengers and crew were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported. The aircraft departed Pulkovo Airport late Sunday night but stopped its climb at FL60 after the crew reported a malfunction in the landing gear system. In response,

A Boeing 747-481 freighter (registration TC-ACF), operated by Turkish cargo carrier ACT Airlines on behalf of Emirates SkyCargo, veered off the runway during landing at Hong Kong International Airport early Sunday morning, resulting in a fatal collision with a ground service vehicle. The aircraft, flying as Emirates Flight EK9788 from Dubai, touched down on runway 07L around 03:53 local time before veering off course and striking the vehicle near the runway edge. The impact d

A Finnair ATR 72-500, registration OH-ATE encountered a ground incident at Helsinki–Vantaa Airport on August 16, 2025. During taxi, the...

Ghana is in mourning following the deaths of two senior government ministers and six others in a military helicopter crash in the Ashanti...

The Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) has requested a police investigation following the crash of several drones during the...