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Two Injured After MACL Vehicle Overturns on Highway
A Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) vehicle overturned on the Male’ – Hulhumale’ highway after crashing into the bridge‑side fencing, leaving two people injured and receiving medical treatment. Images widely shared on social media show the small white truck flipped onto its side near the roadside barrier. According to the Maldives Police Service, the incident occurred while the vehicle was travelling from Hulhumale’ toward Velana International Airport. The vehicle stru

Avaitors Maldives
Mar 181 min read


Air India Express Boeing 737 MAX 8 Suffers Hard Landing in Phuket; Nose Gear Damaged, Wheel Detaches, No Injuries
An Air India Express Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating a scheduled service from Hyderabad to Phuket experienced a hard landing at Phuket International Airport today, resulting in damage to the aircraft’s nose landing gear and a brief ground fire caused by debris. All passengers and crew were safely evacuated without injury. The aircraft, operating as flight IX 938, touched down late morning in Phuket when it reportedly encountered a high‑energy landing. The impact caused the nose la

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Mar 111 min read


Pilot Praised After Forced Landing Puts StarSky Aviation Fokker 50 In Shallow Coastal Waters
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

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Feb 111 min read


UPS Officially Retires MD‑11 Fleet Following Fatal Accident and Subsequent Grounding
UPS has formally withdrawn its remaining McDonnell Douglas MD‑11 freighters from service, marking the end of the carrier’s operations with the tri‑jet type.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

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Jan 271 min read


Air India Flight Al171: Black Box Recovered as Death Toll Rises to 265
Investigators have successfully retrieved the black box recorder from the crash site of Air India Flight Al171, which tragically went...

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Jun 13, 20251 min read
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