Explosive Drone on Tarmac, Cargo Jet Strikes Object: Double Incident Shuts Leipzig/Halle Airport
A bomb-disposal robot neutralized an explosive drone near a Ukrainian freighter at Leipzig/Halle Airport; a DHL cargo jet struck an…
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Southwest Flight 1243 blew both nose-gear tires at Chicago Midway on Aug. 3. The FAA is investigating runway FOD or a maintenance failure.
A bomb-disposal robot neutralized an explosive drone near a Ukrainian freighter at Leipzig/Halle Airport; a DHL cargo jet struck an…
A LATAM Airbus A321 ingested a bird into its CFM56 engine on takeoff from Brasília, forcing a return landing and…
A SkyPartner ground vehicle struck Air Serbia's ATR 72-600 YU-ASF at Belgrade on July 28, 2026, grounding the turboprop for…
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy rebuked Ryanair CEO O'Leary for publicly blaming FOD in the FR1879 engine failure before investigators reached…
A bird flock forced Tivat Airport to suspend operations for over three hours on July 24, 2026, diverting flights from…
A NAHCO baggage conveyor truck struck an Air Peace A320 engine at Lagos on July 14. Air Peace alleges sabotage;…
A Eurowings A320 on flight EW4679 struck birds in the left engine after departing Hamburg on July 17, forcing an…
Kalitta Air Flight 264 suffered a tail strike during a go-around at CVG on July 19, 2026. Sparks and debris…
Ryanair CEO says NTSB-led probe's initial findings suggest foreign object damage triggered the FR1879 CFM56-7B fan-blade failure, shifting liability focus.
Bird strike at Chennai ripped 18 inches from the radome of a British Airways Boeing 787-8, grounding the jet and…
NTSB confirms Canada geese struck a Bell 206L-4 tour helicopter over the Hudson River on April 10, 2025, killing all…
A missing downlock safety pin caused Lufthansa's 787-9 nose gear collapse at Frankfurt, Germany's BFU finds. Textbook tool-control accountability failure.
Air Nostrum CRJ-1000 suffered a Nantes runway tire burst reportedly causing engine FOD, a 4-hour airport closure, and a Ryanair…
A CFM56 fan blade failure on Ryanair flight FR1879 shattered a cabin window at FL160, partially ejecting a passenger. NTSB…