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Eurowings A320 Diverts to Hamburg After Left Engine Bird Strike

A Eurowings A320 on flight EW4679 struck birds in the left engine after departing Hamburg on July 17, forcing an emergency return. No injuries reported.

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Lufthansa 787-9 Nose Gear Collapse at Frankfurt: BFU Interim Report Points to Tool-Control Failure

A missing downlock safety pin caused Lufthansa's 787-9 nose gear collapse at Frankfurt, Germany's BFU finds. Textbook tool-control accountability failure.

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Air Nostrum CRJ-1000 Tire Burst at Nantes Sparks Engine FOD, 4-Hour Runway Shutdown — and a Ryanair Fuel Emergency

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Ryanair/Malta Air 737 Suffers CFM56 Fan Blade Failure Over Greece — Passenger Partially Sucked Out

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AeroSucre 737-400F Suffers Right Gear Collapse on Landing at Bogotá El Dorado

AeroSucre flight A42143 suffered a right main gear collapse at Bogotá El Dorado on July 4, 2026, shutting runway 14R…

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TezJet MD-83 Wing Strikes Manas Runway After Landing Gear Collapse; Kyrgyzstan Suspends Airline

A TezJet MD-83 suffered a left main landing gear collapse on takeoff at Bishkek Manas on July 7, 2026, closing…

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JetBlue Pilot Reports Drone Strike at 3,000 Feet on JFK Approach — FAA Opens Investigation

JetBlue Flight 948's crew reported a drone strike near JFK. JetBlue found no damage, and the FAA could not confirm…

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Delta Flight 1076 Reportedly Struck by Firework at 200 Feet on Approach to Chicago Midway

Delta Flight 1076 reported a firework strike at 200 feet on final approach to Chicago Midway on July 4, 2026.…

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FAA Investigates Viral Video of Boeing 777 Freighter That Passed Within 25 Feet of Texas Runway at High Speed

HORSESHOE BAY, Texas — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Boeing 777-200LR freighter performed a high-speed low pass…

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Vulture Ingested Into LATAM Chile A320 Engine at Puerto Montt Forces Emergency Return

PUERTO MONTT, Chile — A LATAM Chile Airbus A320-200 made an emergency return to Puerto Montt's Tepual Airport on June…

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ATC Clears Delta and American Jets Onto Intersecting Runways at Boston Logan — Delta Crew Aborts Landing With 135 Aboard

Boston Logan runway incursion on June 20 placed Delta and American jets on crossing runways. Delta crew aborted. FAA and…

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