Category: Incident

A former AirAsia pilot committed suicide when he jumped from his condominium unit in Puchong, near Serdang, Malaysia, on Monday this week. According to the Serdang District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Ismadi Borhan, the Ex-AirAsia pilot as well as musician was depressed after he lost his job, which was his source of income. He also could not meet commitments. Borhan said:“Our initial investigations showed that the victim had fallen from the 12th floor of his condominium. We have also ruled out any foul play in his sudden death.” “According to…

The chairman of Korean Air, one of Asia’s biggest airlines, has passed away in the US, the company said. Korean Air said in a statement that Cho Yang-ho, 70, died at a hospital in Los Angeles on 7 April, without providing further details. His leadership was overshadowed by several family scandals, including the infamous ‘nut rage’ incident. Mr Cho, who was on trial for corruption, was ousted from the company board in March. His son Cho Won-tae, Korean Air’s president, is expected to succeed him as chairman, the Financial Times…

Due to ongoing political instability and increasing tensions in Venezuela, the U.S. FAA assesses there is an increasing inadvertent risk to U.S. civil aviation operating into, out of, within or over theterritory and airspace of Venezuela at altitudes below Flight Level (FL) 260. As a result, on 22 February 2019, the FAA published Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) KICZ A0001/19, advising U.S. civilaviation to exercise caution during flight operations into, out of, within or over the territory and airspace of Venezuela at altitudes below FL260.

A Singapore Airlines flight headed to London’s Heathrow Airport found it had an unintended passenger on board. Business-class passengers found themselves greeted by the avian stowaway about 12 hours into the flight. A typical Singapore-London flight takes about 14 hours. In a statement on Sunday (Jan 13), an SIA spokesman confirmed that a bird was found on flight SQ322 last Monday (Jan 7). “It was subsequently caught by cabin crew with the assistance of some of the passengers on board,” said the spokesman. In a video posted on social media,…

INCIDENT: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 ET-ATV suffered a runway excursion after landing at Entebbe, Uganda at 0040EAT today (2140UTC Wed.) on #ET338 from Addis Ababa. No injuries reported among the 139 pax/crew on board.

A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 787-900, performing flight from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Shanghai Pudong (China), runway incursion forced rejected take-off for Airbus A350. Aircraft had landed on Shanghai’s runway 34R, vacated the runway to the left at the last turn off and crossed runway 34L just before the runway end. A Delta Airlines Airbus A350-900, performing from Shanghai Pudong (China) to Detroit (USA), was accelerating for take-off from Pudong’s runway 34L when the crew observed the 787 enter the runway near the end of the runway and rejected take-off at high speed (above 100 knots…