A United Airlines Boeing 737 struck a bird as it descended into Denver International airport Tuesday morning. Flight 1475 landed safely at 9:09 a.m. and was escorted to a gate. The plane was flying from Dallas/Ft Worth to Denver. Photos show a large hole in the nose of the plane. The plane’s pilots were aware …
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Video: C-17 Accidentally Lands at Small GA Airport – Flying Magazine
A C-17 Globemaster III headed for MacDill Air Force Base on Friday afternoon landed “inadvertently” at the much smaller Peter O. Knight GA airport located just a few miles away, according to airport authorities.The 174-foot-long transport touched down on the airport’s 3,405-foot-long, 100-foot-wide runway around 1:30 p.m., coming to a stop within 10 feet of …
Southwest B737 near LAX loses cabin pressure, makes emergency landing – The Aviation Herald
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N466WN performing flight WN-937 from Oakland,CA to Ontario,CA (USA) with 70 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 190nm north-northwest of Los Angeles,CA (USA) when the crew initiated an emergency descent to 9000 feet reaching 9000 feet about 9 minutes later (average rate of descent 3333 feet/min) due …
Contract Air Cargo Convair 580 Suffers nose gear collapse at Guatemala City, May 11th 2012 – The Aviation Herald
A Contract Air Cargo (subsidiary of IFL Group) Convair CV-440, registration N171FL performing freight flight TSU-8138 from Miami,FL (USA) to Guatemala City (Guatemala), landed on Guatamala City’s runway 19 when after touch down the nose gear bent backwards and collapsed. The left hand propeller contacted the runway, sheared off and penetrated the fuselage before the …