BREAKING Lufthansa A380 at Miami on May 15th 2014, landed below finalfuel reserve

A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800, registration D-AIMD performing flight LH-462 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Miami,FL (USA) with 427 people on board, was descending towards Miami, when the crew stopped the descent at 9000 feet due to weather conditions and entered a hold. After about 20 minutes holding the crew decided to divert to Orlando,FL, climbed to FL220 but aborted the flight to Orlando, turned around and decided to divert to Fort Lauderdale,FL, but again needed to decide to abort the approach to Fort Lauderdale due to weather declaring emergency because of being low on fuel. The crew decided to land in Miami as the weather had improved sufficiently in Miami. Upon checking in with Miami approach on approach to Miami the crew advised they had 5.2 tons of fuel remaining. The aircraft was vectored for an ILS approach to runway 27, went through a windshear (loss of 15 knots) about 2nm before touchdown, became visual at 400 feet AGL and landed safely on runway 27 at 15:26L (19:26Z) about 75 minutes after stopping the first descent at 9000 feet and about 13 minutes after reporting 5.2 tons of fuel remaining. The aircraft was instructed to roll to the end of the runway, vacate the runway there and follow the "Follow Me" vehicle awaiting the aircraft there.

Sources told The Aviation Herald, that the aircraft touched down with 3 tons of fuel remaining, which was below the required final fuel reserve.

The FAA confirmed on May 30th 2014, that the FAA have opened an investigation into the occurrence but advised that details would not be available before one month's time.

NEWS US Airways flight makes emergency landing after dog poo incident

A US Airways flight had to make an emergency landing after a dog doing his business in the aisle caused some passenger to become physically ill. US Airways Flight 598 from Los Angeles to Philadelphia was forced to divert to Kansas City, Missouri

A woman injured during flight #LH1238 from Frankfurt to Vienna

A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AISC performing flight LH-1238 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Vienna (Austria) with 51 people on board, was on approach to Vienna's runway 11 with the fasten seat belt sign illuminated when the aircraft encountered unexpected turbulence causing a passenger to be lifted out of her seat and receiving injuries to her shoulder and spine and a flight attendant to be hit and injured by objects lifting off as result of the injuries. The crew continued for a safe landing on Vienna's runway 11. The passenger was taken to a hospital, the flight attendant was treated at the airport for minor injuries.

BREAKING US Airways A320 near Philadelphia on May 22nd 2014, crackedwindshield

A US Airways Airbus A320-200, registration N108UW performing flight US-768 from Orlando,FL to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was descending towards Philadelphia when the crew reported a cracked windshield. The aircraft continued for a safe landing.

The airline confirmed a cracked windshield, which may have been caused by hail storms around Phialdelphia at the time of the arrival, however, the investigation is not yet completed.

Two planes that nearly collided last month at Newark LibertyInternational Airport came within yards of each other, the NationalTransportation Safety Board said

United Express Flight 4100, an Embraer ERJ-145 operated by ExpressJet, was cleared to take off on runway 4R at the same time United Airlines Flight 1243, a Boeing 737, was landing on the intersecting runway 29 on April 24.

On air traffic control radio captured by the website LiveATC.net, the tower can be heard telling the pilot of the 737 to "go around" and circle the airport.

The controller told the ERJ to watch out for the larger plane on the right.

"Yeah, we were putting the nose down, and, uh, he was real close," the pilot responds.

The 737 flew 135 yards away vertically and 50 yards away laterally from the smaller regional jet.

"We are working with the NTSB in its review of the incident," United spokeswoman Christen David told CNN.

There was no damage to either aircraft or any injuries, according to the NTSB.

The agency will not make a determination of what caused the incident until it releases its final report, which is expected to take months.


NEWS Germanwings A319 near Amsterdam on May 16th 2014, crackedwindshield

A Germanwings Airbus A319-100, registration D-AGWT performing flight 4U-7460 from Hamburg (Germany) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL380 about 10nm west of Amsterdam (Netherlands) when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL100 due to a cracked windshield and decided to return to Hamburg where the aircraft landed safely about one hour after leaving FL380.

A replacement A319-100 registration D-AGWU reached London with a delay of 4 hours.

BREAKING Second time US Airways A332 turned around and diverted overAtlantic, several crew members ill

A US Airways Airbus A330-200, registration N289AY performing flight US-715 from Venice (Italy) to Philadelphia,PA (USA) with 238 passengers and 12 crew, was enroute at FL400 about 180nm west of Shannon (Ireland) about to enter the Oceanic Crossing when the crew decided to turn around and divert due to a number of flight attendants becoming sick. The crew requested to divert to London Heathrow but was told that they would need to declare a medical PAN to get into Heathrow, otherwise they would need to divert to another airport. The crew decided to divert to Dublin (Ireland) and landed safely on Dublin's runway 10 about 50 minutes later. 

The airline reported 3 flight attendants reported medical issues and were evaluated by paramedics after landing.

Flight US-715 had diverted to Dublin 9 days ago already for a very similiar problem.

BREAKING Part of CityJet aircraft wing became detached mid-air. Flightreturned to London City

More than 60 passengers had to be flown back to London City Airport after part of the plane's wing fell off shortly after it took off

A plane carrying more than 60 people had to turn back after take-off because part of its wing fell off mid-flight.

The pilot had to abort the CityJet flight from London City Airport to Florence, and circle the Thames Estuary before landing again at the airport with a damaged wing.