Incidents Lufthansa 747 Declares Mayday, Diverts Twice On Marathon Journey To South America Lufthansa’s longest flight turned into an extraordinary 20-hour odyssey across South America earlier this week, as one of the airline’s... July 9, 2025 John Cushma 114
Airlines Air India Dreamliner Crashes After Takeoff in Ahmedabad, Killing 204 In what marks one of the deadliest aviation disasters in recent Indian history, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating... June 12, 2025 John Cushma 201
Airlines American Airlines Flies Wrong Aircraft to Naples, Forced to Divert to Rome A seemingly routine transatlantic flight turned into an embarrassing operational misstep this week for American Airlines, after a Boeing 787-9... June 7, 2025 John Cushma 369
Incidents Lufthansa Pilot Becomes Incapacitated Alone In Cockpit, Pushes Controls A routine Lufthansa flight turned into a near-miss incident after a pilot collapsed alone in the cockpit—unintentionally activating switches and... May 18, 2025 John Cushma 295
Incidents LaGuardia Near Disaster: American Jet Takes Off From Occupied Runway Another day, another terrifyingly close call at LaGuardia Airport — and another glaring reminder of just how urgently the U.S.... May 18, 2025 John Cushma 255
Airlines Armed American Hijacks Tropic Air Flight in Belize, Fatally Shot Mid-Flight In a highly unusual and violent mid-air incident, a Tropic Air Cessna Grand Caravan operating a short domestic route within... April 19, 2025 John Cushma 386
Airlines American Eagle Flight Diverts to Colorado Springs After In-Flight Dog Bite Incident On April 15, 2025, an American Eagle flight operating between Provo Municipal Airport (PVU) and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport... April 18, 2025 John Cushma 382
Airlines Transavia 737 Declares Emergency and Diverts to Porto Over Unidentified iPad On April 10, 2025, a Transavia Boeing 737-800 operating flight TO7646 from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Lisbon Humberto Delgado... April 14, 2025 John Cushma 244
Airlines Drug Bust Halts British Airways Flight BA2202 in Cancun A British Airways transatlantic flight from Cancun (CUN) to London Gatwick (LGW) was abruptly canceled on April 8, 2025, after... April 14, 2025 John Cushma 295
Incidents Jetstar Flight JQ34 Returns to Bali Following Passenger’s Attempt to Open Cabin Door Mid-Flight On March 31, 2025, Jetstar flight JQ34, operating from Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) in Denpasar, Bali, to Melbourne Airport... April 1, 2025 John Cushma 353