A Jeju Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (HL5256) ended up in this undignified state last week after skidding off the runway at Busan airport in South Korea. The accident, which resulted in injuries to six passengers, occurred during the landing on 12 August. Domestic carrier Jeju Air, which launched operations, in June last year, has a fleet of five Q400s.
Source: Flight International
French investigators probing a fatal EgyptAir Airbus A320 crash in May 2016 have highlighted the potential risk of smoking in the cockpit, even though they could not establish whether a lit cigarette sparked an oxygen-fuelled fire on the jet. Investigation authority BEA has recommended that the European Union Aviation Safety ...
While French investigators believe an intense oxygen-fuelled cockpit fire brought down an EgyptAir Airbus A320 eight years ago, they have yet to determine fully the reasons for the oxygen leak and pinpoint the source of ignition. Investigation authority BEA has dismissed the Egyptian air accident commission’s official explanation – detonation ...
After an eight-year inquiry, Egyptian investigators have controversially concluded that ignition of explosive material behind the cockpit of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 resulted in a fire and the loss of the aircraft, an explanation dismissed by French counterparts. The twinjet – operating from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Cairo on ...
