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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 9h

2025-10-11: Air Canada Boeing 737MAX8 under tow in the eastern part of Toronto-Intl Aitport(CYYZ), ON, Canada erroneously rolled between two empty A321s (C-FGKN) and Rouge without sufficient space. The 737 and the AC A321 sustained major damage. No one was hurt.
www.thedailybeast.com/boeing-737-m...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 11h

2025-10-13: Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 (D-AIGV, *2000) sustained minor scratches during parking at Almaty Intl AP(UAAA), Kazakhstan, when a refuelling truck made contact with the underside of engine #1. Flight #LH648 to Frankfurt via Astana took off 8 hours later.
en.tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_n...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 15h

2015-10-15: US Air Force C32A (B757-200,98-0002) safely diverted to Mildenhall AFB(EGUN),UK due to a cracked windshield. #SAM153 was en route from Brussels to Andrews AFB off Irish Coast when it descended to FL100. Sec. of Defense Pete Heseth was on board.
www.airandspaceforces.com/hegseths-air...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 2d

2025-10-13: Air Liaison Beech 1900 (C-GDSG,*1996) safely returned to land on rwy 06 at Québec City AP(CYQB),QB, Canada when the pilots received info about a stuck nose gear immediately after take-off. After 2h10min of holding time and low flypasts, the acft landed safely.
zone911.com/divers/37975...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 2d

2025-10-13: PSA Airlines (on ops for AA) Canadair CRJ-900 (N617NN, *2017) received damage when a catering truck collided with the forward fuselage while parked at the gate at Omaha-Eppley AP(KOMA), NE. Earlier, flight #AA5103 arrived from Philadelphia.
x.com/omaha_scanne...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 3d

NOTE: A similar occurrence took place on 2025-04-07 when a JAL Boeing 737-800 (JA322J) also lined up to the left of the centreline on runway 05. This time, the take-off was safely rejected.

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 3d

2025-10-13: All Nippon AW Boeing 737-800 (JA65AN, *2010) erroneously lined up on the edge of the departure runway 05 at Tokyo-Haneda Intl AP(RJTT), Japan, and commenced its take-off. Flight #NH639 to Iwakuni took off but returned to land with both nosegear tyres damaged.
avherald.com/h?article=52...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 3d

2025-09-15: AIRPROX incident between AirArbia Maroc A320 (CN-NMI) during a missed approach maneuvre to runway 12L at Monpellier-Intl AP(LFMT), France (due to a late take-off of a Volotea A319, #VOE4PP) and a Diamond lighttype (F-GVKM). #MAC335 from Casablanca landed safely ~12 min later.
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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 4d

NOTE: On 1996-05-15, the same aircraft - at that time operating as a passenger aircraft for Japan Air System (JA8377) - was involved in another tailstrike landing on runway 22 at Tokyo-Haneda Airport(RJTT), resulting in substantial damage.
REPORT: jtsb.mlit.go.jp/aircraft/rep...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 4d

METAR EGLL 16:20:
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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 4d

2025-10-12: DHL Aviation Airbus A300-600F (D-AEAG, *1992) suffered damage in a tailstrike landing on runway 09L at London-Heathrow Intl AP(EGLL), UK. Flight #QY2212 from Leipzig initiated a go-around and returned for a safe landing on runway 09R.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h20...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 4d

2025-10-11: Qazaq Air DHC-8-400 (ID unk) abruptly rejected its take-off at Kostanay Airport(UAUU), Kazakhstan, due to a stray dog crossing the runway. Braking heat resulted in sparks and a failure of the anti-skid system. All aboard the flight to Astana were safe.

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 5d

2025-10-11: Smart Air Cessna 208 Grand Caravan (PK-SNA) overran the end of runway 31 on landing at Tiom AP(TMY), Papua, Indonesia after a flight from Timika. It came to a halt on a steep embankment. No one was seriously hurt. Damage is limited to the nose section.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQAW...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 5d

2025-10-11: Valuejet Canadair CRJ-900 (5N-BXS,*2007) safely returned to land at Luanda-Intl AL(FNLU), Angola following a cracked windshield during late climb-out. Flight #VK6704 to Nigeria was chartered on behalf of the Nigerian nat. soccer team. No one aboard was hurt.
leadership.ng/cracked-wind...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 5d

2025-10-08: REX Saab SF-340 (VH-ZPN, *1996) rejected the take-off at high speed on runway 05 at Adelaide-Intl AP(YPAD), Australia, after left engine #1 failure. Flight #ZL3818 to Broken Hill came to a safe stop in a taxiway with flames came out of the left engine exhaust.
people.com/passenger-je...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 7d

2025-10-09: Fiji Airways Boeing 737-800 (DQ-FJN,*2007) sustained minor nosecone damage due to a bird strike during early climb-out of runway 02 at Christchurch-Intl Airport(NZCH),New Zealand. Flight #FJ450 to Nadi entered a hold south of the airport + returned for a safe landing.
www.thepress.co.nz

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 10d

Video footage of the collision indicates one CRJ9 stopped the other did not. 🎥@airmainengineer

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 10d

2025-10-04: Air India Boeing 787-8 (VT-ANO,*2013) operating on flight #AI117 from Amritsar landed on runway 33 at Birmingham-Intl AP(EGBB),UK with its Ram Air Turbine(RAT) deployed despite both engines were running normally.
avherald.com/h?article=52...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3eh...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 11d

Our monthly JACDEC Global Safety Review is here. Key database parameters for the month of September 2025. Note that some numbers are still preliminary and can be subject to change. All data is generated from our database. www.jacdec.de/accident-incident-database/

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 11d

2025-09-28: EasyJet Airbus A321N (G-UZMG, *2019) diverted at Athens Intl AP(LGAV), Greece way below the minimun fuel reserve. Earlier, flt #EZY52GT from London-LGW to Zakynthos(LGZA) had to enter holding patterns due to adverse weather conditions and was unable to land.
avherald.com/h?article=52...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 11d

2025-10-04: EVA Air Boeing 787-9 (B-17881, *2018) sustained damage due to a tailstrike on landing runway 16L at Taipei-Intl AP(RCTP), Taiwan. Flight #BR711 went around and returned for a safe landing on the same rwy 15 min later. No one was hurt.
x.com/Fahadnaimb/s...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 12d

2025-10-03: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (9H-QBD, *2015) declared fuel emergency and diverted safely to Manchester-Intl AP(EGCC), UK. Earlier, flight #FR3418 from Pisa to Prestwick was unable to land at its destination and at the alternate Edinburgh Airport because of strong winds(45+ kts).

jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 14d

Because incidents and serious incidents have spiked in 2025, Endeavor Air (EDV) was downgraded from "A" to "B" in the JACDEC Airline Safety Vetting.
www.jacdec.de/vetting/

Safety Vetting – JACDEC

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 14d

2025-09-29: Kalitta Air Boeing 747-400BCF (N745CK,*1998) could not extend its right main gear on appr. to Anchorage-Intl AP(PANC),AK. Cargo flight #CKS615 from Hong Kong made a landing on runway 07R on its remaining undercarriage and came to a safe stop, but needed a tug
avherald.com/h?article=52...

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jacdecnews.bsky.social @jacdecnews.bsky.social · 14d

2025-10-01: Two Endeavor Air Canadair CRJ-900s (N902XJ+N480PX) sustained major damage in a ground collision during taxiing at New York-La Guardia Intl AP(KLGA), NY. Flight #DL5047 from Charlotte was on taxiway "M" when it hit #DL5155 taxiing along "A" for departure to Roanoke. No one was hurt.

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