Coverage of aviation accidents, emergencies, diversions, and safety investigations, from initial reports to final findings. We follow what happened, what investigators uncover, and what it means for the wider industry.
August 19, 2026 12:45 UTC —
A NetJets Cessna Citation Longitude landed nose-gear-up at Akron-Canton Airport after its front gear failed to extend. Both pilots were unhurt.
August 19, 2026 07:47 UTC —
A JASDF F-15 fighter jet’s left landing gear collapsed on touchdown at Okinawa’s Naha Airport, closing a runway and delaying dozens of flights.
August 19, 2026 07:31 UTC —
A Lufthansa Airbus A380 touched down short of the runway at Munich, striking approach lights days after a similar incident nearby.
August 18, 2026 08:11 UTC —
An ATSB investigation finds a mechanic’s 33cm work light stayed inside a Qantas A380’s wing through a full Sydney-Dallas round trip, undetected.
August 18, 2026 07:53 UTC —
A SAS Airbus A320neo went around at Malaga after a TCAS alert when two firefighting aircraft entered the control zone with no radio contact.
August 17, 2026 20:33 UTC —
A UPS Boeing 767 freighter lost all cockpit displays nearing Denver on August 15, landing safely on backup instruments alone, no injuries reported.
August 17, 2026 20:03 UTC —
Hainan Airlines flight HU753 diverted to Krasnoyarsk, Russia after a mechanical fault on a Beijing-Manchester run. All 230+ aboard landed safely.
August 17, 2026 07:56 UTC —
A luggage container caught fire on the Malpensa ramp minutes before loading onto a British Airways flight to Heathrow, with nobody hurt, no flight impact.
August 17, 2026 07:24 UTC —
Alaska Airlines flight AS274 shut down an engine and diverted to Chicago O’Hare on August 16 after a low oil pressure warning at cruise.
August 16, 2026 08:10 UTC —
Delta flight DL82, an Airbus A350 from Atlanta to Paris, diverted to Dublin on August 15, 2026, after a suspected medical emergency onboard.
August 15, 2026 19:50 UTC —
Vietnam Airlines’ Boeing 787-9 struck its tail on a late rotation leaving Munich, dumped fuel, then overran the runway again on the return landing.
August 15, 2026 09:02 UTC —
A Delta A330 flying Paris to Seattle diverted twice after a lavatory leak, landing overweight at Heathrow before rerouting through JFK to Seattle.
August 15, 2026 09:00 UTC —
American Airlines flight AA1009 turned back to LAX after a cockpit light warned its weather radar could not detect storms ahead on the Chicago route.
August 13, 2026 08:17 UTC —
A Fort Hood AH-64 Apache crashed near Salado, Texas on August 12, 2026, killing both crew members and sparking a wildfire that forced evacuations.
August 13, 2026 07:41 UTC —
An IndiGo Airbus lost its left engine nearing Chennai on August 12, 2026, prompting a full emergency. All 224 aboard landed safely as the DGCA orders a probe.
August 12, 2026 15:14 UTC —
An American Eagle regional jet declared a fuel emergency after three storm-blocked landing attempts, diverting safely to Evansville, Indiana.
August 12, 2026 06:51 UTC —
An American Airlines 737 declared an emergency and returned to Myrtle Beach after birds were ingested into an engine on takeoff, no injuries.
August 11, 2026 13:12 UTC —
An S7 Airlines Boeing 737-800 freighter overran the runway at Norilsk, the carrier’s second overrun in six weeks. Here’s what’s known.
August 11, 2026 07:02 UTC —
A SWISS Airbus A330 diverted to Dublin on August 9, 2026 after a passenger’s power bank caught fire in business class. All 206 aboard were safe.
August 10, 2026 20:21 UTC —
New Mexico’s full congressional delegation is demanding answers from the Pentagon after military GPS jamming was tied to a fatal medevac crash.
