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.
September 14, 2026 11:45 UTC —
An Envoy E170 returned to Chicago O’Hare after the captain’s control yoke came loose in the climb. Here is how the E-Jet’s two sets of controls link.
September 14, 2026 08:12 UTC —
Amazon paused its cargo flights with 21 Air, the airline that flew the 767 that overran at Miami, and will move the work to its other contract carriers.
September 14, 2026 04:32 UTC —
Eurowings diversion: flight EW9503 from Ibiza landed in Toulouse after a bag with no passenger was found on board, then Cologne after Düsseldorf’s curfew.
September 14, 2026 04:13 UTC —
Frontier crew timeout: flight 3409 from Detroit diverted to Knoxville over Atlanta weather, then its crew hit the legal duty limit, stranding passengers.
September 14, 2026 03:09 UTC —
RAF Fairford wrong airport landing: a VistaJet Citation XLS+ bound for Cotswold Airport touched down at the US bomber base 11 miles away instead.
September 13, 2026 07:01 UTC —
The BEA is investigating a Wamos A330 that lost GNSS en route to Réunion, flew a VOR approach and descended toward 1,000 feet before ATC ordered a climb.
September 12, 2026 14:29 UTC —
Ryanair 737 MAX wingtip strike at Dublin: flight FR9457 from Bologna touched its right wingtip in a gusty crosswind, went around and landed safely.
September 12, 2026 14:24 UTC —
Royal Navy Merlin ditching inquiry: a split fuel diaphragm made one engine run away, and the crew shut down the two working engines before the fatal crash.
September 12, 2026 12:25 UTC —
ANA 787 tail strike at Houston: the NTSB says the captain inadvertently pressed the go-around switch at touchdown, lifting the nose to 7.9 degrees.
September 10, 2026 04:13 UTC —
NTSB flight data shows the Miami 767 touched down at 158 knots, a pilot called for a go-around after touchdown, and no reversers deployed at all.
September 9, 2026 17:53 UTC —
A DC-8 freighter ran off the runway at Kinshasa on September 8, 2026, leaving one of the last two commercially active Douglas DC-8s badly damaged.
September 8, 2026 14:17 UTC —
A fire destroyed a retired Turkish Airlines Airbus A340 serving as the centrepiece of the UcakPark science museum near Istanbul. No one was hurt.
September 7, 2026 05:23 UTC —
A 21 Air Boeing 767 freighter operating for Amazon overran the runway at Miami International Airport on September 6, 2026, killing five people.
September 5, 2026 18:56 UTC —
A Greek F-4 Phantom crashed during a display at Athens Flying Week on September 5, 2026, killing both pilots and starting a large fire near Tanagra.
September 5, 2026 07:58 UTC —
A Norse Atlantic Boeing 787-9 rejected takeoff at Gatwick on September 4, 2026, after a nose gear fault, closing the airport’s only runway for 50 minutes.
September 3, 2026 13:59 UTC —
The NTSB preliminary report on the Carlisle Airport midair collision describes a Cessna flying low with flaps up before it struck a police helicopter.
September 3, 2026 13:29 UTC —
A fuel truck pulled away with hoses still connected, damaging an Air China Boeing 747-8 at New York JFK on August 31, 2026 and grounding it for three days.
September 2, 2026 22:40 UTC —
A Coast Guard C-37A carrying DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin lost its right engine and made a single-engine emergency landing at Reagan National on Sept. 2.
September 2, 2026 06:58 UTC —
A Cessna Citation Excel overran the runway landing at Porterville, California on September 1, 2026. Everyone aboard, including four physicians, escaped.
September 1, 2026 06:29 UTC —
A LATAM Airbus A320 ran off the runway in heavy rain at Cascavel, Brazil on August 31, 2026. All 151 people aboard were unhurt and the airport closed.
