Accidents news
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August 26, 2026
Lufthansa LH760 Boeing 787 diverts to Baku after a technical malfunction, with ACARS messages revealing operational details. The post Lufthansa New A350 Operating Delhi Flight Makes Emergency…
August 25, 2026
An MH-60 Black Hawk of the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment crashed in a wooded area in Colorado, and the crew was able to escape without injuries. A U.S. Army MH-60 Black…
Addressing increasing low Earth orbit (LEO) congestion and collision risks, SpaceX has opened its “Stargaze” Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and conjunction screening platform to external…
Swiss flight LX9 from Chicago to Zurich diverted to the Azores after its Boeing 777 crew reported a chemical odor and issued a distress call. The post Swiss Chicago to Zurich Flight Makes Emergency…
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A Swiss Boeing 777 en route from Chicago to Zurich declared an emergency over the Atlantic and changed course. Instead of landing in Switzerland, the HB-JNF landed in the Azores.
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August 24, 2026
Camera, collar and crash records link intense puma use with deer avoiding road-dense habitat and a 67% lower modelled probability of a deer-vehicle collision. The post Researchers tracked 59 pumas…
August 23, 2026
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MANCHESTER, UK — A TUI Airways flight bound for Manchester was forced to issue an urgent Mayday call and execute a emergency diversion on Friday night after a security breach on the airfield blocked…
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August 22, 2026
Fog-shrouded approach to a gravel mountain airstrip challenged a civilian-contracted Cessna on its final descent near Cape Newenham.
August 21, 2026
A small civilian plane carrying eight people and contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crashed Aug. 20 near a remote Alaskan radar site managed by the Air Force in support of NORAD, killing…
Newly released body camera footage from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office depicts the moments after a US Marine… The post Bodycam shows aftermath of Marine F/A-18 crash in Washington State appeared…
August 20, 2026
A SpaceX Falcon upper stage crashed into the Moon on August 5th. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured images of the crash site from different viewing angles and with different sunlight…
The case has caused a huge stir in the United States, much less so on this side of the North Atlantic. This Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at dusk, a Cessna 150 light aircraft collided with a helicopter…
Shortly before landing in Antalya, two Boeing 737s came significantly too close to each other. In the TUI Airways aircraft, the collision warning system sounded an alarm.
August 19, 2026
A private spacecraft tasked with boosting the orbit of NASA's Swift Observatory has failed in its mission, meaning the telescope will crash back to Earth later this year.
About 12 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy known as LKH collided with a young Milky Way and merged with it. This artist’s concept portrays that collision. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uncovered…
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A stage from a SpaceX rocket crashed into the Moon on 5 August, leaving behind a new crater. A few days later, the LRO probe trained its cameras on the lunar scar…
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The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) opened an inquiry into a serious incident at Munich Airport. On August 15, 2026, during takeoff of a Boeing…
The crater formed on August 5, when the upper stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket hit the Moon (photo from the LRO probe). The post A piece of a SpaceX rocket has…
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On March 10, 2019, at 8:44 a.m. local time, Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crashed six minutes after it took off from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD). All 157 on board lost their…
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August 18, 2026
NASA’s super camera on its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) passed over the crash site of a Falcon-9 rocket stage, snapping imagery six days after the impact. The spacecraft’s LROC Narrow Angle…
A group of investors sued Boeing, alleging not enough had been done to prevent the accident.
Vietnam Airlines' Boeing 787-9 left marks at the end of the runway during a failed takeoff in Munich and struck its tail during rotation. This has now been confirmed by the German federal…
The Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 left marks at the end of the runway during a botched takeoff in Munich and touched its tail down during rotation. The German accident bureau now confirms…
US Central Command has documented the presence of Task Force Nighthawk, made up of Apache helicopters from the 6-17 Air Cavalry Squadron, part of the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade. Centcom…
August 17, 2026
Earlier this month, a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the lunar surface at 8,700 kilometers per hour. This was not a controlled landing. The stage had been […] The post A rocket…
August 16, 2026
Following the recent fatal crash of one of its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, the US Army decided to halt all training flights of the aircraft until…
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The stage 2025-010D struck the Moon after 18 months in cislunar space. Its impact is confirmed, while the crater's exact size remains a modelled range pending measurement. The post A SpaceX rocket…
A few days ago, the NTSB issued the preliminary report on what happened to the Ryanair Boeing 737-800 registered 9H-QEU on 10 July 2026 after takeoff…
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August 15, 2026
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Turkish Airlines TK3 declared a medical emergency after a passenger suffered a suspected heart attack before landing at JFK safely. The post Turkish Airlines Boeing 777 Pilots Makes Emergency…
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The US Army is temporarily suspending training flights with Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. The reason is a crash near Fort Hood, Texas…
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