| Date: | August 7, 2020 Time: 1914 |
| Location: | Calicut, India |
| Operator: | Air India Exppress Flight: IX344 |
| AC Type: | Boeing 737-8HG |
| Reg.: | VT-AXH cn: 36323/2108 |
| Aboard: | 190 Fatalities: 18 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Dubai - Calicut |
| Details: | The flight IX344 suffered a runway excursion while landing at Kozhikode-Calicut Airport in heavy rain. The nose section separated from the fuselage after going down a steep slope at the end of the runway. Sixteen passengers, the pilot and copilot were killed. Low visibility, wet runway, low cloud base and poor braking action possibly contributed to the accident. |
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| Date: | May 22,2020 Time: 1440 |
| Location: | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Operator: | Pakistan International Airlines Flight: PK8303 |
| AC Type: | Airbus A320-214 |
| Reg.: | AP-BLD cn: 2274 |
| Aboard: | 99 Fatalities: 97 Ground: 1 |
| Route: | Lahore - Karachi |
| Details: | While landing, the aircraft scraped the runway three times. After the third impact, the pilot took the plane into the air. During his attempt to land, the engines oil tanks and fuel pumps were damaged. The plane managed to climb to 1,800 feet. The damage led to the loss of both engines. The crew declared a Mayday. The aircraft then descended fast, almost plunging. The plane impacted a residential area called Model Colony, featuring concrete multistory buildings, 0.74 miles short of runway 25L. |
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| Date: | March 29, 2020 Time: 2000 |
| Location: | Manila, Philippines |
| Operator: | Lion Air Inc. |
| AC Type: | IAI 1124A Westwind II |
| Reg.: | RP-C5880 cn: 353 |
| Aboard: | 8 Fatalities: 8 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Manila - Tokyo |
| Details: | The air ambulance crashed on takeoff from runway 24 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport while conducting a medical evacuatiion flight. The plane was carrying three medical personnel, three flight crew, a patient and a companion, a senator and head of the Philippine Red Cross, |
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| Date: | February 5, 2020 Time: 1820 |
| Location: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Operator: | Pegasus Airlines Flight: PC2193 |
| AC Type: | Boeing 737-86J |
| Reg.: | TC-IZK cn: 37742 |
| Aboard: | 177 Fatalities: 3 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Izmir - Istanbul |
| Details: | While landing during high winds and heavey rain on runway 06, the plane suffered a runway excursion. The aircraft overran the runway, went down an embankment and impacted the airport perimeter wall breaking in three. The aircraft came to rest about 20 m below the runway elevation. The last recorded ground speed was 74 mph as the aircraft crossed the perimeter stop way. |
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EasyJet U2-565
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Philippine Airlines 113
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Engine fire.
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Envoy Air AA-4125
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Slid off runway after landing
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UPS 5X-661
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Bird strike affecting all engines
11/4/2019
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Pakistan International AL
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Hawaiian Airlines HA47
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8/15/2019
Ural Airlines
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Bird strike on takeoff. Landed in corn field. Ten passenger injured.
8/5/2019
British Airways BA422
London Valencia
Heavy smoke in cabin.
7/20/2019
Southwest Airlines
Atlanta
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Air Canada AC33
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7/10/2019
Emirates EK-449
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Severe turbulence. A few passengers received minor injuries.
7/8/2019
Delta Airlines 1425
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Engine problem. Viabration. Smoke in the cabin.
7/4/2019
Virgin Atlantic
New York - London
Fire on board extinguished by crew.
7/3/2019
American Airlines AA1172
Chicago - Boston
Flaps malfunction.
7/3/2019
Air Transat TS971
Toronto - Vancouver
Turbulence injured flight attendant.
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Spicejet SG9237
Jaipur - Mumbi
Overran end of runway.
6/29/2019
United Airlines 2098
New York - Houston
Blown tire. Landing gear damage.
6/15/2019
United Airlines 627
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Hard landing. Blown tires.
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Engine shutdown.
6/3/2019
America
n Airlines AA2107
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Bird strike.
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SAS SK257
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Hydralic failure.
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Ryan Air FR5473
Marrakesh - Stuttgart
Cracked windscreen.
5/31/2919
EasyJet U25567
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Cracked windshield.
5/30/2019
China Airlines CI922
Hong Kong - Taipei
Engine shutdown.
5/29/2019
Venezolana VNE 1303
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Uncontained engine failure.