A small aircraft in South Carolina was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff on Tuesday when a door detached from the plane. The single-engine Diamond DA40 was in the air for mere minutes before the door fell into the yard of an unoccupied house. The incident occurred after the plane departed from Myrtle Beach International Airport at 2:53 p.m. The plane, which was carrying a pilot and one passenger, declared an emergency …
A United Airlines aircraft experienced an unexpected incident on Friday when it lost an external panel during its flight. The issue was only identified upon the aircraft’s safe landing at Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport in Oregon, according to airport officials. The flight, numbered 433, had taken off from San Francisco at approximately 10:20 a.m. local time and completed its journey in Oregon about 70 minutes later. The absence of the panel was noticed once the …
A Delta flight experienced a mechanical failure over the weekend when it lost its front tire while preparing for an international flight. The incident occurred at Atlanta International Airport on Saturday, just before noon. The Delta flight, which was headed for Bogota, Colombia, was moving into takeoff position on the runway when another aircraft noticed the issue and alerted the control tower. The pilot of the following aircraft in the takeoff line reported the problem …