A Hellenic Air Force F-16 fighter jet crash-landed at Zakynthos airport on Thursday due to a technical fault, closing the busy holiday terminal. The pilot is safe, and the aircraft caught fire on the runway after landing without its landing gear deployed.
A man's body was discovered in the landing gear of an Air Arabia flight that arrived at Gatwick Airport from Tangier, Morocco on Tuesday. Emergency services and police are investigating the incident.
The Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) is nearing completion of preparations for the maiden flight of its UTS-800 training aircraft prototype. Ground vibration tests, a critical phase for flight safety, have been successfully completed in collaboration with the Siberian Aviation Research Institute, using the Russian VK-800SP engine.
A Lufthansa Boeing 787's front landing gear collapsed at Frankfurt Airport before passengers boarded, injuring crew and ground staff. The incident, captured on CCTV, adds to concerns over Boeing's safety record amid recent similar incidents and allegations of production shortcuts.
