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[16] [17] The crew reported that they were going around, after which the tower instructed them to climb to 4,000 feet (1,200 m), which was acknowledged by the crew. Shortly after, the tower instructed the next flight to go around and alerted emergency services. [16] Wind shear and an ambient temperature of 48 °C (118 °F) were reported. [13]
Flydubai Flight 981 (FZ981/FDB981) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia. On 19 March 2016, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating the flight crashed during a go-around , killing all 62 passengers and crew on board.
UPS Airlines Flight 6 was a scheduled international cargo flight operated by UPS. On September 3, 2010, the Boeing 747-400F flying the route between Dubai , United Arab Emirates, and Cologne , Germany, developed an in-flight fire , which caused the aircraft to crash, killing both crew members, the only people on board.
Emirates Flight 407 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Emirates from Auckland to Dubai with a stopover in Melbourne, operated by an Airbus A340-500 aircraft. On 20 March 2009, the flight failed to take off properly at Melbourne Airport , hitting several structures at the end of the runway before climbing and then ...
The heat has been so intense at some airports that it's causing soda cans to burst on Southwest Airlines flights, injuring flight attendants, according to airline officials and news reports.
On 31 July 2017, Flydubai took delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8, making it the first airline in the Middle East to operate the type. [56] [57] At the November 2017 Dubai Air Show, Flydubai signed a landmark commitment for 175 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and 50 purchase rights. This order for 225 aircraft is valued to be $27 billion at current ...
On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide in mid-air over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft. At the time, it was the deadliest-ever aviation accident, and would lead to major changes in the regulation of flight operations over the United States.
That scale and payload capacity could lower the barriers to bringing satellites into low Earth orbit. According to Epstein, one Starship launch could potentially carry 4,300 small satellites into ...