On January 27, a serious aviation accident occurred in the Olivola district of Benevento, a city in southern Italy, near the airport area. A Robinson 22 helicopter crashed, resulting in the tragic death of 76-year-old lawyer and pilot Pasquale Esposito.
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft, registration 9V-SHW, operating flight SQ917 from Manila to Singapore on January 24, 2026, experienced a tail strike during a go-around maneuver just before landing. This resulted in damage to the APU tailpipe area.
Last night, LATAM Airlines flight LA2482 from Lima, Peru, operating a Boeing 767-316(ER), experienced a severe hard landing at Atlanta airport, resulting in all eight main landing gear tires bursting.
On January 4 local time, a Turkish Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (registration TC-LLU) operating flight from Istanbul to Guangzhou experienced a landing gear malfunction over the Sea of Marmara. After circling to burn off fuel, the aircraft safely returned to Istanbul.
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An F-16AM (upgraded to F-16V standard) single-seat fighter jet, tail number 6700, belonging to Taiwan's Hualien Air Base, suddenly disappeared from radar during a routine nighttime training mission. The incident was later confirmed as a crash.
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