Air Canada Express Flight AC8684 loses wheel from the main landing gear after takeoff from Montreal

VIDEO – AIR CANADA EXPRESS FLIGHT LOSES WHEEL FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MONTREAL AIRPORT

MONTREAL, CANADA – A remarkable incident occured on Air Canada Express Flight AC8684 from Montreal to Saguenay on Saturday – the passenger aircraft lost the inside left main landing gear wheel on takeoff from Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL). The Bombardier Dash-8 Q300, with 49 passengers on board, returned to Montreal safely. Watch in the next 2 videos how the wheel came off the … Continue reading VIDEO – AIR CANADA EXPRESS FLIGHT LOSES WHEEL FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MONTREAL AIRPORT

FLYHIGH.NEWSJanuary 6, 2020November 27, 2020Leave a comment

History, News

THE DAY A BOEING TEST PILOT PERFORMED A BARREL ROLL WITH THE 707

SEATTLE, WA – This month, 64 years ago, there was a Boeing test pilot who performed a barrel roll with the Boeing 367-80, known as the Dash 80. It’s incredible and surreal to see such a big airplane perform a barrel roll. This is the remarkable story behind the famous Dash 80 barrel roll. The Dash 80 was an American quadjet-prototype aircraft built by Boeing to … Continue reading THE DAY A BOEING TEST PILOT PERFORMED A BARREL ROLL WITH THE 707

FLYHIGH.NEWSAugust 31, 2019November 27, 2020Leave a comment

Civil, News

SAFARILINK DASH 8 COLLIDED WITH WILDEBEEST ON RUNWAY DURING LANDING IN KENYA

MAASAI MARA – A Safarilink Bombardier DHC-8-200 ended up next to the runway after landing on Kichwa Tembo Airstrip in Kenya (Africa) on Friday, after the aircraft collided with two wildebeest. The animals were on the runway when the plane tried to land. The Bombardier with registration 5Y-SLM, was on route from Nairobi to the airstrip at Maasai Mara – a famous Kenyan nature park … Continue reading SAFARILINK DASH 8 COLLIDED WITH WILDEBEEST ON RUNWAY DURING LANDING IN KENYA