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03/20/2026
United Airlines flight UA1394, a Boeing 737-724, lined up on the left side of the runway 10L during an intersection departure at Chicago-O'Hare, IL (ORD). The crew aborted the takeoff. They vacated the runway, taxied to the threshold of runway 10L and departed eight minutes later.
02/18/2026
Aerocivil Colombia published the preliminary report on the 28 January 2026 accident of a Beech 1900D near OcaƱa Airport (OCV), that killed all 15 on board.
The aircraft struck a wooded mountainside at 6830 feet and slid upslope. The main wreckage was found at an elevation of 6881 feet AMSL.https://www.aerocivil.gov.co/investigacion/Accidentes/info/aeronautica_civil/media/1771252134_INFORME%20PRELIMINAR%20ACCID%20HK4709%20V03.pdf
02/12/2026
TAP Air Portugal flight TP1240, an Airbus A320-251N, descended below the Minimum Sector Altitude during descent to the destination Prague (PRG).
The flight turned onto the extended centreline of runway 06 at 21 nm from the threshold.
It should have continued to the Final Approach Fix (at about 9 nm from the threshold) at an altitude of 4000 feet, but continued descending below that altitude and below the applicable Minimum Sector Altitude (MSA) of 3600 feet.
At that time the aircraft was descending over an area with 500 m (1640 ft) high hills.
Reportedly, the flight reached 1000 feet AGL before it climbed back to 4000 feet. A 360 degree orbit was flown before the flight repositioned on the approach course.
A safe landing was made at 10:26 UTC.
01/27/2026
A Smart Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, PK-SNS, experienced a loss of engine power shortly after takeoff from Nabire Airport (NBX/WAB) and ditched on the shore of West Nabire Beach, Nabire Regency, Central Papua.
The thirteen occupants survived and the aircraft received substantial damage.
01/18/2026
An Indonesia Air ATR 42-500 with 10 occupants on board, operated for the Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance (PSDKP), impacted a mountainside while approaching Makassar-Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG).
ATC gave vectors to the crew after noticing that the aircraft was not on the correct approach path.
The wreckage coordinates reported by the search and rescue agency Basarnas point to a 4327 feet high peak, 14 nm north-east of the threshold of runway 21 at Makassar. Minimum Sector Altitude in the area is 8500 feet.
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