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Safety & Regulation

Virgin Atlantic A330 Squawks 7700 and Returns to Manchester After Engine Failure, Circles an Hour to Burn Fuel

Virgin Atlantic flight VS127, an Airbus A330-300 bound for New York JFK, declared an emergency and turned back to Manchester on September 18 after an engine failure shortly after takeoff, landing safely 41 minutes later.

22 September 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal

Safety & Regulation

Engine No. 2 Fails at Cruise: Malaysia Airlines A330 Diverts to Chennai With 186 Aboard

Malaysia Airlines flight MH156, an Airbus A330-200 flying Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah, made an emergency landing at Chennai on September 7 after its right-hand engine developed a mid-flight fault; all 186 people aboard were unhurt and DGCA has opened an investigation.

8 September 2026 · 11 minRajkumar Agarwal

Safety & Regulation

Six Bursts of Flame Over Queenstown: Inside Qantas QF122's Engine Diversion — and the Bird-Strike Theory That Didn't Hold

A Qantas Boeing 737-800 diverted to Christchurch after witnesses saw repeated flames from its left engine on departure from Queenstown — and New Zealand's aviation regulator walked back its own bird-strike explanation within a day.

6 September 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal