AeroInside Monthly Aviation Safety Review April 2025

Last Update: May 1, 2025 / 08:00:03 GMT/Zulu time

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April 2025 was a busy month in aviation safety. Please find our summary below.

All in all, 79 new articles have been published during last month. 3 accidents have occurred during that timeframe. Additionally, 76 incidents have been observed with our focus on commercial jet aviation.

Accidents (3)

TAP A320 at Porto on Apr 16th 2025, smoke in cockpit
A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320-200, registration CS-TNK performing flight TP-687 from Luxembourg (Luxembourg) to Porto (Portugal), was descending…

Frontier A21N at San Juan on Apr 15th 2025, hard touchdown and go around
A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration N607FR performing flight F9-3506 from Orlando,FL (USA) to San Juan (Puerto Rico) with 228 people…

Aurigny AT72 at Guernsey on Apr 15th 2025, tail strike on landing
An Aurigny Air Services Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration G-PEMB performing flight GR-607 from London Gatwick,EN to Guernsey,CI…

Incidents (76)

Aeromexico E190 near Tampico on Apr 29th 2025, smoke in cockpit
An Aeromexico Connect Embraer ERJ-190, registration XA-GAG performing flight AM-2496 from Mexico City to Reynosa (Mexico), was enroute at FL370 about…

Vueling A320 at Barcelona on Apr 29th 2025, smoke in cabin
A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-OGD performing flight VY-1290 from Barcelona,SP to La Coruna,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Barcelona's…

United B772 over Pacific on Apr 28th 2025, cargo door indication
A United Boeing 777-200, registration N780UA performing flight UA-1731 (dep Apr 27th) from Kailua Kona,HI to Denver,CO (USA) with 360 passengers and…

Hawaiian A332 at Tokyo on Apr 28th 2025, passenger phone thermal runaway
A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration N375HA performing flight HA-457 (dep Apr 27th) from Honolulu,HI (USA) to Tokyo Haneda (Japan) with…

Qatar B789 at Chennai on Apr 28th 2025, brake problems
A Qatar Airway Boeing 787-9, registration A7-BHT performing flight QR-528 from Doha (Qatar) to Chennai (India) with 314 people on board, was…

United B772 at Newark on Apr 28th 2025, bleed leak problem
A United Boeing 777-200, registration N772UA performing flight UA-1321 from Newark,NJ to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was in the initial climb out of…

KLM B738 at Amsterdam on Apr 28th 2025, flaps problem
A KLM Boeing 737-800, registration PH-BXN performing flight KL-1511 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was climbing out of…

Skywest CRJ7 at Appleton on Apr 27th 2025, bird strike
A Skywest Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of United, registration N718EV performing flight UA-4748 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Appleton,WI (USA), departed…

KLM B738 at Amsterdam on Apr 27th 2025, flaps problem
A KLM Boeing 737-800, registration PH-BXN performing flight KL-1465 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Marseille (France), was climbing out of…

British Airways B773 at Washington and Boston on Apr 26th 2025, bird strike and fumes in cabin
A British Airways Boeing 777-300, registration G-STBD performing flight BA-216 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 243…

Jet2 B738 near Budapest on Apr 26th 2025, engine oil leak
A Jet2.com Boeing 737-800, registration G-JZBC performing flight LS-622 from Dalaman (Turkey) to East Midlands,EN (UK) with 184 people on board, was…

Piedmont E145 near Louisville on Apr 25th 2025, smoke in cockpit
A Piedmont Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N670AE performing flight AA-5895 from Charlotte,NC to Evansville,IN…

ITA A339 over Atlantic on Apr 24th 2025, flight control problems
An ITA Italia Trasporto Aereo Airbus A330-900, registration EI-HJO performing flight AZ-610 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was…

Ivoire A319 at Johannesburg on Apr 23rd 2025, loss of cabin pressure
An Air Cote Ivoire Airbus A319-100, registration TU-TSZ performing flight HF-9030 from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Kinshasa (DR Congo), was…

Lufthansa A388 over Canada on Apr 23rd 2025, stuck iPad
A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800, registration D-AIMC performing flight LH-453 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Munich (Germany), was enroute at FL350 over…

Avianca B788 near Madrid on Apr 23rd 2025, engine problem
An Avianca Boeing 787-8, registration N795AV performing flight AV-17 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Medellin (Colombia), was climbing out of Madrid when…

Buzz B38M at Budapest on Apr 22nd 2025, engine failure
A Buzz Boeing 737-8 MAX on behalf of Ryanair, registration SP-RZU performing flight FR-5570 from Budapest (Hungary) to Sofia (Bulgaria), was climbing…

Lufthansa CRJ9 at Frankfurt on Apr 22nd 2025, cabin pressure problems
A Lufthansa Canadair CRJ-900, registration D-ACNX performing flight LH-1220 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Salzburg (Austria), was climbing through…

Ryanair B738 at Milan on Apr 22nd 2025, captain incapacitated
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-EKK performing flight FR-4038 from Dublin (Ireland) to Milan Bergamo (Italy), was descending towards…

Jetblue A321 at Boston on Apr 21st 2025, landing gear issue due to hydraulic failure
A Jetblue Airbus A321-200, registration N955JB performing flight B6-861 from Boston,MA (USA) to San Juan (Puerto Rico) with 208 people on board, was…

Lufthansa CRJ9 at Frankfurt on Apr 21st 2025, noisy door
A Lufthansa Canadair CRJ-900, registration D-ACNX performing flight LH-1390 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Poznan (Poland), was climbing out of…

Delta B752 at Orlando on Apr 21st 2025, pressurization problem
A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N6700 performing flight DL-1030 from Orlando,FL to Atlanta,GA (USA), was climbing out of Orlando's…

American B788 near Buenos Aires on Apr 19th 2025, smell of smoke in cabin
An American Airlines Boeing 787-8, registration N815AA performing flight AA-908 (sched. Apr 18th, act. Apr 19th) from Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA…

Argentinas B737 near Buenos Aires on Apr 19th 2025, first officer's instruments blank
An Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 737-700, registration LV-CBF performing flight AR-1360 from Buenos Aires Aeroparque,BA (Argentina) to Bogota…

Sky Lease B744 at Santiago de Chile on Apr 19th 2025, rejected takeoff due to engine problem
A Sky Lease Cargo Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration N904AR performing flight GG-4550 from Santiago (Chile) to Miami,FL (USA), was accelerating…

Transat A332 near Orlando on Apr 19th 2025, engine shut down in flight
An Air Transat Airbus A330-200, registration C-GUBC performing flight TS-803 from Coco Cayo (Cuba) to Toronto,ON (Canada), was enroute at FL390 about…

TUI B738 at Hanover on Apr 18th 2025, gear problems
A TUIfly Boeing 737-800, registration D-ATYL performing flight X3-174 from Hanover (Germany) to Dalaman (Turkey), was climbing out of Hanover's…

United B772 over Pacific on Apr 18th 2025, fuel leak
A United Boeing 777-200, registration N791UA performing flight UA-130 from Tokyo Haneda (Japan) to Newark,NJ (USA) with 290 people on board, was…

TUI B789 at Orlando on Apr 18th 2025, rejected takeoff
A TUI Airways Boeing 787-9, registration G-TUIN performing flight BY-601 from Orlando Melbourne,FL (USA) to Birmingham,EN (UK), was accelerating for…

Southwest B737 at Houston on Apr 17th 2025, engine shut down in flight
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N7724A performing flight WN-3006 from Houston Hobby,TX (USA) to San Jose Cabo (Mexico) with 134…

Philippines AirAsia A320 at Manila on Apr 17th 2025, engine trouble
A Philippines AirAsia Airbus A320-200, registration RP-C8964 performing flight Z2-430 from Manila to Puerto Princesa (Philippines) with 166…

Garuda B738 at Tanjung Pinang on Apr 16th 2025, dropped nose tyre on landing
A Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800, registration PK-GUD performing flight GA-288 from Jakarta to Tanjung Pinang (Indonesia) with 161 people on board,…

Rouge A321 near Des Moines on Apr 16th 2025, odour on board
An Air Canada Rouge Airbus A321-200, registration C-FJQL performing flight RV-1702/AC-1702 from Las Vegas,NV (USA) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 176…

Sita D228 near Kathmandu on Apr 16th 2025, hydraulic failure
A Sita Air Dornier Do-228, registration 9N-AIE performing flight ST-916 from Lukla to Ramechhap (Nepal) with 17 people on board, was enroute at about…

British Airways A35K near Cape Town on Apr 16th 2025, smoke in cockpit
A British Airways Airbus A350-1000, registration G-XWBG performing flight BA-58 from Cape Town (South Africa) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute…

Korean B789 near Jeju on Apr 16th 2025, cracked windshield
A Korean Airlines Boeing 787-9, registration HL7208 performing flight KE-651 from Seoul (South Korea) to Bangkok (Thailand) with 270 people on board,…

Endeavor CRJ9 at Mosinee on Apr 16th 2025, bird strike
An Endeavor Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N313PQ performing flight DL-4934 from Minneapolis,MN to Mosinee,WI…

United B772 over Atlantic on Apr 15th 2025, pilot incapacitated
A United Boeing 777-200, registration N78005 performing flight UA-71 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Newark,NJ (USA), was enroute at FL360 over the…

American B738 at Los Angeles on Apr 15th 2025, engine vibrations
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N948NN performing flight AA-2746 from Los Angeles,CA to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), was climbing out…

Eastern Airways AT72 at Newquay on Apr 15th 2025, flaps problems
An Eastern Airways Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A. registration G-IACZ performing flight T3-458 from London Gatwick,EN to Newquay,EN (UK),…

Delta B739 at Tucson on Apr 14th 2025, engine trouble
A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration N892DN performing flight DL-937 from Tucson,AZ to Atlanta,GA (USA), was climbing out of Tucson's runway…

China Airlines A359 over South China Sea on Apr 13th 2025, engine shut down in flight
A China Airlines Airbus A350-900, registration B-18908 performing flight CI-753 from Taipei (Taiwan) to Singapore (Singapore), was enroute at FL390…

United B738 at Denver on Apr 13th 2025, engine shut down in flight
A United Boeing 737-800, registration N27213 performing flight UA-2325 from Denver,CO (USA) to Edmonton,AB (Canada) with 153 passengers and 6 crew,…

Hawaiian A332 at Los Angeles on Apr 11th 2025, rejected takeoff due to nose wheel trouble
A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration N361HA performing flight HA-33 from Los Angeles,CA to Kahului,HI (USA), was accelerating for…

Skywest CRJ7 at Dallas on Apr 11th 2025, cabin did not pressurize
A Skywest Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N741EV performing flight AA-6269 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to San…

Delta A332 near Dublin on Apr 10th 2025, loss of cabin pressure
A Delta Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration N860NW performing flight DL-17 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Detroit,MI (USA), was enroute at FL320…

Transavia France B738 near Porto on Apr 10th 2025, one iPad too many on board
A Transavia France Boeing 737-800, registration F-HTVP performing flight TO-7646 from Paris Orly (France) to Lisbon (Portugal), was enroute at FL370…

American B772 ner Memphis on Apr 10th 2025, smoke in cabin
An American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N761AJ performing flight AA-154 form Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was…

Westjet B738 near Los Angeles on Apr 10th 2025, engine shut down in flight
A Westjet Boeing 737-800, registration C-FYBK performing flight WS-1433 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Edmonton,AB (Canada), was climbing out of Los…

SAS E195 at Trondheim on Apr 9th 2025, fuel leak
A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Embraer ERJ-195, registration SE-RSK performing flight SK-4483 from Trondheim to Stavanger (Norway), was climbing out of…

PAL B773 over Pacific on Apr 9th 2025, smoke in cabin
A PAL Philippine Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration RP-C7782 performing flight PR-102 from Manila (Philippines) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 359…

Frontier A20N at Washington on Apr 9th 2025, beeping cargo
A Frontier Airlines Airbus A320-200N, registration N363FR performing flight F9-4708 from Atlanta,GA to Washington Dulles,DC (USA), was descending…

Transavia B738 at Rotterdam on Apr 9th 2025, bird strike
A Transavia Boeing 737-800, registration PH-HBM performing flight HV-5021 from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Malaga,SP (Spain), was climbing out of…

Niugini B763 over Pacific on Apr 9th 2025, cracked windshield
An Air Niugini Boeing 767-300, registration P2-PXV performing flight PX-3 from Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) to Brisbane,QL (Australia), was…

Gol B38M at Miami on Apr 9th 2025, rejected takeoff due to engine failure
A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration PR-XMY performing flight G3-7749 from Miami,FL (USA) to Brasilia,DF (Brazil), was…

ANZ DH8C near New Plymouth on Apr 8th 2025, smell of fuel in cabin
An ANZ Air New Zealand de Havilland Dash 8-300, registration ZK-NFB performing flight NZ-5202 from Blenheim to Auckland (New Zealand), was enroute at…

NORRA AT72 at Helsinki on Apr 7th 2025, rejected takeoff
A NORRA Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A on behalf of Finnair, registration OH-ATN performing flight AY-489 from Helsinki to Kuusamo…

JAL B738 at Tokyo on Apr 7th 2025, lined up with edge line for takeoff
A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration JA322J performing flight JL-377 from Tokyo Haneda to Kitakyushu (Japan) with 80 people on board,…

Delta B738 at Mexico City on Apr 7th 2025, cabin did not pressurize
A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N399DA performing flight DL-576 from Mexico City (Mexico) to Atlanta,GA (USA), was climbing out of…

Norwegian Sweden B738 near Copenhagen on Apr 7th 2025, engine problem
A Norwegian Air Sweden Boeing 737-800, registration SE-RRO performing flight D8-5351 from Stockholm (Sweden) to Alicante,SP (Spain), was enroute at…

THY A321 at Trabzon on Apr 6th 2025, bird strike
A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration TC-JMI performing flight TK-2817 from Trabzon to Istanbul (Turkey), was climbing out of…

France A359 near Shannon on Apr 6th 2025, unidentified odour on board
An Air France Airbus A350-900, registration F-HTYH performing flight AF-374 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Vancouver,BC (Canada), was…

AirAsia A320 near Kuala Lumpur on Apr 6th 2025, loss of cabin pressure
An AirAsia Airbus A320-200, registration 9M-DAE performing flight AK-139 from Hong Kong (China) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), was nearing Kuala Lumpur…

Republic E170 at Portland on Apr 6th 2025, flaps problem
A Republic Airways Embraer ERJ-170 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N855RW performing flight AA-4601 from New York La Guardia,NY to…

American B738 near Cincinnati on Apr 6th 2025, engine shut down in flight
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N907AN performing flight AA-672 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to New York La Guardia,NY (USA), was…

Delta B739 at Boston on Apr 6th 2025, cabin did not pressurize
A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration N811DZ performing flight DL-1439 from Boston,MA to Tampa,FL (USA) with 184 people on board, was…

Helvetic E290 at Zurich on Apr 5th 2025, rejected takeoff due to loss of brakes
A Helvetic Airways Embraer ERJ-190-E2 on behalf of Swiss International Airlines, registration HB-AZH performing flight LX-1674 from Zurich…

Eva B773 at Bangkok on Apr 5th 2025, nose gear problem
An Eva Air Boeing 777-300, registration B-16738 performing flight BR-67 from Bangkok (Thailand) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was climbing out of…

United B737 near Washington on Apr 3rd 2025, fire in cabin
A United Boeing 737-700, registration N13718 performing flight UA-1513 from Key West,FL to Newark,NJ (USA), was enroute at FL380 about 90nm south of…

PSA CRJ7 near Charlotte on Apr 3rd 2025, nose gear problem
A PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N542EA performing flight AA-5457 from Washington National,DC to Panama…

Alaska B39M at Atlanta and San Diego on Apr 3rd 2025, tyre damage
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX, registration N967AK performing flight AS-474 from Atlanta,GA to San Diego,CA (USA) with 165 passengers and 6…

Delta A21N at Las Vegas on Apr 3rd 2025, engine problem
A Delta Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration N534DT performing flight DL-333 from Las Vegas,NV to New York JFK,NY (USA), was climbing out of Las…

Volaris A320 near Queretaro on Apr 2nd 2025, loss of cabin pressure
A Volaris Airbus A320-200, registration XA-VVB pereforming flight Y4-3519 from Queretaro to Cancun (Mexico), had just levelled off at FL390 on climb…

Avion Express A320 near Ajaccio on Apr 2nd 2025, electrical problems
A Avion Express Airbus A320-200 on behalf of Tunis Air, registration LY-NVJ performing flight TU-718 from Tunis (Tunisia) to Paris Orly (France) with…

TAROM B737 at Paris on Apr 2nd 2025, rejected takeoff
A TAROM Boeing 737-700, registration YR-BGG performing flight RO-384 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania), was…

Aeromexico B39M at Mexico City on Apr 2nd 2025, engine pod strike
An Aeromexico Boeing 737-9 MAX, registration XA-MFO performing flight AM-363 from La Paz to Mexico City (Mexico), landed on Mexico City's runway 23L…

Airlines
The following airlines have been covered in aviation incidents during last month: ANZ Air New Zealand, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Aeromexico Connect, AirAsia, Air Canada Rouge, Air Cote Ivoire, Air France, Air Niugini, Air Transat, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Aurigny Air Services, Avianca, Avion Express, British Airways, Buzz, China Airlines, Delta Airlines, Eastern Airways, Endeavor Air, Eva Air, Frontier Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Gol Transportes Aereos, Hawaiian Airlines, ITA Italia Trasporto Aereo, JAL Japan Airlines, Jet2.com, Jetblue, KLM, Korean Airlines, Lufthansa, Norra, Norwegian Air Sweden, PAL Philippine Airlines, PSA Airlines, Philippines AirAsia, Piedmont Airlines, Qatar Airways, Republic Airways, Ryanair, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Sita Air, Sky Lease Cargo, Skywest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, THY Turkish Airlines, TUI Airways, TUIFly, Tarom, Transavia Airlines, Transavia France, United, Volaris, Vueling, Westjet Airlines

Flight numbers
Flight numbers linked to aviation incidents during last month: AA-154, AA-672, AA-908, AA-2746, AA-4601, AA-5457, AA-5895, AA-6269, AF-374, AK-139, AM-363, AM-2496, AR-1360, AS-474, AV-17, AY-489, AZ-610, B6-861, BA-58, BA-216, BR-67, BY-601, CI-753, D8-5351, DL-17, DL-333, DL-576, DL-937, DL-1030, DL-1439, DL-4934, F9-3506, F9-4708, FR-4038, FR-5570, G3-7749, GA-288, GG-4550, GR-607, HA-33, HA-457, HF-9030, HV-5021, JL-377, KE-651, KL-1465, KL-1511, LH-453, LH-1220, LH-1390, LS-622, LX-1674, NZ-5202, PR-102, PX-3, QR-528, RO-384, RV-1702, SK-4483, ST-916, T3-458, TK-2817, TO-7646, TP-687, TS-803, TU-718, UA-71, UA-130, UA-1321, UA-1513, UA-1731, UA-2325, UA-4748, VY-1290, WN-3006, WS-1433, X3-174, Z2-430

Aircraft types
The following aircraft types have been covered in one or more articles during last month: ATR ATR-72-200, Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A320-200N, Airbus A321, Airbus A321-Neo, Airbus A330-200, Airbus A330-900, Airbus A350-900, Airbus A350-1000, Airbus A380-800, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-800MAX, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737-900MAX, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 757-200, Boeing 767-300, Boeing 777-200, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705, Canadair CRJ-700, DORNIER 228, De Havilland Dash 8 (300), Embraer ERJ-145, Embraer ERJ-170, Embraer ERJ-190, Embraer ERJ-190-E2, Embraer ERJ-195

Causes
The following causes have been reported: bird strike, cabin did not pressurize, cabin pressure problems, captain incapacitated, cracked windshield, electrical problems, engine failure, engine problem, engine shut down in flight, engine trouble, engine vibrations, flaps problem, fuel leak, hydraulic failure, loss of cabin pressure, pressurization problem, rejected takeoff, rejected takeoff due to engine failure, smoke in cabin, smoke in cockpit, tail strike on landing

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