Flight Safety Information - June 10, 2025 No. 115 In This Issue : Accident: American A319 enroute on Jun 8th 2025, turbulence injures cabin crew : Accident: American B772 near Memphis on Jun 6th 2025, turbulence injures 2 cabin crew : Incident: Easyjet Europe A319 near Graz on Jun 9th 2025, smoke in cockpit : Incident: Shanghai B738 at Shenyang on Jun 7th 2025, fault indication : Incident: Indigo A320 at Kolkata on Jun 8th 2025, rejected takeoff due to engine failure : Cessna 414 - Fatal Accident (California) : Horrid flight as passengers stuck on 32-hour trip to nowhere — and wind up right back where they started : Delta flight makes emergency landing in Jacksonville after 'smoky conditions' in cabin : Ryanair to buy 30 new jet engines from CFM for $500 million : United Airlines Shuts Down Starlink WiFi Service on Its Planes After the Antennaes Caused Problems With Its Jets' Equipment : What Would Actually Happen If You Tried to Open the Airplane Emergency Door Mid-flight? : Spirit Airlines plane passenger calls in fake bomb threat after missing flight: Officials : EU shelves Iraqi air safety assessment visit until more progress made : Graduate Research Request - 1 : GRADUATE RESEARCH REQUEST - 2 : Calendar of Events Accident: American A319 enroute on Jun 8th 2025, turbulence injures cabin crew An American Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N730US performing flight AA-2561 from Houston Intercontinental,TX to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was enroute when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence. The aircraft continued to Philadelphia for a landing without further incident. The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE INJURYING A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, PHILADELPHIA, PA." The aircraft continued service after about 5.5 hours on the ground. https://avherald.com/h?article=528d642b&opt=0 Accident: American B772 near Memphis on Jun 6th 2025, turbulence injures 2 cabin crew An American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N793AN performing flight AA-37 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), was enroute at FL380 near Memphis,TN (USA) when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence. The aircraft continued to Dallas for a safe landing about 2:10 hours later. The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE INJURYING TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, MEMPHIS, TN." The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 20 hours after landing. https://avherald.com/h?article=528d610d&opt=0 Incident: Easyjet Europe A319 near Graz on Jun 9th 2025, smoke in cockpit An Easyjet Europe Airbus A319-100, registration OE-LQS performing flight U2-4400 from Budapest (Hungary) to Lyon (France) with 143 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing through FL370 about 5nm north of Graz (Austria) when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and decided to divert to Graz. The aircraft landed safely on runway 34 about 20 minutes later. There are no injuries being reported. Local police reported the reason for the emergency landing was smoke in the cockpit. All occupants disembarked safely. The airline reported due to a technical defect there was the smell of smoke on board of the aircraft, however, there was no smoke. All occupants disembarked without injuries. https://avherald.com/h?article=528d5484&opt=0 Incident: Shanghai B738 at Shenyang on Jun 7th 2025, fault indication A Shanghai Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration B-5832 performing flight FM-9088 from Shenyang to Shanghai Pudong (China), was climbing out of Shenyang's runway 06 when the crew stopped the climb at 2800 meters and entered a hold always maintaining a speed below 280 knots over ground. The aircraft returned to Shenyang for a safe landing on runway 06 about 85 minutes after departure. The airline reported the crew received a fault indication. A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration B-1742 reached Shanghai with a delay of about 7.5 hours. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 34 hours before returning to service. https://avherald.com/h?article=528d3022&opt=0 Incident: Indigo A320 at Kolkata on Jun 8th 2025, rejected takeoff due to engine failure An Indigo Airbus A320-200, registration VT-IAX performing flight 6E-245 from Kolkata to Ahmedabad (India), was accelerating for takeoff from Kolkata's runway 19L when the crew rejected takeoff due to the failure of the left hand engine (V2527). The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron. India's DGCA reported engine #1 shut down during the takeoff roll. A replacement A320-200 registration VT-IQO reached Ahmedabad with a delay of about 2 hours. The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 28.5 hours after the rejected takeoff. https://avherald.com/h?article=528d2cd1&opt=0 Cessna 414 - Fatal Accident (California) Date: Sunday 8 June 2025 Time: 12:30 LT Type: Cessna 414 Owner/operator: Optimal Health Systems LLC Registration: N414BA MSN: 414-0047 Year of manufacture: 1970 Engine model: Continental IO-520 Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Category: Accident Location: off Point Loma, San Diego, CA - United States of America Phase: Initial climb Nature: Executive Departure airport: San Diego International Airport, CA (SAN/KSAN) Destination airport: Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX/KPHX) Investigating agency: NTSB Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources Narrative: A Cessna 414, N414BA, crashed into the ocean, about three miles west of Point Loma, shortly after takeoff from San Diego International Airport (SAN/KSAN), California. The pilot and five passengers were killed. A debris field was located. The aircraft took off from runway 27 at SAN at 12:25 (19:25 UTC) on a flight to Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX). After receiving instructions to turn to a heading of 180 after departure, the pilot radioed that the struggled to maintain heading and altitude. ADS-B data show that the aircraft entered a descending left turn, losing 1900 feet in 13 seconds. The aircraft began to climb again, but ADS-B data show an erratic altitude and heading until the moment the aircraft impacted the surface of the water, six minutes after it had commenced the takeoff roll. https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/518047 Horrid flight as passengers stuck on 32-hour trip to nowhere — and wind up right back where they started It was quite the odyssey. Passengers endured a mind-numbing, 32-hour flight to nowhere after a Condor flight to Greece was forced to turn around and return home following multiple failed trips. The Sisyphean journey occurred on May 24 when Condor flight DE1234 was embarking on what was supposed to be a routine 1,198-mile flight from Zurich to Heraklion in Crete, Greece, One Mile At A Time reported. Despite departing around 30 minutes late, the flight appeared to be going swimmingly. After a short two hours, the plane began its initial descent to the idyllic Greek isle. Unfortunately, the aircraft’s landing was hampered by powerful winds, which forced it to circle around for a prolonged period before the pilot decided to divert to Athens and refuel. They touched down at the Greek capital at 11:24 a.m. local time — three hours after they’d originally departed Zurich. Around two and a half hours later, the crew made a second attempt to ferry the 137 passengers to Heraklion, only to be boomeranged yet again. The weather conditions were still quite severe. After circling around again, they decided to divert to Kos, a nearby Greek island, to refuel, landing at 3:28 p.m. after a 1.5-hour flight. As the aircraft was once again running dangerously low on fuel, the decision was made to divert to Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece, which the crew felt was a good place for the passengers and flight attendants to spend the night. They reportedly touched down at 6:04 after an approximately one-hour flight — a whopping 11 hours after they’d initially left Zurich. The following day at 9 a.m., the crew decided to make one last attempt to get to Crete, but found themselves in a holding pattern yet again due to the wind — like de ja flew. Again, they were forced to divert to Athens, whereupon the crew decided to call it quits and fly back to Zurich, arriving a full 32 hours after their initial departure. Condor reps said that “due to extreme weather conditions and strong winds, takeoffs and landings at Heraklion Airport were only possible to a limited extent.” During the fruitless journey, they had reportedly landed a total of five different times. To make matters worse, flyers were only given a glass of water and nothing else during the whole flight while many passengers vomited during the approaches to Heraklion because of the powerful winds. Upon arriving at Thessaloniki, meanwhile, flyers were forced to float their own hotel rooms, although they are entitled to reimbursement under European aviation guidelines. This isn’t the first time passengers have experienced an inadvertent round trip. Last June, British Airways passengers flew for hours across the Atlantic Ocean — only for the plane to turn around and return halfway through their trip due to a technical issue. https://www.yahoo.com/news/horrid-flight-passengers-stuck-32-153025966.html Delta flight makes emergency landing in Jacksonville after 'smoky conditions' in cabin A flight from Orlando landed at Cecil Airport after the crew declared an emergency with air traffic control Monday. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Delta Airlines flight bound for Orlando made an emergency landing in Jacksonville on Monday. Delta has confirmed “smoky conditions” in the cabin; however, there was “no indication of fire.” The crew declared an emergency with air traffic control and was diverted to Cecil Airport in Jacksonville according to procedure after the smoke was detected, Delta said. The FAA says the flight experienced a "pressurization issue." According to FlightAware, the commercial flight took off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport at 1:02 p.m. and landed at Cecil Airport at 2:09 p.m. Delta says the plane was a Boeing 757-200 and there were 200 customers, two pilots, and four flight attendants on board. The Jacksonville Fire & Rescue Department confirmed there were no injuries and no fire at the scene. All customers were safely deplaned at Cecil. Delta said staff members from Jacksonville International Airport were coming to help customers and retrieve bags. They will arrange ground transportation to get the passengers to Orlando. “We apologize to our customers for the experience. Safety comes before everything else at Delta, and our teams will now focus on taking care of our customers and getting them to their destinations,” Delta said in a statement. https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/delta-plane-emergency-landing-jacksonville/77-67eb566a-48be-4343-b41a-a519adccb666 Ryanair to buy 30 new jet engines from CFM for $500 million DUBLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - Ryanair (RYA.I), opens new tab said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy 30 new spare LEAP-1B engines with a list price of $500 million from jet engine maker CFM, which the budget airline expects to reduce its fuel consumption per flight as it rapidly grows its fleet. It said the engines will also enhance operational resilience as it takes delivery of 300 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft from 2027 and aims to grow its annual traffic to 300 million passengers by 2034 from the 200 million flown to end-March this year. The engines, developed by the CFM joint venture between GE Aerospace (GE.N), opens new tab and Safran (SAF.PA), opens new tab, will be delivered over the next two years and increase Ryanair's pool of spare engines to more than 120, Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers said. "These latest technology CFM engines reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions per seat by up to 20% when installed on our B737 MAX fleet, which will further widen Ryanair's cost leadership over competitor airlines in Europe," CEO Michael O'Leary said in a statement. https://www.reuters.com/business/ryanair-buy-30-new-jet-engines-cfm-500-million-2025-06-10/ United Airlines Shuts Down Starlink WiFi Service on Its Planes After the Antennaes Caused Problems With Its Jets' Equipment Expect Turbulence Air travel in America has been beset with headline-making troubles, from a shortage of air traffic controllers to Boeing planes suffering from catastrophic quality control. Now add Starlink equipment — yes, SpaceX's satellite-based internet provider — that's interfering with radio communications on some United Airlines regional jets, according to The Wall Street Journal, leading the airline to shut down the WiFi service aboard its Embraer E175 jets. Whenever they communicated with air traffic controllers, pilots were getting static interference on their radio transmission, which was then linked to the recent installation of Starlink antennae. The WSJ reports that the airline doesn't think it was a safety issue. "Starlink is now installed on about two dozen United regional aircraft," read a statement from the airline, published by The Points Guy, which first broke the story. "United and Starlink teams are working together to address a small number of reports of static interference during the operation of the Wi-Fi system, which is fairly common with any new airline Wi-Fi provider. We expect the service to be back up and running on these aircraft soon." Plane Jane Presumably the airline is now hard at work making that happen. Airplane safety was thrown into high relief earlier this year when a helicopter collided with an airplane in Washington, DC, which killed more than 60 people. Besides safety, another hidden concern is Musk's increasing entanglement with critical parts of the nation's infrastructure, from DOGE to SpaceX rockets being used to ferry astronauts back and forth between Earth and the International Space Station. https://www.yahoo.com/news/united-airlines-shuts-down-starlink-222257857.html What Would Actually Happen If You Tried to Open the Airplane Emergency Door Mid-flight? We asked pilots what would happen if someone tried to open an airplane’s door mid-flight—here’s what they said. Key Takeaway • Good news—it would be physically impossible to open the door mid-flight, but there are serious consequences for people who try. The most important thing in the exit row on a plane isn’t the extra legroom—it’s the emergency door. These doors are strategically located throughout the aircraft so that passengers can easily evacuate, regardless of whether they’re in first class or the last row. The Airbus A380—the world’s largest commercial aircraft—has 16 emergency doors. That’s approximately one for every 50 passengers. While part of the flight attendant safety speech includes pointing out where the nearest emergency doors can be found, it doesn’t include the answer to one burning question. What happens if you try to open the emergency door mid-flight? Is it possible to open the emergency door mid-flight? If you ask American Airlines First Officer Steve Scheibner, nothing would happen if you tried to open the door—because you can’t open the emergency door mid-flight. Unless you’re capable of lifting 25,000 pounds, it’s physically impossible. “Once this door gets pressurized in flight, it’s nine pounds per square inch,” says Scheibner, who goes by Captain Steeeve on TikTok where he has more than 380,000 followers. Another pilot-turned-social media sensation explains it further on YouTube: “We pressurize our aircraft to a lower altitude so that you guys can breathe,” says Pilot PascalKlr. “The inside pressure pushes the door in its frame.” Scientists liken it to how a drain plug works. Given the small size of sink and bath drains, it takes a substantial amount of effort to pick them up. Also, most emergency exit doors on planes open inwards. Still, physics isn’t the only thing keeping emergency doors closed during flights. On most commercial aircraft, all cabin doors automatically lock once the plane has reached a certain speed. According to Scheibner, it’s approximately 80 knots (92 miles per hour). They can’t be manually unlocked until the plane slows down again. Obviously, these locks weren’t customary back in 1971 when the infamous “D.B. Cooper” parachuted out of a Boeing 727’s rear door with $200,000 in cash somewhere over southeastern Washington. In fact, because hijacking passenger planes was common in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) amended their safety regulations in 1972 and started requiring large passenger aircraft exits to be designed so that they can’t be opened during flight. Exit sign in an airplane What happens if someone tries to open an emergency door mid-flight? Even though it’s not possible to open an emergency door mid-flight, people have tried. In fact, every year passengers make headlines for trying to do so. A few weeks ago, an All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo to Houston was diverted to Seattle after an unruly passenger kept trying to open the emergency doors. Cabin crew and fellow passengers managed to restrain him using zip ties. Upon landing in Seattle, the passenger was handed over to the local police and FBI. And when an American Airlines passenger on a flight from Albuquerque to Chicago tried to open an emergency door 20 minutes into their flight last year, the plane returned to Albuquerque where law enforcement was waiting. If the plane isn’t far from its final destination, it will usually try to land there. That’s what happened on another American Airlines flight in 2024 when a passenger flying from Milwaukee to Dallas attempted to open an emergency door mid-flight. A flight attendant was injured in the process, and the man was charged with a federal crime. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. At the very least, trying to open an emergency door mid-flight is a great way to get yourself on the dreaded no-fly list. While most passengers who try to open emergency doors fail, at least one appears to have succeeded. In 2023, a passenger on an Asiana flight about to land in Daegu, South Korea allegedly opened the emergency door he was sitting next to. The plane was more than 700 feet off the ground at the time. While the plane was able to safely land, and no one was seriously injured, 12 people went to the hospital and were treated for hyperventilation. “The wind was stinging my legs and hitting my face so hard I couldn’t even breathe properly,” the passenger sitting next to him recalled in an interview with CNN. Asiana immediately launched an investigation to see how the door was able to be opened. It also issued a statement saying it would stop selling certain exit row seats on its Airbus A321-200 aircraft. But this doesn’t exactly mean that sitting next to an emergency door is dangerous. On the contrary, some experts say the exit row boasts the safest seats on the plane. “If there was a seat that was safer, being close to an emergency exit increases the chance of getting out quicker,” Cary Grant, an assistant professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's College of Aviation, previously told T+L. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/actually-happen-tried-open-airplane-211708694.html Spirit Airlines plane passenger calls in fake bomb threat after missing flight: Officials "It’s not going to be able to be detected. Please don’t let that flight board.” A Michigan man has been arrested after missing his flight to Los Angeles and calling in a fake bomb threat after being made to book another flight, officials said. The incident took place last Thursday at approximately 6:25 a.m. at Detroit Metropolitan Airport when an individual, later identified as 23-year-old John Charles Robinson of Monore, Michigan, “used a cell phone to call into Spirit Airlines and conveyed false information about a bomb threat to Flight 2145 departing from Detroit Metro bound for Los Angeles,” according to a statement from United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. from the Eastern District of Michigan United States Attorney’s Office. “During the call, Robinson stated in part, ‘I was calling about 2145… because I have information about that flight,’ and ‘there’s gonna be someone who’s gonna try to blow up the airport,’ and ‘there’s gonna be someone that’s gonna try to blow up that flight, 2145,’” according to the affidavit. “After giving a description of an individual, he then stated: ‘they’re going to be carrying a bomb through the TSA,’ and ‘they’re still threatening to do it, they’re still attempted to do it, they said it’s not going to be able to be detected. Please don’t let that flight board.’” The flight was immediately canceled, officials said and the flight’s passengers and crew were deplaned for safety precautions. “Bomb sniffing dogs and FBI agents were deployed to sweep the airplane, officials said. “No bomb or explosives were found.” Federal agents investigating the bomb threat soon learned that Robinson was booked on Flight 2145 but missed the flight and was told at the gate that he needed to rebook. “FBI agents subsequently arrested Robinson when he returned to the airport to depart on another flight bound for Los Angeles,” officials said. After taking Robinson into custody, authorities played back the phone call that was made for him. A Michigan man has been arrested after missing his flight to Los Angeles and calling in a fake bomb threat after being made to book another flight, officials said. "Robinson listened to the above-mentioned recording and confirmed he was the one that made the recorded phone call to Spirit Airlines," officials said. "Robinson also stated that the phone number that called the bomb threat in to Spirit Airlines was his phone number (and had been for approximately 6 years), that the target cellular device was his device, and he gave written consent for a search of his device." Robinson was subsequently charged with two charges. The first being use of a cellphone to threaten/maliciously convey false information concerning an attempt or alleged attempt to damage/destroy an airplane by means of an explosive and the second being false information and hoaxes. “No American wants to hear the words ‘bomb’ and ‘airplane’ in the same sentence. Making this kind of threat undermines our collective sense of security and wastes valuable law enforcement resources,” said U.S. Attorney Gorgon. “Anyone who threatens to bomb an aircraft and endanger public safety will be swiftly investigated and brought to justice,” said Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office. “The alleged bomb threat prompted a coordinated response by our FBI Detroit Joint Terrorism Task Force, in partnership with the Wayne County Airport Authority Police Department and the U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service, leading to the arrest of John Robinson as he attempted to board another flight at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. We remain committed to protecting the public and confronting those who seek to spread fear in our communities.” Robinson appeared in federal court in Detroit on Friday afternoon and was released on a $10,00 bond, according to court documents. His next court appearance will be June 27 for a preliminary examination. The case against Robinson is being investigated by special agents from the FBI and is currently ongoing. https://abcnews.go.com/US/spirit-airlines-plane-passenger-calls-fake-bomb-threat/story?id=122683021 EU shelves Iraqi air safety assessment visit until more progress made European air safety assessors have shelved a potential on-site inspection of Iraq’s civil aviation regulator, citing insufficient demonstrative progress on improvements. Flag-carrier Iraqi Airways and another airline, Fly Baghdad, each remain blacklisted by the European Commission. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority presented updates on its efforts to enhance legislative and regulatory frameworks – as well as its oversight performance – to European air safety representatives in April. Iraqi Airways was blacklisted by the European Commission in 2015 “While these efforts are recognised as important steps, they remain in early stages of implementation,” says the Commission, in documentation accompanying its latest blacklist revision. “Significant concerns persist regarding the timeliness of these measures, the consistency and quality of regulatory outputs, and their alignment with international safety standards.” The documentation acknowledges “some progress” in such areas as recruitment, training, and drafting of updated aviation regulations. But it adds: “Critical reforms, such as the adoption of a revised primary aviation law and the strengthening of the safety oversight system, remain incomplete or lack verifiable outcomes.” While the Commission had previously indicated that an on-site assessment could take place in September this year, it has decided that such a step would be “premature and potentially counterproductive”, given the need for “further tangible and demonstrable progress across core areas” of Iraq’s aviation oversight system. https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/eu-shelves-iraqi-air-safety-assessment-visit-until-more-progress-made/163278.article Graduate Research Request - 1 My name is Mohammed Muazu, a Doctoral Researcher (Doctor of Aviation (Av.D Candidate) at the College of Aeronautics, Florida Institute of Technology. I am conducting a cross-national research study on aviation professionalism among stakeholders in the United States and Nigeria. I warmly invite all aviation professionals, students, safety practitioners, aircraft engineers/technicians , air traffic controllers, crew members, and others across the aviation industry to participate in a brief, anonymous online survey. The goal is to better understand professionalism in aviation and contribute to global safety and professional standards. I kindly seek your support in sharing the survey link and attached poster with your members or networks. Your input will be invaluable: https://fit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eWplkvmjbSZ7Kjs. Thank you for your time and support. Mohammed Muazu Doctoral Candidate (Doctor of Aviation (Av.D) Programme) College of Aeronautics Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne USA mmuazu2020@my.fit.edu GRADUATE RESEARCH REQUEST - 2 Calling all U.S. airplane pilots! I am a doctoral student at FIU. My research focuses on pilot decision making and digital twins. I will greatly appreciate your help sharing the link to my survey with your network: https://fiu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3rPGG1cVfuOWiyO Thank you! AI generated with the prompt: pilot midair 😂 -- Respectfully, Garrett Feldman, MBA (786)286-9170 CALENDAR OF EVENTS . 2025 EASA-FAA International Aviation Safety Conference, 10 Jun 2025 to 12 Jun 2025, Cologne, Germany · The 9th Shanghai International Aerospace Technology and Equipment Exposition 2025; June 11 to 13, 2025 . South Texas Business Aviation Association June 20th at the Galaxy FBO at Conroe Airport, Texas. . NTSB set hearing date in Boeing 737-9 plug door incident investigation - June 24, 2025 . Gulf Flight Safety Association (GFSA) Conference, June 25 & 26 2025 Riyadh Air Headquarters . Airborne Public Safety Association -APSCON / APSCON Unmanned 2025 in Phoenix, AZ | July 14-18, 2025 . 3rd annual Asia Pacific Summit for Aviation Safety (AP-SAS), July 15-17, 2025, Singapore, organized by Flight Safety Foundation and CAAS. . Asia Pacific Aviation Safety Seminar 2025; 10-11 September 2025; Manila, Philippines · ISASI ANNUAL SEMINAR 2025'September 29, 2025 – October 3, 2025, DENVER, COLORADO . Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC™) - 2025 – October 27-29th (Omaha, Nebraska) . 29th annual Bombardier Safety Standdown, November 11-13, 2025; Wichita, Kansas · CHC Safety & Quality Summit, 11th – 13th November 2025, Vancouver, BC Canada Curt Lewis