Flight Safety Information - July 24, 2025 No. 147 In This Issue : Incident: UPS MD11 at Miami on Jul 22nd 2025, blew tyre on landing : Incident: Easyjet A320 near Sofia on Jul 22nd 2025, burning odour in cabin : Incident: Airbus A3ST near Cologne on Jul 22nd 2025, cargo smoke indication : 24 July 2025 - Angara Airlines Antonov An-24RV accident 49 dead (Russia) : Five women win right to sue Qatar Airways after being forcibly examined in search for mother who abandoned baby : Air India warned by regulator over 'systemic' lapses in fatigue management and training : TSA Issues WiFi Warning to All Smartphone Users : 112 Air India Pilots Took Sick Leave 4 Days After Dreamliner Crash : Air India 787 Crash Being Investigated As ‘Criminal Act,’ Says Safety Expert : World’s biggest commercial airplane forced to return to Toronto after ‘incident’ on board: TSB : FAA revokes license of pilot charged with DUI at Savannah airport : Northern Air Cargo abandons big freighter aircraft, cuts staff : Calendar of Events Incident: UPS MD11 at Miami on Jul 22nd 2025, blew tyre on landing A UPS United Parcel Service McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter, registration N262UP performing flight 5X-2332 from Louisville,KY to Miami,FL (USA), landed on Miami's runway 08L. While vacating the runway tower reported observing an anomaly on the right hand landing gear. The aircraft continued to the apron. According to information The Aviation Herald received the aircraft blew a tyre on landing. The aircraft is still on the ground in Miami about 18 hours after landing. https://avherald.com/h?article=52aaaa01&opt=0 Incident: Easyjet A320 near Sofia on Jul 22nd 2025, burning odour in cabin An Easyjet Airbus A320-200, registration G-EZUL performing flight U2-3282 from Dalaman (Turkey) to Edinburgh,SC (UK) with 187 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 60nm northwest of Sofia (Bulgaria) in Serbian Airspace when the crew turned around and diverted to Sofia reporting a burning odour in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Sofia's runway 27 about 30 minutes later and taxied to the apron. The airline reported a technical issue, the passengers were taken to hotels. The aircraft is still on the ground in Sofia about 20 hours after landing. https://avherald.com/h?article=52aaa804&opt=0 Incident: Airbus A3ST near Cologne on Jul 22nd 2025, cargo smoke indication An Airbus Transport International Airbus 300-605ST Beluga, registration F-GSTB performing flight 4Y-195B from Bordeaux (France) to Bremen (Germany), was enroute at FL320 about 70nm southsouthwest of Cologne (Germany) when the crew received a cargo smoke indication and decided to divert to Cologne. The aircraft landed safely on runway 24 about 25 minutes later. Attending emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke. The aircraft continued the flight to Bremen about 4 hours later. https://avherald.com/h?article=52aa7819&opt=0 24 July 2025 - Angara Airlines Antonov An-24RV accident 49 dead (Russia) Date: Thursday 24 July 2025 Time: 12:58 Type: Antonov An-24RV Owner/operator: Angara Airlines Registration: RA-47315 MSN: 67310502 Year of manufacture: 1976 Fatalities: Fatalities: 49 / Occupants: 49 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Category: Accident Location: 15 km from Tynda Airport (TYD/UHBW) - Russia Phase: Approach Nature: Passenger Departure airport: Blagoveshchensk Airport (BQS/UHBB) Destination airport: Tynda Airport (TYD/UHBW) Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources Narrative: Angara Airlines flight 2G-2311, an Antonov An-24RV, crashed in a forest near Tynda Airport (TYD), Russia, with 49 on board. The aircraft operated on a flight from Khabarovsk to Blagoveshchensk (BQS) and Tynda (TYD). The flight departed BQS at 11:21 local time. Initial reports say the aircraft carried out a go around during the approach to Tynda. After that, contact was lost. The burning wreckage of the An-24 was found in a forest, 15 km from Tynda. https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/529524 Five women win right to sue Qatar Airways after being forcibly examined in search for mother who abandoned baby Five Australian women have won the right to sue Qatar Airways for forcing them to undergo invasive physical examinations on a Doha airport tarmac in 2020 after a federal court upheld their appeal. The women, whose identities remain confidential, were among dozens of female passengers removed from flights and subjected to bodily examinations, according to their lawyer, after a newborn was found abandoned in Hamad International Airport. At the time, the Qatari government said the measure was taken after a baby girl was found wrapped in plastic and buried in trash in “a shocking and appalling attempt to kill her.” It said officials acted to prevent the “perpetrators” from leaving the country and apologized for any distress caused to passengers. The incident caused international outrage and was condemned by Australia’s then foreign minister as a “grossly disturbing, offensive, concerning set of events.” It’s still not clear how many women were examined in total – the five Australian women were among 13 examined from one Qatar Airways flight 908 bound for Sydney. At the time, an Australian government spokesman said as many as 10 flights were affected. On Thursday, in a unanimous ruling, three Australian federal court judges found that the original judge erred in “summarily dismissing” the relevance of the Montreal Convention, a treaty that governs the liability of airlines for international air travel. “Our clients are thrilled with the outcome,” said their lawyer, Damian Sturzaker from Marque Lawyers. “They do genuinely continue to bear the scars of not only what happened on that evening, but the fact that there’s been no apology, that there’s been no compensation, and that the case has been fought over a number of years by a series of state entities,” he said. Article 17 of the Montreal Convention states that a carrier is liable for damages for death or injuries incurred by passengers on board an aircraft, or while embarking or disembarking. The original judge found that, in this case, it didn’t apply. However, lawyers for the women argue that the “journey had never ended.” “(Our clients) were taken off the plane at gunpoint to an ambulance that was under the wing of the plane, where our group was subjected to invasive physical examinations being put back on the plane,” said Sturzaker. “So, of course, the journey had never ended, and they were still embarking and disembarking.” He said his clients are also pursuing a negligence claim against Qatar Airways that could increase any potential damages payout. CNN has reached out to Qatar Airways. The women had also sought to bring charges of negligence, assault, false imprisonment and battery against MATAR, the airport operator, and the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA). Thursday’s ruling put an end to their action against QCAA but allowed them to adjust aspects of their case against MATAR. Sturzaker said reasons for the QCAA decision will be examined to see if there’s scope to seek leave to appeal in Australia’s High Court. CNN has reached out to lawyers acting for QCAA and MATAR. Sturzaker said it’s still unclear who ordered the searches, and that will be among the information lawyers will be seeking as they build their case. “We don’t have perfect insight as to the levels of responsibility, and that’s one of the things that we will seek to determine as the case goes forward, because many of the documents that we sought were not provided,” said Sturzaker. “We anticipate that there will be further evidence that strengthens the group’s case against Qatar Airways and MATAR,” he added. Following the incident, a Qatari prosecutor said an unspecified number of airport security staff responsible for carrying out examinations of female passengers were charged. In the same statement, prosecutors said they had identified and charged the baby’s mother with attempted murder. She had left the country and was described only as of “Asian” nationality. In Qatar, sex outside of marriage remains a criminal act. It is not uncommon for women to abandon children to avoid imprisonment. Sturzaker described the Qatari response to finding an abandoned baby as “wildly out of proportion.” “It’s not something that you would ever see in an airport that you would commonly want to travel to,” he said. The case is expected to go to trial next year. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/five-women-win-sue-qatar-071238357.html Air India warned by regulator over 'systemic' lapses in fatigue management and training NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Air India has been warned by India's aviation regulator that it could face enforcement action for breaching safety standards related to crew fatigue management and training, government notices to the airline seen by Reuters showed. The airline self-reported the problems, which occurred this year and last year, to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) last month, just days after one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners crashed in Ahmedabad city, killing 260 people. Four government notices, dated July 23, criticised Air India for repeated failures in safety compliance and follow many other warnings in the past. Potential regulatory action could include fines or ordering that executives be removed from their jobs. They cite a combined 29 violations, including pilots not being given mandatory rest, poor compliance with simulator training requirements, lack of training for a high-altitude airport and flying on international routes with insufficient cabin crew. "Despite repeated warning and enforcement action of non-compliance in the past, systemic issues related to compliance monitoring, crew planning, and training governance remain unresolved," said one of the notices. "The recurrence of such violations suggests a failure to establish and enforce effective control mechanisms," it said. Air India said in a statement that the notices related to voluntary disclosures made over the past year, and it will respond to the regulator. "We remain committed to the safety of our crew and passengers," it added. The DGCA did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. Air India has come under intense scrutiny since the Ahmedabad crash, which was the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. A preliminary report found that the fuel control switches were flipped almost simultaneously after takeoff and there was pilot confusion in the cockpit. One pilot asked the other why he cut off the fuel and the other responded that he hadn't done so, the report said. Separately, the EU's aviation agency said this month it will investigate Air India Express, the airline's budget service, after Reuters reported the carrier did not change the engine parts of an Airbus A320 in a timely manner. India's watchdog also found in May that Air India flew three Airbus planes even though they were overdue for checks on emergency equipment. The crash and the warning notices have increased challenges for Indian conglomerate Tata, which took over the airline from the government in 2022 with the aim of turning it into a world-class airline. This week's government notices were addressed to senior executives, including the airline's director of flight operations, Pankul Mathur, and its director of training, Amar Bhatia. One of the notices said there had been "weekly rest violations" detected for two pilots in June 2024 and one in June 2025, though it did not say how many extra hours the pilots flew. Another notice said that last year, two pilots took simulator training but did not start flying within the prescribed time limit, a lapse that requires them to undergo training again. In April this year, a pilot flew from Kathmandu without the mandatory special simulator training required for the airport, the notice added. Kathmandu has mountainous terrain and a high-altitude table-top runway. Table-top runways have steep drops at one or both ends. "This is substantially risky because Kathmandu is an airport which requires prior training ... in case of any emergency (pilots) will not have the time to peruse a manual," Vibhuti Singh, a former legal expert at India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. The warnings also included concerns that cabin safety teams has "repeatedly failed to adhere" to rules, as four international flights in April and May this year flew with fewer cabin crew than the 15 required. One senior Indian government official with direct knowledge of the notices said the administration was concerned that "Air India is taking things for granted", adding "we have given them many warnings." Air India received nine warning notices in the past six months, the government told parliament this week. Last year, authorities warned or fined airlines in 23 instances for safety violations. Eleven instances involved the Air India group. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/air-india-warned-over-systemic-074500659.html TSA Issues WiFi Warning to All Smartphone Users The Transportation Security Administration may be best known for its security checkpoints at the airport, but the agency also tries to keep passengers safe in other ways, recently issuing a warning that all smartphone users should pay attention to, though an expert has issued an update for one part of that warning. Earlier this summer, the TSA issued a warning for all smartphone users. The first part of the warning urged users to avoid plugging their phone directly into USB charging ports that are often in airport terminals. However, the second part of the warning went even further, urging travelers to avoid airport WiFi altogether. "Don’t use free public WiFi, especially if you’re planning to make any online purchases. Do not ever enter any sensitive info while using unsecure WiFi," the TSA's post read. However, using public WiFi at the airport might be simply unavoidable. The good news is that these days, public WiFi is mostly safe, according to some recent best practices provided by the FTC. "In the past, if you used a public Wi-Fi network to get online, your information was at risk. That’s because most websites didn’t use encryption to scramble the data and protect it from hackers snooping on the network," the FTC wrote in its recent advisory. "Today, most websites do use encryption to protect your information. Because of the widespread use of encryption, connecting through a public Wi-Fi network is usually safe." That said, the FTC does have some best practices that travelers should follow when they do use public WiFi. "Create and use strong passwords and turn on two-factor authentication when it’s available," the FTC advisory reads. "If you use a computer to get online, make sure your security software, operating system, and internet browser are up to date. Update your phone’s operating system, too. And turn on automatic updates to keep up with the latest protections." https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tsa-issues-wifi-warning-smartphone-071050386.html 112 Air India Pilots Took Sick Leave 4 Days After Dreamliner Crash Air India, meanwhile, has confirmed receipt of four show-cause notices from the DGCA for breaching safety standards related to managing crew fatigue and training. Over 100 Air India pilots went on medical leave four days after a Boeing 787-Dreamliner crashed in Ahmedabad, losing thrust mid-air and slamming into a hostel building two km from the airport boundary, killing 274 people, junior Aviation Minister Murlidhar Mohol said Thursday. Mr Mohol told Parliament 51 Commanders and 61 Flight Officers put in leave requests on that day, underlining the need to recognise and manage pilots' mental health, particularly after a crash. Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha, he said airlines were issued - in February 2023 - notices requiring them to ensure "quick and effective methods to assess mental health" during medical tests. He said, airlines and airport authorities were also instructed to introduce "standalone and customised training capsules" for flight crew and air traffic controllers to manage potential mental health problems. And they were also advised to set up peer support groups to "assist and support flight crew / ATCOs (air traffic control officers) in recognising (and) coping with any problem". DGCA Notices To Air India Air India, meanwhile, confirmed receipt of four show-cause notices from the Director-General of Civil Aviation Wednesday for breaching safety standards related to managing crew fatigue and training. The notices follow voluntary disclosures by the airline over the past 12 months and relate to breaches in ensuring rest periods for cabin crew, training norms, and operational procedures. This afternoon an airline spokesperson said, "We acknowledge receipt of these notices... related to certain voluntary disclosures made over the last one year. We will respond to the said notices..." Air India remains committed to the safety of our crew and passengers, the spokesperson said. The domestic carrier has now received 13 notices in the past six months for multiple safety violations and incidents, such as Tuesday's fire to the auxiliary power unit of an Airbus A321 that flew from Hong Kong to Delhi. The fire broke out after the plane landed. It was contained and there were no injuries. Twenty-four hours prior there two other incidents - a Kochi-Mumbai flight veered off the runaway and suffered damage to an engine cover, and a Delhi-Kolkata flight aborted take-off at the last minute. An identical incident was reported this morning; a Delhi-Mumbai Air India Express plane cancelled take-off after an issue with screens displaying the aircraft's speed. Air India been battling turbulence since the Dreamliner crashed 32 seconds after take-off. A preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau highlighted movement of the fuel supply switches from the 'RUN' to the 'CUTOFF' positions, which would have shut down the engines. The switches - designed to not move from accidental contact - were, however, found to have moved within a second of each other, leading to media reports a pilot toggled them deliberately. The final report - which should explain exactly what happened - is pending. The media speculation about the switches, and a fragment of the last conversation between the pilots - Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and Flight Officer Clive Kunder - in which one asks the other if they switched the fuel supply off (and the other says 'no'), has been called out by the AAIB and government. The aviation investigator slammed the reports as "unverified" and "irresponsible". The reportage - led by American publication the Wall Street Journal - was also called out by the United States' National Transportation Safety Board, which is helping the AAIB in this matter. In the aftermath of the initial report, domestic airlines operating Boeing jets were told to conduct checks on the fuel supply switches. Air India later said it had finished the checks and found "no issues". https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/112-air-india-pilots-took-sick-leave-4-days-after-dreamliner-crash-8940128 Air India 787 Crash Being Investigated As ‘Criminal Act,’ Says Safety Expert LAS VEGAS—India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is now looking into the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 as an intentional act, says veteran safety consultant and former NTSB investigator Greg Feith. The AAIB’s preliminary report on July 12 revealed that fuel cutoff switches for the 787’s two GE Aerospace GEnx-1B engines were transitioned from “run” to “cutoff” around three seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport. Although both fuel switches were turned back on within a further 14 sec., the aircraft was too low to recover and impacted trees and buildings, killing 241 of 242 occupants on the 787 and 19 on the ground. The AAIB has criticized subsequent western media reports as “irresponsible” for indicating the fuel cutoff switches were likely deliberately moved by one of the pilots. However, Feith says: “It has become very apparent, especially now with information I know and what's come out about the cockpit voice recorder—where the question is heard ‘why did you cut off the fuel?’—[that] somebody had to have seen that action to make that statement. You just wouldn’t have a dual-engine failure.” Speaking at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aviation forum here in Las Vegas, Feith says: “Something had to prompt that type of comment. Now we get into the psychology part of it, and that's really where this investigation is going to go. “And oh, by the way, it's no longer an accident. It's investigated as a criminal event, just like EgyptAir, just like Germanwings, just like SilkAir. These are criminal events—intentional acts,” he adds, referring to three fatal crashes deemed to have been deliberately caused which occurred in 1999, 2015 and 1997 respectively. Feith, who participated in the investigation into the SilkAir crash—where a Boeing 737-300 traveling from Jakarta to Singapore was downed—says other theories continue to persist in the face of contradictory evidence provided by the AAIB. “To this day, people are still talking about this as a dual-engine failure, despite the fact that the AAIB came out with a preliminary report which gave some initial findings. They said at this stage of the investigation, there are no recommended actions for the 787-8 or the engines. They just exonerated the airplane. They just exonerated the engines.” “The junior investigators and the trolls are still making a big deal about engine failure, software issues, FADEC problems. They're not part of the process,” Feith continues. The AAIB “had a team of subject matter experts dissecting all of this in that 30-day period. You think they didn't look at that? It makes no logical sense,” he adds. “The fact is that now we have people all spooled up looking at the wrong thing instead of looking at, 'is this an isolated problem or a systemic event?' It's the first major accident for a brand-new airplane [type]. This is the kind of controversy that gets stirred up and distracts us from really looking at where we need to be and what we need to be doing to enhance aviation safety,” Feith says. Referencing the SilkAir accident, he says: “I've been down this road. I spent two years working on SilkAir in Palembang, Sumatra. I took a team of investigators over with me from Boeing and the engine manufacturer, the FAA and a variety of others, and we determined in concert with their National Transportation Safety Committee, that this was an intentional act.” https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/air-india-787-crash-being-investigated-criminal-act-says-safety World’s biggest commercial airplane forced to return to Toronto after ‘incident’ on board: TSB A recent Etihad Airways flight to Abu Dhabi was forced to return to Toronto following an “incident” on board the luxury superjumbo jet involving an “unruly passenger,” according to Transport Canada. In a statement to CTV News Toronto, the federal government agency said the flight from Toronto Pearson International Airport took off for the United Arab Emirates capital on the afternoon of Monday, July 14 before it turned back. Data from Flight Aware shows that the plane turned around east of the Newfoundland and Labrador coastline approximately two hours into the 12-hour-long flight. Peel police, which has jurisdiction over Pearson airport, confirmed to CTV News Toronto that its officers responded to reports of a “disturbance” on board an aircraft. “Investigation revealed that this was due to a person in crisis and no aircraft door was opened. The individual in question was safely transported to hospital accompanied by police and paramedics and there were no reported physical injuries as a result,” police said. Neither Transport Canada or Peel police said what occurred on the flight to trigger the return to Toronto. However, the former explained why the crew may have made the decision. “Air operators are required to have approved procedures to manage incidents of unruly passengers, to ensure crew members are trained on these procedures, and reporting incidents to the operator,” a spokesperson said in a statement. “The decision to remove a passenger or divert a flight due to unruly passenger behaviour is at the discretion of the flight crew. If an incident occurs during flight, the aircraft may make an unscheduled landing, and the police will meet the aircraft.” CTV News Toronto has reached out to Etihad for comment but has not received a response. Etihad, one of two flag carriers of the UAE, started flying the Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft, out of Toronto last month. The double-decker aircraft is capable of carrying more than 850 people at a time and features a private three-room suite called “The Residence,” which houses a living room, bedroom and ensuite bathroom with shower. https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/etihad-airways-flight-forced-to-turn-back-to-toronto-pearson-due-to-unruly-passenger-tsb/ FAA revokes license of pilot charged with DUI at Savannah airport SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revoked the certification of a pilot charged with DUI at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. David Allsop was arrested for DUI on January 15 while attempting to board a Southwest Airlines flight he was scheduled to pilot. A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent alerted airport police after Allsop appeared intoxicated in the crew screening lane. FAA records show Allsop’s certification was revoked on March 12. Under the agency’s Prompt Settlement Policy, Allsop can reapply for his certification after a year has passed. Whether Allsop will be criminally prosecuted remains unclear. Upon Allsop’s arrest, Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones told WTOC that any prosecution would take place in federal court. No federal charges have been filed against Allsop at this time. Police report details D.U.I. arrest of Southwest Airlines pilot at Savannah airport Pilot arrested for DUI on Savannah flight would be prosecuted at federal level According to a spokesperson for Southwest Airlines, Allsop is no longer employed with the airline: The Employee was removed from duty immediately after the alleged incident and is no longer employed by Southwest Airlines. Nothing is more important to Southwest than the Safety of our Customers and Employees. Lynn Lunsford, Southwest Airlines Allsop did not immediately respond to request for comment. https://www.wtoc.com/2025/07/22/faa-revokes-license-pilot-charged-with-dui-savannah-airport/ Northern Air Cargo abandons big freighter aircraft, cuts staff Northern Air Cargo, an Alaska-based freighter operator with ties to Hawaii, is winding down long-haul flight operations with Boeing 767 freighters, as well as operations in Miami and Honolulu, to concentrate on more profitable routes in both states and shoring up shaky finances. Northern Air Cargo in June pulled out of the Caribbean/Latin America market, where it operated 767-300 converted freighters for logistics provider StratAir. Both companies are owned by Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources, a diversified freight transportation, logistics and energy distribution conglomerate. The airline will end all 767 flying in October when it closes a daily service between Los Angeles and Honolulu, April Spurlock, Saltchuk’s director of marketing and communications, told FreightWaves. “Saltchuk Aviation is concentrating on our core cargo operations in Alaska and Hawaii. This change is part of a broader effort to streamline operations and focus on the services where we are strongest, ensuring long term stability and growth across our core businesses,” Spurlock said in an email message. Northern Air Cargo released 30 employees in Miami, according to a notice filed with the Florida Department of Commerce. It also furloughed more than 40 pilots, according to a pilot on an online chat board and a local media outlet. “The decision to exit the 767 program did require us to restructure parts of our operation, including difficult reductions in teams that supported those aircraft. We’ve worked hard to support those employees through the transition, while continuing to focus on the services and routes where we remain strong,” Spurlock said. She declined to provide specifics on the number of employees impacted by the moves. Northern is returning the four B767 cargo jets it operated to NAS Aircraft Leasing Co., another Saltchuk subsidiary, which will determine what to do with them, she said. One of the 767s was delivered last week to the Roswell International Air Center in New Mexico, a large desert storage facility for unutilized aircraft, according to database Flightradar24. Aviation trade publication Cargo Facts first reported that Northern Air was abandoning widebody freighters. The news comes as growth in global air cargo demand slowed to about 3% in the first half from double digit growth last year. North American airlines have experienced large volume contractions on international routes, as the industry feels the impact of falling consumer confidence and shifting Trump administration tariff wars that have caused retailers and manufacturers to rethink import strategies until there is more cost certainty. But Northern Air Cargo’s business is mostly affected by local market conditions and tough competition. The airline’s transported cargo tonnage fell 24% in the 12 months ending in April and revenue ton miles, a measure of an airline’s pricing power, dropped 38% year over year. It served 20 local cargo markets — seven fewer than in April 2024, according to data on file with the Transportation Department’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. In the 12 months ending in April 2024, Northern Air Cargo lost $30 million. The company hasn’t filed more financial reports with the agency, as required by law, since September because of turnover and training challenges in an administrative position, according to BTS. StratAir, a freight forwarder that internally contracted Northern Air Cargo to fly shipments out of Miami to islands in the Caribbean and southern locations like Lima, Peru, will now focus on providing import/export services from its warehouse near Miami International Airport, said Spurlock. It also provides airport ground handling services for cargo operators at San Juan International Airport in Puerto Rico. Miami International Airport has several other all-cargo carriers serving the Caribbean, Central America and Latin America, including Global Crossing Airlines, 21 Air, Amerijet and IBC Airways. FreightWaves previously reported that two Boeing 767-300 passenger aircraft received early last year were immediately placed in storage because of slow business. NAS Aircraft Leasing purchased the used passenger jets and had them converted to a main-deck cargo configuration. Spurlock said the aircraft were never flown by Northern Air. NAS eventually leased them to GeoSky Airlines, a freighter operator based in the country of Georgia. In June 2024, Aloha Air Cargo shut down an underperforming triangle route between Honolulu, Seattle and Los Angeles, operated under a charter agreement with Northern Air Cargo. Earlier this year, Aloha Air launched daily service between Los Angeles International Airport and Honolulu with a wet-leased Northern Air freighter, but will terminate the service in October. Northern Air Cargo will continue to fly narrowbody freighters. It currently operates a Boeing 737-800 hauling packages for DHL Express between Reno, Nevada; Phoenix; and Los Angeles. Two Boeing 737-400s provide inter-island service in Hawaii under the Aloha Air Cargo brand. NAC also operates two 737-400s from Anchorage to communities around Alaska. Aloha Air Cargo operates on its own five Boeing 737-300 converted freighters, according to Flightradar24. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/northern-air-cargo-abandons-big-freighter-aircraft-cuts-staff CALENDAR OF EVENTS . EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - July 21 - 27, 2025 . Aircraft Fire Hazards, Protection, and Investigation, 5 to 7 August 2025 Woburn MA 01801 USA. . Asia Pacific Aviation Safety Seminar 2025; 10-11 September 2025; Manila, Philippines . 2025 PROS IOSA SUMMIT - SEPT 10-11 - Denver, CO · ISASI ANNUAL SEMINAR 2025'September 29, 2025 – October 3, 2025, DENVER, COLORADO . 2025 NBAA Single-Pilot Safety Standdown; Monday, Oct. 13 | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; Las Vegas, NV . 2025 NBAA National Safety Forum, Tuesday, Oct. 14 – Wednesday, Oct. 15; Las Vegas, NV . 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