Flight Safety Information - March 23, 2026 No. 058 In This Issue : Incident: Lufthansa A388 at Munich on Mar 20th 2026, cabin pressure problems : Accident: Pineapple B190 at Governor's Harbour on Mar 19th 2026, gear up landing : Incident: Aeromexico B39M at Puerto Vallarta on Mar 19th 2026, descent during go around : Incident: China Southern A333 at Shanghai on Mar 21st 2026, bird strike, radome separated : Accident: IBC E145 at Les Cayes on Mar 20th 2026, overran runway on landing : Accident: ALS DH8A at Nairobi on Mar 20th 2026, runway excursion on landing : Incident: United B737 at Chicago on Mar 19th 2026, lined up with runway edge line : Incident: American A319 near Miami on Mar 19th 2026, dropped engine cowling : 2 killed, LaGuardia airport closed after Air Canada plane and Port Authority vehicle collide : Private jets face $50,000 ‘war risk’ insurance costs to land in Gulf : Qatar Airways relocates wide-body aircraft to Spain amid Gulf disruption : Calendar of Events Incident: Lufthansa A388 at Munich on Mar 20th 2026, cabin pressure problems A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800, registration D-AIMK performing flight LH-458 from Munich (Germany) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was climbing out of Munich's runway 08L when the crew stopped the climb at FL080 due to problems with the cabin pressure, initially continuing the departure route. About 50 minutes after departure the crew decided to return to Munich, where the aircraft landed on runway 08R without further incident about 2 hours after departure. The rotation was cancelled. The aircraft returned to service after about 28 hours on the ground. https://avherald.com/h?article=536b09b4&opt=0 Accident: Pineapple B190 at Governor's Harbour on Mar 19th 2026, gear up landing A Pineapple Air Beech 1900C, registration C6-KRC performing flight PNP-978 from Nassau to Governor's Harbour (Bahamas) with 19 people on board, landed on Governor's Harbour's runway 15 on its belly and came to a stop on the runway. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Passengers reported the flight had been normal until being over the runway, when a loud pop sound occurred followed scraping and screeching sounds until the aircraft came to a stop. There had been no announcements prior to landing. Upon leaving the aircraft the passenger noticed the aircraft was sitting on its belly, the propellers had impacted the runway, smoke rose from the aircraft, at that point only they realised they had experienced a gear up landing. https://avherald.com/h?article=536af4df&opt=0 Incident: Aeromexico B39M at Puerto Vallarta on Mar 19th 2026, descent during go around An Aeromexico Boeing 737-9 MAX, registration N115AM performing flight AM-334 from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), was on final approach to Puerto Vallarta's runway 22 descending through about 800 feet MSL when the crew decided to go around. The aircraft climbed to about 1200 feet MSL accelerating from about 164 knots over ground to about 190 knots, then began a descent again to 700 feet MSL further accelerating to about 250 knots over ground before the aircraft began to climb again reaching 7000 feet MSL. The aircraft positioned for another approach to runway 22 and landed normally and without further incident about 15 minutes after the go around. A pair of passengers, both Air Traffic Controllers with 25 and 30 years of professional experience, told The Aviation Herald, the flight had been entirely normal until the approach, but then they became puzzled about the high approach speed and high descent rate. As expected by the ATCs the aircraft initiated a go around, which went very different however with the aircraft descending and accelerating, the ATCs suspected EGPWS must have alarmed the pilots. ADS-B data transmitted by the aircraft show a descent rate of about 1900 fpm at 925 ft MSL before initiating the go around, during the go around the initial rate of climb turned into a rate of descent of about 1300 fpm before the aircraft finally entered a stable climb. https://avherald.com/h?article=536a4e3c&opt=0 Incident: China Southern A333 at Shanghai on Mar 21st 2026, bird strike, radome separated A China Southern Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration B-1062 performing flight CZ-3554 from Shanghai to Shenzhen (China), was climbing out of Shanghai Hongqiao Airport's runway 18R when the crew stopped the climb at 1400 meters (abuot 4600 feet) due to a number of bird strikes causing the entire radome to separate. The aircraft returned to Shanghai for a safe landing on Hongqiao's runway 18L about 20 minutes after departure. A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration B-20AC reached Shenzhen with a delay of about 4 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 7.5 hours after landing back. The airline reported the aircraft sustained a bird strike. https://avherald.com/h?article=536a12db&opt=0 Accident: IBC E145 at Les Cayes on Mar 20th 2026, overran runway on landing An IBC Airways Embraer ERJ-145, registration N271BC performing cargo flight II-4761 from Miami,FL (USA) to Les Cayes (Haiti) with 2 crew, landed on Les Cayes' runway 08 14:38L (18:38Z) in light rain but overran the end of the runway and came to a stop about 65 meters/210 fet past the runway end entangled in the airport fence and partly on the main road National Route #7. There were no injuries, the aircraft however received substantial damage. No Metars are available, the local weather station reported QNH 1008 hPa, 24 deg Celsius temperature, dew point 21 deg C, 4 knots of wind from east south east, mostly cloudy at 13:51L and QNH 1008 hPa, temperature 23 deg C, dew point 22 deg C, wind at 15 knots from southeast and light rain. https://avherald.com/h?article=5369fae0&opt=0 Accident: ALS DH8A at Nairobi on Mar 20th 2026, runway excursion on landing An ALS Aircraft Leasing Services de Havilland Dash 8-100 on behalf of Safarilink Aviation, registration 5Y-BXI performing a flight from Kisumu to Nairobi Wilson (Kenya) with 35 passengers and 4 crew, landed on Wilson Airport's runway 32 at 20:54L (17:54Z) but veered off the runway and came to a stop with the left main and nose gear collapsed. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Kenya's Airport Authority reported an aircraft with 39 people on board arriving from Kisumu veered off the runway at Wilson Airport. There were no injuries. https://avherald.com/h?article=5369ff6b&opt=0 Incident: United B737 at Chicago on Mar 19th 2026, lined up with runway edge line A United Boeing 737-700, registration N15712 performing flight UA-1394 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to San Antonio,TX (USA), lined up runway 10L via taxiway DD about 900 meters/3000 feet down the runway but aligned with the left hand edge line and accelerated for takeoff, but rejected takeoff at about 60 knots over ground. The aircraft vacated the runway via taxiway P4 about 1600 meters/5300 feet down the runway, taxied to the hold short line at the runway threshold and departed about 8 minutes after the wrong line up. The aircraft landed without further incident in San Antonio about 2:15 hour later. The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY/TAXIWAY LIGHTS WHILE ENTERING RUNWAY, CHICAGO, IL." https://avherald.com/h?article=53695c30&opt=0 Incident: American A319 near Miami on Mar 19th 2026, dropped engine cowling An American Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N725UW performing flight AA-1181 from Miami,FL (USA) to Fort-De-France (Martinique), was climbing out of Miami when the crew stopped the climb at FL230 and decided to return to Miami. The aircraft landed safely on runway 09 about 45 minutes after departure. The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT LOST THE ENGINE COWLING AND RETURNED TO MIA, MIAMI, FL." The aircraft remained on the ground for about 3 hours, then departed for another flight. https://avherald.com/h?article=53695915&opt=0 2 killed, LaGuardia airport closed after Air Canada plane and Port Authority vehicle collide A passenger plane collided with a fire truck on a LaGuardia Airport runway late Sunday, killing both pilots and injuring dozens of passengers, some seriously. The incident, involving an Air Canada jet that had just landed and a Port Authority vehicle responding to a separate issue, is the latest to hit a beleaguered aviation industry. The New York City airport will remain closed until 2 p.m. Monday at the earliest as the National Transport Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and Port Authority investigate. "Sadly, the two pilots are confirmed deceased and notifications are being made by Air Canada's care team at this time," Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia told a news conference early Monday. There were 72 passengers and four crew on board Flight 8646 and 41 people were treated for injured in local hospitals, some of them seriously, Garcia said. So far 32 have been released from hospitals. Authorities say the incident closed the airport for hours as officials investigate what led the jet to collide with a firefighting vehicle. Air traffic control procedures are under review after initial reports of a possible mistake. Air Canada regional jet collides with fire truck in New York's LaGuardia, killing both pilots Two of the injured, a sergeant and an officer, have broken limbs and are in stable condition, according to preliminary information from two sources with knowledge of the investigation. Garcia said the two officers had non-life-threatening injuries. The sources said the plane, a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada, was at the end of landing and going about 30 mph when the collision occurred at around 11:40 p.m. Garcia said the truck was responding an unrelated report of a "odor" on board a United flight. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was a Bombardier CRJ-900 twin-jet aircraft flown by Air Canada Express, also known as Jazz Aviation, from Montreal. The accident happened on LaGuardia’s Runway 4, it said. The FAA said it was investigating the crash and the Port Authority Police Department was on the scene as the investigation began. The National Transportation Safety Board sent a “go team” to the scene of the collision and will send an investigative team later. Families were directed to Air Canada to find other family members who may have separated as the aircraft was evacuated — an unaccompanied minor was reunited with their family, Garcia said. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pilot-co-pilot-killed-air-051319145.html ******************* Date: Sunday 22 March 2026 Time: 23:37 Type: Bombardier CRJ-900LR Owner/operator: Air Canada Express, opb Jazz Registration: C-GNJZ MSN: 15052 Year of manufacture: 2005 Engine model: GE CF34-8C5 Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 76 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Category: Accident Location: New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) - United States of America Phase: Landing Nature: Passenger - Scheduled Departure airport: Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL) Destination airport: New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) Investigating agency: NTSB Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources Narrative: Air Canada Express flight AC8646, a CRJ-900, from Montreal collided with a fire truck on runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport during landing. The pilot and copilot were killed and 39 passengers of the airplane and 2 occupants of the fire truck were injured. The fire truck, which was crossing the runway at Taxiway D to get to United 2384, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 that reported a sickening odor following two aborted takeoffs from runway 13. The controller at the time, working both ground and tower, cleared the truck to cross runway 04, but then told the truck to stop multiple times as the CRJ was on short final. ADS-B data show a ground speed of the CRJ-900 at Taxiway D of 114 knots (211 km/h). https://www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/568287 Private jets face $50,000 ‘war risk’ insurance costs to land in Gulf Some operators refuelling outside region to minimise time spent on the ground Private jet operators are being charged as much as $50,000 in “war risk” insurance costs to land in the Middle East, charges that can sometimes double the price of chartering a plane into the region. In some cases, jet operators are refuelling outside the region to cut insurance costs by minimising their time spent on the ground in the Gulf, brokers and operators said. An initial surge in demand for private travel from the Gulf after the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran this month has subsided as commercial airlines such as Emirates restart flights, following tens of thousands of cancellations in the opening days of the war. However there is still significant charter traffic in the region, with airspace constrained and wealthy residents trying either to return or leave. “Traditionally the standard insurance would cover the Middle East with no issues, but they need additional cover to be able to enter at the moment,” said Charles Robinson, founder of platform EnterJet. “The cost is quite significant. We have seen instances where for a single trip the war risk insurance alone has been up to $50k beyond the standard charter rate. It depends on the airport in question, the time on the ground in that airport, various different stipulations in the insurance contract.” While the typical “war risk” premium is generally $5,000-10,000, it can reach as high as $50,000 on top of the other insurance and running costs for a single trip, two other brokers still operating in the region said. Toby Edwards, a co-CEO of charter brokerage Victor, said his group is being quoted £10,000-30,000 for war risk insurance, depending on the type and age of aircraft. Prices can vary significantly by aircraft type, said Dan Hurley, co-founder of broker Global Charter. “A 2020 Global 6000 is going to require a fair bit of extra insurance versus a 1991 Gulfstream GIV just through sheer valuation of the asset alone,” he said. “It is all relative, so if you are not too fussy on aircraft you can avoid a hefty bill.” Prices for chartering a plane from the Gulf rose as much as threefold in the initial days of the conflict, when private jets were the only way to leave the region from airports such as Muscat in Oman or Dammam in Saudi Arabia. The outbreak of the Iran war left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded in the region, with the major airports of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar closed or constrained for days. Airlines and jet operators report that many who wanted to leave the region since the conflict began have done so. British Airways stopped offering a daily repatriation flight from Muscat in Oman last week after being unable to fill the planes. Dubai Airport, which has been running a growing number of Emirates flights each day, estimates that it has processed about 1mn people in the three weeks since the conflict began. While headline prices for charter jets have fallen since the conflict started almost three weeks ago, they remain significantly higher than usual, operators and brokers said. Chartering a large jet can typically cost about £10,000 for each hour of operation, although after the conflict started that doubled to roughly £20,000 including insurance costs. Rising jet fuel prices, pegged to the oil price that on Thursday reached $115 a barrel, are a significant factor. Prices are so fluid that one charter operator was sent a bill for €2,000 after the plane had landed in Europe, to account for prices that had risen since the plane was booked, one jet broker said. https://www.ft.com/content/49cfc1af-8a13-49b4-9186-a7af47e376c6?syn-25a6b1a6=1 Qatar Airways relocates wide-body aircraft to Spain amid Gulf disruption Sends 5 additional jets to long-term storage facility in Spain as airspace disruptions persist Qatar Airways has moved 20 of its largest aircraft to a long-term storage facility in Teruel, Spain, signaling preparations for prolonged disruption across the Gulf region. Over the past week, the airline relocated several aircraft to Spain’s Teruel Airport, a facility known for heavy maintenance and long-term storage operations. According to data from Flightradar24, the airline sent five additional aircraft on Sunday, bringing the total at the site to 20. Many of the aircraft are Airbus A380, Airbus A350, and Boeing 787 jets, among the largest in its fleet, typically used to carry passengers to its Doha hub for onward connections. The airline has been operating a limited schedule, as much of the region’s airspace has been affected by the ongoing war in Iran. “Due to the current situation in the region and the resulting disruption to flight operations, Qatar Airways has positioned some of its aircraft at selected airports outside Qatar,” the airline told the Financial Times. “This is a temporary measure, and the aircraft will be progressively returned to service as flight operations are restored to normal levels,” it added. The move comes as US-Israeli strikes against Iran enter their fourth week, with Tehran retaliating with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting US military assets. The strikes began on Feb. 28 and have reportedly killed some 1,300 people, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/qatar-airways-relocates-wide-body-aircraft-to-spain-amid-gulf-disruption/3875384 CALENDAR OF EVENTS . CANSO Global Safety Conference 2026 - 29 March – 1 April 2026 (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) . 60th Annual SMU Air Law Symposium - March 31 - April 1, 2026 (Irving, TX) . 2026 ACSF Safety Symposium; April 7-9, 2026; ERAU Daytona Beach, FL . 2026 NBAA Maintenance Conference; May 5-7, 2026; New Orleans, LA . World Aviation Training Summit - 5-7 May 2026 - Orlando . BASS 2026 - 71st Business Aviation Safety Summit - May 5-6, 2026 | Provo, Utah . The African Aviation Safety & Operations Summit - May 19-20 | Johannesburg, South Africa . Safeskies Australia - Australia’s renowned Aviation Safety Conference - Canberra Australia 20 and 21 May 2026 : APSCON/APSCON Unmanned 2026 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL - July 13-17, 2026 : Aircraft Cabin Air International Conference - 22-23 September 2026 . IATA World Maintenance & Engineering Symposium (23-25 June, Madrid, Spain) . 2026 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) Oct. 20-22, 2026 | Las Vegas, NV Curt Lewis