A Couple of Airline Incidents This Week

Well, there have been a couple of interesting incidents this week. Fortunately, there weren't any fatalities or major injuries.

First, on Tuesday morning, an American Airlines flight arrived at the airline's hub in Dallas after a normal flight to Brazil. The Boeing 777 taxied to the gate, and then the plane rolled backwards, ripping a door off the airplane. American tells me that no one was hurt, which is great! The plane is out of service right now, but American tells me it could be flying later today depending on the repair work. And no other flights were affected by the plane leaving service. So overall pretty minor. But you can see some photos of the incident here over on the Star-Telegram's Sky Talk blog.

Below you'll find a video of an accident at Ottawa's airport. A United Express flight, operated by Trans States Airlines skidded off the runway. The flight, from United's hub at Washington's Dulles airport, was flown with an Embraer 145 aircraft. Two crew members sustained minor injuries - fortunately it wasn't worse.