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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Disasters In Air: A Tale Of 3 Avoidable Crashes

A “real” unavoidable disaster occurred on March 5, 1966 in Japan when a BOAC Boeing 707, soon after take-off, “broke up after encountering an abnormally strong gust of wind that ge...

Pilot’s Accidental Fuel Shutoff Caused OA-1K Skyraider II Crash

The Accident Investigation Board found that a trainee OA-1K pilot inadvertently shut off fuel, with task saturation, communication issues and crew resource management shortcomings...

Faulty Part in UPS Plane Crash Was Often Overlooked, Witnesses Say

Investigators suggested that infrequent maintenance requirements, among other issues, appeared to contribute to the faulty part that caused the crash, which killed 15 people last y...

NetJets Cessna 680 Citation Latitude executive jet crashes on Texas highway 

A Cessna 680 Citation Latitude executive jet (registration N523QS) operated by NetJets crashed on the Loop 20 highway,… The post NetJets Cessna 680 Citation Latitude executive jet...

Pilot error seen as likely cause of light aircraft crash near Moscow

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency classified the incident as an air catastrophe

Court finds Air France, Airbus guilty of manslaughter in 2009 crash

The Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of manslaughter in the 2009 crash of flight AF447, which killed all 228 people on board, reported Xinhua....

Final report into Avalon Airshow crash handed down by ATSB

Released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau on Tuesday, the report found that during the aerobatics performance, the low nose altitude during a triple avalanche manoeuvre li...

French court convicts Air France, Airbus in 2009 Rio-Paris crash that killed 228

A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 crash… The post French court convicts Air France, Airbus in 2009 Rio-Paris cras...

Investigators provide update on anniversary of Southend Airport crash tragedy

Investigators at the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) have provided an update on the anniversary of the London… The post Investigators provide update on anniversary of Sou...

AIB Ghana blames engine failure, poor maintenance for fatal Tema microlight crash

The Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIB Ghana) has attributed the fatal microlight aircraft crash at Tema, which claimed two lives, to engine fa...

Air France and Airbus held guilty over deadly 2009 Atlantic flight disaster

Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of manslaughter by a Paris appeals court for the 2009 crash of Flight 447, which killed all 228 people on board. The court overturned a...

Aviation attorney says NTSB report, analysis will determine cause of Butler skydiving plane crash

He says the Butler crash involved a skydiving operation which is among the highest risk aviation activities that we see.

Two U.S. Air Force KC-135s Damaged During Towing Accident At RAF Mildenhall

The port-side horizontal stabilizer of one KC-135 clipped the starboard-side stabilizer of another tanker parked nearby. The U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker fleet continues to be plagued...

Bahamas’ Flamingo Air grounded after accident

The Civil Aviation Authority Bahamas (CAA-B) has suspended the air operator’s certificate (AOC) of Flamingo Air (Freeport International), following a fatal Cessna 402 crash on July...

Ugh: Boeing 737 Crashes In Arabian Sea, Plunges 35,000 Feet In Two Minutes

Late on Tuesday night, a Boeing 737 crashed into the Arabian Sea. There’s no such thing as a straightforward aviation accident, and the circumstances surrounding this are particula...

AvTalk Episode 376: Transferring that risk elsewhere

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, airspace safety and efficiency take center stage as the NTSB begins an investigation into a close call in Boston. The US Coast Guard says changes...

French Court Says Air France and Airbus Are Guilty in 2009 Crash Case

An appeals court in Paris said the airline and airplane manufacturer were guilty of involuntary manslaughter for their role in a plane crash over the Atlantic Ocean.

Air France and Airbus guilty of manslaughter over plane crash that killed 228

Pilots killed in Gulfstream G200 crash in Dominican Republic

Two pilots were killed after a US-registered Gulfstream G200 crashed while attempting an emergency landing at La Romana… The post Pilots killed in Gulfstream G200 crash in Dominica...

AvTalk Episode 371: “So that started this on the wrong trajectory to begin with”

On this episode of AvTalk, we follow the NTSB’s thread as the agency holds two days of investigative hearings on the crash of UPS flight 2976, the MD-11 that crashed in Louisville...

There have been 4 major plane crashes in the US in 4 days. What is going on?

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — It’s been a tragic week for aviation as two military jets, a skydiving plane and a charter jet crashed over the course of just four days...

Air France & Airbus Found Guilty Of Corporate Manslaughter Over 2009 AF447 Crash

A French Appeals Court has ruled that Air France & Airbus are guilty of corporate manslaughter in the case of the 2009 crash of Air France flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to P...

Aircraft 'fell almost vertically,' killing 11 and barely missing a neighborhood

FATAL FLIGHT Aircraft 'fell almost vertically,' killing 11 and barely missing a... Aircraft 'fell almost vertically,' killing 11 and barely missing a neighborhood

Air France and Airbus found guilty of corporate manslaughter over Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228

The decision follows a 17-year involving two of France’s biggest companies