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• Flight Death Statistics

  
  I Luv SA — Authority: 497
  By: Lavana James South African aviation authorities are bringing new innovative methods to the table in an effort to spare the industry another killer month. The sector got some really bad press in October, with seventeen accidents claiming close on thirty deaths, making it the deadliest month for aviation in South ...
  3 days ago

• Video - Beechcraft Bonanza Close Call with Terrain

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  I just found this video on YouTube. According to the YouTube user, a Beechcraft Bonanza took of June 10th, 2009 to videotape a friend flying an Aero L-39 Albatros. Due to bad weather with low visibility, the Bonanza came very close to terrain. How close it really was, you can see on the damage of the plane in the end ...
  1 week ago

• Winner: Most interesting air force press release

  
  The DEW Line — Authority: 581
  A thousand bonus points to the South African Air Force for managing to write this news release with an exclamation point and a hint of humor: Astra lands minus passenger By Dean Wingrin In a highly unusual incident, a SAAF Astra training aircraft landed with one person less than which it took off! ...
  1 week ago

• Graphic Video Highlights Dangers of Inadvertent VFR into IMC

  
  Max Trescott on General Aviation — Authority: 482
  Today on the Golf Hotel Whiskey blog , I saw one of the mostchilling flying videos I’ve ever viewed. It’s a graphic example of whyinadvertent VFR into IMC is the most dangerous accident type. Statistically, ifa pilot inadvertently flies into a cloud and subsequently has an accident, 90%of the time one or more ...
  2 weeks ago

• Northwest pilots say they were distracted by laptops – washingtonpost.com

  
  popular logistics — Authority: 121
  The Washington Post has this report by Sholnn Freeman on the Northwest Pilots who missed their destination by about 150 miles. The plane was also out of contact (that is, not responding to radio hails for over an hour.  Northwest pilots say they were distracted by laptops . Interestingly, the pilots dont allege ...
  2 weeks ago

• Airspeed Safety Stand-Down: The Kranz Dictum

  
  Airspeed — Authority: 400
  Subscribe to Airspeed through iTunes or your favorite other podcatcher. Its all free! These are the show notes to an audio episode. If you want to listen online, please use the direct link below. http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/AirspeedKranz.mp3 . On Friday, 27 January 1967, a fire destroyed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Compressor stall…in the worst case scenario (part 2)

  
  David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog — Authority: 418
  In the previous post “ Compressor stall…in the worst case scenario ” I explained what a compressor stall (or surge) basing on a picture I took aboard USS Nimitz. I uploaded an image within that post that I created by merging two pictures I took one after the other. Since that picture provided a view of the last ...
  2 weeks ago

• 2nd Sikorsky chopper problem flagged

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 507
  The European Aviation Safety Agency issued an emergency airworthiness directive Friday about the Sikorsky S-92 — the type of helicopter used by Newfoundland and Labradors offshore oil industry — saying cracks have been found that could lead to loss of co
  2 weeks ago

• Pilots Forget to Land - Northwest Plane Overshoots Destination

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  It sounds like a bad joke: Northwest Airlines flight 188 from San Diego (KSAN) to Minneapolis (KMSP) overshot its intended destination by 150 miles on Wednesday evening. What happened in that cockpit? The pilots say they “lost situational awareness” while arguing about airline policy. The immediate suspicion is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Northwest pilots lose situational awareness, overfly destination

  
  Aircrew Buzz — Authority: 458
  by B. N. Sullivan The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating an incident in which a Northwest Airlines A320 aircraft overflew its destination by approximately 150 miles. The two pilots attributed the incident to a loss of situational awareness due to engaging in a heated discussion, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Compressor stall…in the worst case scenario

  
  David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog — Authority: 418
  “A compressor stall is a situation of abnormal airflow resulting from a stall of the aerofoils within the compressor. Stall is found in dynamic compressors, particularly axial compressors, as used in jet engines and turbochargers for reciprocating engines. Compressor stalls result in a loss of compressor ...
  2 weeks ago

• NTSB investigating Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 taxiway landing at Atlanta

  
  Aircrew Buzz — Authority: 458
  by B. N. Sullivan Yesterday, the Web was abuzz with rumors about a Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 that had mistakenly landed on a taxiway at Atlantas Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). Word of this incident generated a lot of chatter on Twitter and aviation message boards, although the details were ...
  3 weeks ago

• Boeing 707 Crashed in Sharjah United Arab Emirates

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  Today a Sudan Airways Boeing 707-300 cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off from Sharjah Airport (SHJ/OMSJ), United Arab Emirates. The Boeing was leased from AZZA Transport and operated as flight SUD2241, bound for Khartoum (KRT/HSSS), Sudan. The plane crashed near a road, broke up and burned. No one of the 6 crew ...
  3 weeks ago

• FAA Proposes Fine Against US Airways and United Airlines

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today proposed fines against US Airways and United Airlines because of violating maintenance procedures and operating airplanes in unsafe conditions. US Airways is fined a $5.4 million civil penalty for allegedly operating eight aircraft on a total of 1,647 flights from ...
  4 weeks ago

• EU Incompetence Threatens Air Safety, International Air Engineers Warn

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 650
  Air safety in Europe is threatened by European Transport Commission incompetence and the drive to make airlines profitable at the expense of safety, an international association of air engineers has warned. In a press release issued to mark the 37th annual conference of the Air Engineers International (AEI) ...
  4 weeks ago

• Malaysia Airlines B737 Gear Collapse at Kuching

  
  Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog — Authority: 118
  Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-400 9M-MMR sustained substantial damage as the left main gear collapsed at the gate at Kuching (KCH), Malaysia. The wing was punctured by the undercarriage leg and the left engine contacted the ground. More photos at http://www.miricommunity.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24588 ...
  5 weeks ago

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