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Pilot error or ATC bungle?
Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:00:00
DGCA investigators are highly skilled at solving the mystery of plane crashes. But with Air India Express Flight IX-812, they are tackling a different puzzle: What went wrong to cause the pilot to overshoot the runway by as much as 1,500 feet? (118 clicks)
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Hudson divers seek 2 victims, hope to raise plane
Monday, August 10, 2009 17:00:00
HOBOKEN, N.J. – Divers hope to pull a plane out of the Hudson River on Monday, but their first priority is to recover the bodies of two remaining victims of the air collision that killed nine people, a chief investigator said. (428 clicks)
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Divers to resume Hudson search in midair collision
Monday, August 10, 2009 15:00:00
HOBOKEN, N.J. – While families and friends mourn the loss of loved ones in a midair collision over the Hudson River, divers return to the murky waters Monday to resume their search for bodies and wreckage. (451 clicks)
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Black Boxes From Iranian Air Crash Found
Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:00:00
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Investigators said Thursday they had found two of the three flight data recorders that were on board the Iranian passenger plane that crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday. (290 clicks)
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Iranian Tu-154M crash kills 168
Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:00:00
A Caspian Airlines Tu-154M crashed yesterday morning shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 156 passengers and 12 crew onboard in the fourth major fatal commercial accident this year and the third in just a little over six weeks. (251 clicks)
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Air France Investigation Enters Next Phase
Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:00:00
Multiple submarines remain in the search for sunken debris, but they will no longer be actively listening for emergency signals from the recorders aboard Air France Flight 447. (318 clicks)
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Airshow Performer Clanton, Racer Miller Killed In Crashes
Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:00:00
It's been a tough week for performance pilots. Chandy Clanton, three-time member of the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team and several time EAA AirVenture Oshkosh performer, was killed Friday in her Edge 540 ahead of the Wingnuts Flying Circus in Tarkio, Mo. She was 36 years old. (284 clicks)
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NTSB Releases Probable Cause Of Fossett Crash -- Downdraft
Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:00:00
The NTSB has determined downdrafts were the probable cause of the fatal September 3, 2007, crash near Mammoth Lakes, Calif., of a Bellanca 8KCAB-180 piloted by Steve Fossett. The Board determined the aircraft inadvertently encountered descending air that exceeded the climb capabilities of the Bellanca, which was flying over mountainous terrain at a high density altitude. (235 clicks)
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Trislander Throws Blade, Loses Door In Flight
Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:00:00
It was like an explosion going off inside the plane, a passenger of a Great Barrier Airlines Trislander told the New Zealand Herald, after the aircraft's right engine threw at least one blade into the side of the aircraft as it carried 11, with an empty seat in the cabin ... where the blade hit. (296 clicks)
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Trans-Atlantic flight lands safely after pilot dies
Friday, June 19, 2009 08:28:00
(AFP) - A Continental passenger plane en route from Brussels to New York landed safely at Newark airport Thursday after the pilot died during the flight in a rare mid-air drama, officials said. (324 clicks)
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Indonesia Says Crashed Plane Passed Flight Test
Thursday, May 21, 2009 15:42:00
MAGETAN,KOMPAS.com-Indonesia’s military insisted Thursday that a C-130 Hercules plane that crashed and killed nearly 100 people was in good condition, passing a flight test the day before it nose-dived into a village and erupted in flames. (226 clicks)
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98 Died on Madiun Plane Accident
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 18:37:00
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Air force spokesman Bambang Sulistyo said the number of victims of C-130 Hercules crash accident in Madiun increased to 98 persons as of Wednesday at 15.45. (194 clicks)
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Hitting Houses, C-130 Bursts into Flames
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 08:58:00
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - An Indonesian Air Force C-130 plane hit several houses before strucking a rice field in flames in Nggeplak village, Magetan regency, East Java, at 06.30 a.m., Wednesday. The plane was on flight from Halim Perdanakusumah air force base, Jakarta to Iswahyudi air force base, Madiun. (209 clicks)
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Indonesia's Transportation Manager Wants Flight Black Box Information Barred from Use in Criminal Co
Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:00:00
(5/9/2009) Indonesia's Minister of Transportation, Jusman Syafii Djamal, has joined the debate set off by a strike threat by Indonesian pilots unhappy with the use of cockpit voice recorders (CVR) and flight data recorders (FDR) in the recent manslaughter conviction of a Garuda pilot. (295 clicks)
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Two killed in FedEx plane crash at Tokyo airport
Monday, March 23, 2009 14:34:00
A FedEx cargo plane en route from China crashed in high winds and exploded in a ball of flames Monday at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing both pilots, officials said. (196 clicks)
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FAA: Children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash
Monday, March 23, 2009 07:00:00
BUTTE, Mont. – A small plane crashed Sunday as it approached an airport in Montana, killing 17 people, including several children, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said. (208 clicks)
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Close call with plane after driving lesson on runway
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:00:00
The Philippines' top aviation official has been suspended after his son nearly collided with a commercial plane while giving his girlfriend driving lessons on the runway, the government said Tuesday. (210 clicks)
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Jet slides off Indon runway
Monday, March 09, 2009 19:34:00
JAKARTA - AN INDONESIAN passenger jet skidded off the runway on landing in heavy rain at Jakarta's main airport on Monday but no one was injured, an airport official said. (224 clicks)
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Gear collapses on CT
Friday, March 06, 2009 12:00:00
This March 2007 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. (210 clicks)
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Dutch Safety Board: Malfunctioning altimeter caused THY 737 autopilot to decelerate
Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:00:00
A malfunctioning altimeter caused the autopilot system on the Turkish Airlines 737-800 that crashed last week on approach to Amsterdam to reduce power prematurely, and by the time the pilots reacted it was too late to recover the flight, Dutch Safety Board Chairman Pieter van Vollenhoven said yesterday. (163 clicks)
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Qantas suffers fuel system problems on all three A380s
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:00:01
Qantas was forced to withdraw its three A380s from service Monday because of unrelated fuel system problems that came after what had been described as the best entry into service of any aircraft with Australia's national airline. (187 clicks)
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Damaged landing gear leads to wheels-up landing
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 12:00:00
This March 2007 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. (175 clicks)
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NTSB issues preliminary report on REMOS accident
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 12:00:00
On January 25th a REMOS GX Aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff during the LSA Expo at Sebring, Florida. There was one fatality and the pilot was injured seriously. (211 clicks)
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Indonesian Air Space: an Increasing Safer Place to Fly
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 12:00:00
Measured in terms of passenger fatalities, Indonesian skies are becoming an increasing -safer place.
The last fatal air incident was the crash landing of a Garuda B737-300 at Yogyakarta's Adi Sucipto Airport on March 7, 2007 in which 22 passengers died. That's nearly two-years of fatality-free flying. (183 clicks)
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Unfortunate Coincidence for Indonesian Aviation
Saturday, February 28, 2009 12:00:00
On the very same day that an aviation safety team from the European Union arrived in Jakarta to review whether it is finally time to lift the blacklisting of Indonesian registered aircraft from flying over EU airspace a Lion Air MD-90 performed a crash-landing on Batam island, minus it nose gear wheel. (239 clicks)
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THY 737-800 investigation focuses on sudden drop
Friday, February 27, 2009 12:00:01
Turkish Airlines defended the maintenance record of the 737-800 that crashed on approach to Amsterdam Schiphol on Feb. 25, while Dutch investigators focused on whether the aircraft's sudden drop into a field suggested possible engine trouble. (155 clicks)
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172 crashes after running out of fuel
Friday, February 27, 2009 12:00:01
This March 2007 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. (119 clicks)
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Turkish Airlines 737-800 crashes on approach to Schiphol, killing nine
Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:00:00
A Turkish Airlines 737-800 carrying 127 passengers and seven crew en route from Istanbul Ataturk to Amsterdam Schiphol crashed into a field while on final approach a few hundred m. short of the runway threshold yesterday, killing at least nine people including the cockpit crew and a third pilot who may have been in training.
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ANZ protests release of 'partial' A320 accident report
Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:00:00
Air New Zealand is concerned that France's Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses released its 53-page interim report on the November A320 crash to the media before it was provided to the airline, in addition to the fact that ANZ has not been given access to either the CVR or the FDR. (163 clicks)
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ANZ A320 crashed during low-speed check; BEA calls for new regulations
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:00:00
The Air New Zealand A320 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea during a Nov. 27 test flight conducted by XL Airways pilots was in the midst of a low-speed test conducted on approach to Perpignan when the cockpit crew lost control, according to a preliminary report issued yesterday by French investigators that raised questions about the test's timing and recommended that EASA develop regulations for acceptance flights. (322 clicks)
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Airliner’s hard landing at Indonesian island probed
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:00:00
An Indonesian airliner was forced to land without its front gear but all 156 passengers survived, officials said yesterday, in the latest blot on the country’s poor air safety record. (159 clicks)
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Turkish airliner crashes at Schiphol in Amsterdam
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 07:00:00
AMSTERDAM, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A Turkish Airlines (THYAO.IS) passenger plane with 134 people aboard crashed in light fog while trying to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, and Dutch television said 5 people had been killed. (245 clicks)
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NASA satellite plummets into ocean before reaching orbit
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 06:35:00
Washington (ANTARA News) - A US satellite to monitor global carbon dioxide emissions plummeted into the ocean near Antarctica Tuesday after failing to reach orbit, NASA said, calling it a major disappointment for climate science. (131 clicks)
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Bandara Hang Nadim Dibuka Kembali
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:28:00
BATAM--MI: Bandara Hang Nadim Batam dibuka kembali, Selasa (24/2) pagi, setelah sempat ditutup akibat badan pesawat Lion Air yang kecelakaan menghalangi landasan pacu. (359 clicks)
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Lion Air yang Mendarat Darurat Dievakuasi
Monday, February 23, 2009 23:58:00
BATAM--MI: Pesawat Lion Air nomor penerbangan JT 972 yang mendarat darurat di Bandara Hang Nadim Batam dievakuasi oleh tim bandara pada Senin (23/2) malam. (452 clicks)
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Lion Air Mendarat darurat di Bandara Hang Nadim Batam
Monday, February 23, 2009 21:07:00
JAKARTA--MI: Pesawat MD Lion Air tujuan Medan-Batam-Surabaya mendarat darurat di Bandara Hang Nadim Batam, Senin (23/2) petang. (408 clicks)
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Pilot Garuda Dituntut Empat Tahun Penjara
Monday, February 23, 2009 13:40:00
YOGYAKARTA--MI: Kapten pilot Muhammad Marwoto bin Komar, terdakwa kasus kecelakaan pesawat Garuda dengan nomor penerbangan GA-200 jurusan Jakarta-Yogyakarta di Bandara Adisutjipto Yogyakarta pada 7 Maret 2007 lalu, dituntut hukuman penjara selama empat tahun. (379 clicks)
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14 Tewas dalam Kecelakaan Helikopter di Chile
Monday, February 16, 2009 10:07:00
SANTIAGO--MI: 14 orang tewas ketika helikopter yang mereka naiki jatuh di satu wilayah di bagian selatan-tengah Chile, tempat pemerintah sedang berjuang menanggulangi kebakaran hutan, Minggu (14/2) waktu setempat. (192 clicks)
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Sebelum Jatuh Terjadi Penumpukan Es di Sayap Pesawat
Saturday, February 14, 2009 19:59:00
NEW YORK,SABTU-Kru pesawat penumpang yang jatuh di negara bagian New York, Amerika Serikat melihat penumpukan es pada sayap sebelum insiden yang menewaskan 49 orang tersebut. (324 clicks)
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Sebelum Kecelakaan Awak Pesawat Bicarakan soal Tumpukan Es Tebal
Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:27:00
BUFFALO--MI: Awak pesawat Continental Connection dengan nomor penerbangan 3407 berbicara mengenai 'penumpukan salju tebal' tak lama sebelum pesawat itu menukik dan menabrak satu rumah, sehingga menewaskan seluruh 49 orang di dalamnya dan 1 orang di dalam rumah tersebut, Kamis (12/2), demikian keterangan pemerintah, Jumat (13/2). (283 clicks)
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