Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Search Crews Find CVR from Doomed Atlas Air 767

The NTSB has sent the airplane’s cockpit voice recorder to Washington, D.C., for analysis.
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Atlas Air 767 Entered Steep Dive Before Impact with Texas Bay

A low tide has hampered efforts to recover the FDR and CVR from the Boeing 767-300ER freighter that crashed Saturday near Houston.
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EMS Helo Crashes after Other Companies Decline Flight

All three crew killed in crash of Survival Flight Bell 407 in Ohio.
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Accidents: February 2019

Preliminary, final and factual reports
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NTSB Labors To Catch Up in Aftermath of Shutdown

The NTSB stopped work on more than 1,900 ongoing transportation accident investigations during the 35-day-long partial U.S. government shutdown.
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Search Resumes for CVR from Doomed Lion Air 737

Indonesian Navy deploys a survey ship as the recorder’s locator beacon approaches the end of its service life.
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Accidents: January 2019

Preliminary, final and factual reports
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EASA Confirms Sharp Increase In 2018 Airliner Fatalities

Last year the airline industry recorded the most number of deaths since 2015.
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Chinese Entrepreneur Dies in Atlanta Crash

The crash remains under investigation.
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AW139 Crashes After Hitting Zipline in UAE, Crew Killed

A SAR AW139 crashed after hitting a zipline on the UAE's highest peak enroute to pick up an injured patient.
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Experimental Aircraft Fatalities Continue Descent

Lowering fatal accidents in experimental-category aircraft is key to growing participation in aviation, EAA official said.
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Atlanta Citation Accident Under Investigation

Among the victims was the first Chinese aviator to circumnavigate the globe.
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IATA Sees Role for the Association in Accident Investigations

The airline industry has registered 517 accident fatalities so far in 2018.
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Tail Rotor System Failure Led To LOC In AW169 Crash

The UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch focuses on overtorqued nut while EASA issues another emergency AD.
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Blog: Air India’s Near Disaster Should Be Wake Up Call for U.S.

Although one incident is not enough to indict an entire system, it should prompt a look at the U.S.'s oversight of foreign airlines.
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Accidents: December 2018

AIN looks at recent business aviation accidents
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Boeing CEO Blasts Media in Internal Memo on Crash Response

Muilenburg claims that ‘speculation’ has introduced false assumptions.
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Trump's Private Jet Suffers LGA Mishap

The Boeing 757 had its wing clipped by a taxiing private jet on Weds. morning.
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Report on Lion Air Flight 610 Raises More Questions

Logs indicate that mechanics replaced suspect AOA sensor on October 27 but associated control problems continued.
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Indonesia Seeks To Toughen Rules on Contracting Foreign Pilots

Indonesia's review follows last month’s Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 crash
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Personal Helicopter Flying Posts Highest Accident Rate

The USHST reports that the overall accident rate is declining.
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Crashed AW169 Failed To Respond To Pedal Inputs

UK's AAIB released the preliminary report on the AW169 crash.
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Boeing Guidance on 737 Max Stall Protection System Under Fire

The company’s training material did not include information on the maneuvering characteristics augmentation system.
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Indonesian Airlines Draw More Scrutiny in Wake of Latest Crash

New safety audit of all the country’s airlines planned for December
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Boeing Warns of Faulty Angle of Attack Inputs on 737 Max

Lion Air crash investigators find erroneous input from AOA sensor during Flight 610
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Emergency AD Addresses Faulty Sensors in Boeing 737 Max

The FAA directed operators to revise manuals to include new procedures for reacting to faulty angle-of-attack inputs.
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Lion Air Crash Investigators Probe Faulty Airspeed Readings

Authorities yet to determine any connection between instrument anomalies and crash
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Accidents: November 2018

Preliminary, factual, and final reports
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Two Dead In NY Powerline Copter Crash

The crew was forced to jump for their lives
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Indonesia Orders Inspections of Boeing Max 8s

Directive stems from October 29 crash of Lion Air Flight JT 610