Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 Crashes into Java Sea

Authorities fear none of 189 on board survived
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First AW169 Crash Kills Five

Kills Thai Billionaire, Four Others
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Pilatus Dedicates Completions Center in Broomfield

The facility will house completions activities for both the PC-12 NG and PC-24, in addition to spares and administrative offices.
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NBAA Study: Single Pilot Ops Lead in Accidents

Approximately 2,013 of the 7,457 accidents studied were attributable to aircraft with a flight crew of one.
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Pilot Error Deemed Likely Cause of Near Disaster at SFO

NTSB says crew didn’t know of runway closure as they tried to land on taxiway
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NTSB: Crew in Falcon 50 Crash Not Qualified

Both pilots died in the accident and the two passengers suffered critical injuries.
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Accidents: October 2018

Preliminary and final reports
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Regulators Mandate More Inspections for 737NG Fan Blades

New ADs from the FAA and EASA require that CFM56-7B fan-blade repetitive-inspection intervals be cut from 3,000 cycles to 1,600
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Crew Killed in Falcon 50 Overrun at GMU

The trijet went down a nearly 40-foot drop-off and through a perimeter fence before coming to rest across a road, with the nose severed from the fuselage.
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Airbus A330-900 Gains EASA Certification

First delivery to launch customer TAP Air Portugal expected next month
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Russia Modernizes Syrian Defenses in the Wake of Il-20 Shootdown

The unintentional shootdown of a Russian spyplane highighted the inability of Syria's air defenses to identify aircraft during an air raid scenario
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GIV Aligns To Land on Taxiway, Narrowly Misses Airliner

At the time of the approach, the Runway 35 runway end identifier lights and the precision approach path indicator lights were out of service.
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NTSB Probes Uncontained Engine Failure Aboard Delta 757

No injuries reported as crew returns aircraft to Atlanta
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Aviaa Signs Patriots Jet as UPRT Partner

Patriots Jet Team provides full-envelope UPRT training in Sabreliner 60 jets.
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Accidents: September 2018

Preliminary and final reports
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EASA Reports Zero Bizjet Accidents in 2017

Over the preceding 10 years large business jets had the lowest mean number of fatal accidents in Europe.
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Utah Man Crashes CitationJet into Home Following Arrest

Duane Youd flew his employer’s jet into his house hours after being arrested for domestic assault in the second apparent suicide-by-airplane in four days.
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NTSB Issues Recommendations on Low-level Turbulence

Recommendations intended to improve its reporting of low-level turbulence and the training of NWS forecasters.
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Horizon Airlines Worker Steals, Later Crashes Q400

Richard Russell stole a parked regional airliner Friday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and flew more than an hour before crashing.
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France Continues Judicial Probe into MH370 Disappearance

Final safety investigation report released by Malaysian government last month.
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Accidents: August 2018

Preliminary and final reports.
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All Survive Aeromexico E190 Crash

Pilot tried to abort takeoff during hailstorm when gust of wind forced airplane to the ground
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Manual Inputs Likely Changed MH370 Flight Path: Report

Lack of evidence precludes definitive conclusion about cause of disappearance, however
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Rare de Havilland Venom Destroyed, Pilot Killed

Was Participating in Pre-Oshkosh Clinic
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Farnborough Celebrates its Own Anniversary

Few know the breadth and depth of Farnborough's aerospace heritage, which is where FAST comes in.
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Flight Tracking Industry Set To Evolve Rapidly

More than four years since MH370 disappeared, ICAO’s 15-minute normal tracking interval mandate goes into effect on November 8.
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Crash Ends USAF Flying Evaluation of Light Attack Aircraft

An Embraer Super Tucano and one of two crew were lost.
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Accidents: July 2018

Preliminary and fatal reports
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First Half U.S. Turbine Accident Fatalities Decline

The U.S. bizjet fleet saw just one fatal accident through the first six months of 2018..
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Accidents: June 2018

Preliminary and final reports