Accidents

The decision by the Mexican offshore transport provider came after several months of system evaluations.

The organization, founded in 2013 to reduce the incidence of rotorcraft accidents, has a full schedule of safety programming at Heli-Expo 2018

Search for bodies, FDR, and CVR suspended due to harsh weather

How did aviation organizations and individuals in the industry work together to improve takeoff and landing assessments for pilots?

The first two will delivered in August.

An authoritative new book on the loss of the space shuttle in 2003, focuses on the recovery of the crew and the debris.

Aging turboprop carried 66 people on flight destined for Yasuj from Tehran

Investigators point to ice accumulation in pitot tubes

Learjet 35A that crashed on circling approach at Teterboro Airport wasn't authorized to be flown by copilot under company rules.

After apparently blowing a tire on takeoff, the Republic of Korea Air Force T-50 veered off the runway.

Preliminary and final reports

The heicopter was being flown to film for a morning show.

Among the deceased was Robert Bennett, treasurer-general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe.

The vibration initiated at 92 percent Nr excited the main rotor scissors mode—the adjacent blades were moving together and apart in a scissors motion.

First phase of new contract calls for U.S. company to search 9,600-square-mile area on seventh arc

Crews rescue 168 aboard Boeing 737-800 after near jet nearly plunges into Black Sea

Pilots did not consider go-around, TSB report found.

However, fatal accidents involving non-U.S.-registered business jets doubled from two in 2016 to four last year.

Preliminary and final reports

The New Year's Eve accident claimed the lives of 10 Americans and two crew members when the turboprop went down shortly after takeoff.

The aircraft, stricken for high G stress after crossing into wake turbulence, was bought by a German operator to support its own fleet of Challengers 604s.

The light jet, one of two owned by Austrian charter provider Skytaxi Luftfahrt went down in poor weather conditions while on approach to Friedrichshafen.

Large numbers of geese were reported in the area at the time of the crash, and eyewitnesses reported seeing the helicopter spin before impact.

The crew and passengers are believed to have evacuated before the helicopter sunk.

Last year, the GA fatal accident rate was 0.989 per 100,000 flight hours versus 1.098 in 2015.

The Royal Norwegian Air Force AW101s will operate the new helicopters, which are replacing Sikorsky Sea Kings currently in service.

UAE keen to put bad year for flight safety in 2016 behind it

Premliminary, and final reports

The attached charts show how the business aviation accident stats compare to those for the airlines.

EASA scrutinizing issue as part of broader risk-reduction focus.