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Companies plan to work cooperatively to provide with turnkey business aircraft solutions.

NTSB Docket on Bedford Accident Details Crew Actions

No explanations yet for the accident

Cheyenne Accident Claims Four Lives in Florida

The 1979 Cheyenne was destroyed in a post-crash fire at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.

Hawker 800 Catches Fire at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport

All six people on board escaped without injuries.

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NTSB Docket Reveals Cockpit Warning Before GIV Crash

NTSB releases 800 pages of documents surrounding last year's Gulfstream crash in Bedford, Mass.

Helicopter Crash Kills Two

The LongRanger was on a firefighting mission for the U.S. Forest Service.

Business Aviation Fatalities Down in First Quarter This Year

Fatalities in turbine business airplane accidents dropped 37 percent, to 17 in the first three months of this year from 27 in the same period last year.

Accidents: April 2015

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FDR Confirms Germanwings Co-pilot Set Autopilot For Crash

Information recovered from the A320's descent confirmed that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz set the autopilot for a fatal controlled flight into the French Alps.

Investigators Find Germanwings Flight Data Recorder

French prosecutor says A320 co-pilot was definitely conscious at the time of the crash.

Experts Expect Germanwings FDR Will Yield Useable Data

Locating the unit's memory module could present a bigger challenge

Lufthansa Insurers Prepare to Cover Germanwings Costs

Lufthansa's insurers have set aside $300 million to cover anticipated costs for the Germanwings costs as French prosecutors prepare a criminal case.

AIN Blog: Germanwings Tragedy Prompts Reflection on MH370 Loss

The fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is still unexplained, but questions have been raised as the role of its pilot-in-command, Captain Zahari.

AIN Blog: Bye-bye Medical Privacy

The recent Germanwings accident may have a profound and negative effect on pilot medical privacy.

AIN Blog: Response to Germanwings Tragedy Does Not Inspire Confidence

Stunned by the Germanwings crash, the air transport industry's response has not been coherent or convincing.

Pilot Unions Protest Germanwings Investigation Leaks

Pilot unions are unhappy that French prosecutors quickly pressed criminal charges after cockpit voice recorder contents were leaked to the media.

AIN Blog: Industry Confronts Ambiguity Over Cockpit Access

The Germanwings A320 crash has revealed inconsistency and uncertainty over cockpit access rules.

Prosecutor Says Germanwings Copilot Purposely Crashed A320

CVR recordings indicate copilot refused captain's re-entry into cockpit

Germanwings Copilot Set FMS for Fatal Descent

Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz, 27, is now the focus of the investigation

A320 Crash Investigators Retrieve CVR Audio File

Search continues for FDR in rugged terrain in French Alps

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