Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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Heliservicio Selects Traxxall for Mx Tracking

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

February 27, 2018

USHST Offering Sage Safety Advice During Heli-Expo

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

February 27, 2018

Episode 11: Takeoff and Landing Assessments, Part 1

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

February 23, 2018

Iran Grounds Aseman Airlines' ATRs Following Crash

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

February 23, 2018

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AIN Blog: 15 Years Later, Columbia Disaster Revisited

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

February 20, 2018

Indonesia Places Firm Order for 11 Su-35 Multirole Fighters

The first two will delivered in August.

February 20, 2018

Search Continues for Wreckage of Iran Aseman ATR 72

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

February 19, 2018

Faulty Speed Readings Might Have Led to An-148 Crash

Investigators point to ice accumulation in pitot tubes

February 13, 2018

NTSB Docket: Copilot Flew Accident Leg, Against Policy

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

February 12, 2018

Black Eagles Jet Crashes on Takeoff, Pilot Safe

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

February 6, 2018

Accidents: February 2018

Preliminary and final reports

February 5, 2018

R44 Crashes Off Coast in Brazil

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

January 24, 2018

UH-1H Crash at Northern New Mexico Border Claims Five

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

January 19, 2018

NTSB: Severe Vibration Triggered Bell 525 Breakup

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.

January 17, 2018

U.S. Team Gets Ready To Launch New MH370 Search

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

January 15, 2018

All Safe Following Pegasus Runway Excursion

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

January 15, 2018

Unstable Approach Led to 2016 MU-2B Accident In Quebec

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

January 10, 2018

U.S. Bizjet Accident Fatalities Fall 62 Percent in 2017

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

January 8, 2018

Accidents: January 2018

Preliminary and final reports

January 3, 2018

Costa Rican Caravan Crash Claims 12

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

January 2, 2018

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