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Egyptair Accident Update Puts To Rest Sudden Explosion Theory

Egyptian authorities report radar images confirm airplane turned left and then 360 degrees right before starting descent into Mediterranean

Accidents: June 2016

Preliminary, final and factual reports

EASA Grounds Airbus AS332 L2/EC225 LP Fleet

Investigators have found a fatigue failure in the main gearbox of the H225 (EC225 LP) that crashed near Bergen, Norway, in April.

AIBN, Airbus Helicopters Zero In on H225 Crash Cause

Lift-strut attachment is suspect number one, according to airframer.

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Piaggio UAS Prototype Crashes, Financial Picture Fuzzy

Crash of its P.1HH Hammerhead UAS on May 31 did not cause casualties or damage to maritime craft.

Smoke Detected in EgyptAir A320 Before Crash

ACARS data indicates several malfunctions in quick succession

Wreckage of Missing Egyptair A320 Found

Debris located 180 miles north of Alexandria

Missing Egyptair Airbus A320 Presumed Destroyed

Search teams deployed in Mediterranean Sea

AIN Blog: Risky Business (Animals in Airplanes)

Were an unrestrained dog and two cats a factor in an aircraft accident?

EASA Issues Emergency AD for Airbus Helicopters H225

Norwegian investigators rule out “human error on board."

Accidents: May 2016

Preliminary, final and factual reports

Hawker Crash CVR: FO Had Difficulty Flying IFR Approach

All nine persons aboard died when the jet crashed into an apartment building two miles from Ohio's Akron Fulton International Airport.

Pilot Incapacitation Preceded TBM 700 Landing Accident

Both the pilot and passenger were not injured in the Dec. 15, 2015 accident, but the aircraft was substantially damaged.

Icon Answers Contract Critics; First Deliveries Next Month

Serial Number 1 may be out there, but Icon knows the real customers are just about to see their airplanes.

AAIB: GIII Pilots Mistook Edge Lights for Centerline

Reduced visibility in nighttime foggy conditions led the flight crew to line up along right edge of runway.

Fatal CJ Crash Mars First Quarter Bizjet Accident Data

However, the number of non-fatal accidents of N-numbered business jets has improved significantly this year, decreasing by 87.5 percent.

Accidents: April 2016

Preliminary, final and factual reports

Australia Confirms Mozambique Debris Came from MH370

Pieces consistent with Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777

Brazil Questions Experimental Fleet After CA-9 Crash

The all-composite CA-9, tail number PR-ZRA, was registered as experimental, as are some 6,400 of Brazil's 18,400 general aviation aircraft.

AAIB: Poor Monitoring, CRM Led To Fatal Helo Ditching

According to the AAIB, the helicopter’s decreasing airspeed went unnoticed by the pilots until the helicopter was in a critically low-energy state.

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