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Homeowner Survived Plane Crashing into Her Home
What: Superior Pallet Co. Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six Where: Jackson, Miss When: Nov 13, 2012, 5:00pm Who: 3 fatalities, 1 injured Why: Three people aboard the Piper that crashed in Jackson Mississippi died at the scene. When the plane struck their house, everything Loretta and Roosevelt Jamison owned, including two pets, went up in... »
Revisiting Ethiopia Flight 409
We’ve been studying Ethiopia Flight 409 for a while, and now that the official investigation Progress Report is out, we have looked at it with quite some interest. The 28 page report is attached as a pdf at the end of this editorial, so if you haven’t seen it yet, we have it handy–... »
Boeing Analyzes the Numbers Game
Commercial Aviation Accident Summary 1959-2008 582 Fatal accidents (36% of total) 1048 non-fatal accidents 1999-2008 91 fatal accidents (25% of total) 279 non-fatal accidents (75% of total) 57% of all aviation accidents occur while cruising 24% of accidents take place because of technical or human error while landing 12% of accidents take place on... »
CAPTAIN’S INAPPROPRIATE ACTIONS LED TO CRASH OF FLIGHT 3407 IN CLARENCE CENTER, NEW YORK, NTSB SAYS
NTSB PRESS RELEASE National Transportation Safety Board Washington, DC 20594 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 2, 2010 SB-10-02 CAPTAIN’S INAPPROPRIATE ACTIONS LED TO CRASH OF FLIGHT 3407 IN CLARENCE CENTER, NEW YORK, NTSB SAYS The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the captain of Colgan Air flight 3407 inappropriately responded to the activation of the... »
Ethiopian Crash Update
The wife to the French ambassador to Lebanon is confirmed to have been aboard Ethiopian Flight 409 that took off from Beirut and crashed within minutes in the Mediterranean sea. This BBC news report says 92 were aboard. Other sources claim 90. Reference in this video is made to people being pulled from the... »
Comair Crash: Kentucky 2006-Findings
Lexington: U.S. District Judge Karl Forester ruled that two pilots who took off on the wrong runway were negligent in the August 2006 Comair crash. A jury is deciding if punitive damages will apply. On August 27, 2006, about 0606:35 eastern daylight time, Comair flight 5191, a Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N431CA, crashed during takeoff from... »
Air Traffic Controllers Audio Released
Embedded video from CNN Video 4 Marine Corps officers have lost their jobs. 9 individuals are being disciplined. The audio is damning, but who does it damn? What: F/A-18 Military Jet from the carrier Abraham Lincoln landing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramir Where: San Diego neighborhood When: DEC 8 Who: the pilot, who... »
Tallahassee: Update on Plane Cockpit Fire
What: Delta Connection carrier Canadian Regional Jet 200 Flight 5563 Registration 830AS Destination Atlanta Where: Tallahassee Regional Airport When: 02/28/2009 Who: 47 passengers Why: At the Tallahassee Regional airport at the gate, the pilot reported a fire in the cockpit. Delta Cockpit Fire »
Update: Turkish Boeing Crash at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
Minutes before the Turkish Airlines Boeing crashed at at 10:26 am, a Northwest Airlines Boeing 757 landed, leaving behind a trail of “wake turbulence.” Just as a speedboat moving in water leaves a dramatic ripple of water, a jet leaves a deadly invisible “wake” behind. If this is indeed what happened to the Turkish... »
Emergency Services Major Incident 5 Fire Vehicles 2 Police and a Heavy Rescuee Unit
Santa Balloon mistaken for crashed plane in the UK. The downed plane turned out to be a “10 ft tall helium-filled Santa Claus balloon.” »
