Two Dead in Plane Crash Near Port Everglades

Two people were found deceased Saturday following a plane crash approximately one and a half miles south of Port Everglades. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector Miami received a call from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 10 a.m. Saturday, reporting a down Cessna 172 airplane, registered N6091E, roughly four miles south of Port Everglades with an … Read more

Update 2: Cal-Ore Life Flight Accident

REACH Air Medical Services and Cal-Ore Life Flight are in recovery mode after the July 29, 2016 loss of an airplane carrying three crew members and a patient. Communication was lost early Friday morning when the aircraft heading from Crescent City Airport to Oakland International Airport went off radar northeast of the Arcata, CA. Search … Read more

Update: Cal-Ore Life Flight Accident

REACH Air Medical Services and Cal-Ore Life Flight confirmed that an accident has occurred involving a Piper Cheyenne aircraft associated with Cal-Ore Life Flight’s Crescent City, CA  base. The plane departed at 00:29 AM PST from Crescent City Airport for Oakland International Airport with three crew members and a patient on board. “This is one … Read more

Medical Plane Vanishes Off California Coast

REACH Air Medical Services and Cal-Ore Life Flight confirmed that an incident has occurred involving a Piper Cheyenne aircraft associated with its Crescent City base. The plane departed from Crescent City Airport, Jack McNamara Field, for Oakland International Airport at approximately 00:29 AM PST today. The company said in a statement: “We lost communication with … Read more

Oman Air plane’s tyre bursts while landing

Oman Air confirmed that its flight WY707, flying from Muscat to Dar Es Salaam suffered, while landing at Dar Es Salaam International Airport in Tanzania on Saturday 16th July, burst in both nose wheel tires. (Image: FlightRadar24.com) The flight took off from Muscat at 1915 local time with 158 passengers and six crew on board. … Read more

Egyptair flight MS804 crash: black box confirms smoke on board

Data from the Flight Data Recorder recovered from EgyptAir Airbus A320 showed smoke alarms sounded on board, investigators say. The Airbus A320, which had 66 people aboard, crashed May 19 in the Mediterranean Sea on a flight from Paris to Cairo.  Egyptian investigators announced that following the successful download of the data of the Flight Data Recorder … Read more

TransAsia Flight 235 accident: Pilot errors led to fatal crash

The Aviation Safety Council (ASC) released its final report on investigation of a TransAsia Airways (TNA) ATR72-600 aircraft, registration number B-22816, loss of control and crashed into Keelung River three nautical miles east of Songshan Airport. On February 4, 2015, about 1054 Taipei Local Time, TransAsia Airways (TNA) flight GE 235, an ATR-GIE Avions de … Read more

ICAO: Regional Approach to Safety Important for Middle East Civil Aviation

Pointing to traffic growth and high levels of safety compliance in some States, ICAO’s Secretary General told delegates at  the Arab Civil Aviation Commission (ACAC)’s 23rd General Assembly that the Middle East Region is poised to demonstrate leadership in sustainable aviation, provided a regional approach to safety is developed and enhanced.  “Effective implementation of ICAO’s … Read more