Safety
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40.6KFAA Proposes $435,000 Civil Penalty Against United Airlines
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $435,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for allegedly operating an aircraft...
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32.8KApproach Procedures, Visibility and Lighting Contributed to Air Canada Accident in Halifax
In its investigation report (A15H0002) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that the approach procedures, poor visibility and...
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61.0KNTSB Releases Preliminary Report on ICON A5 Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report regarding last week’s fatal accident that claimed the lives of two...
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13.3KCommission clears all airlines from Benin and Mozambique from EU Air Safety List
All air carriers from Benin and Mozambique were removed from the EU Air Safety List, while four individual airlines, one each from...
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8.4KALPA: Canada Must Enact Adequate Pilot Fatigue Rules Now
The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) today, before the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, highlighted the need for the...
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12.0KIneffective CRM and unstable approach led to August 2015 hard landing in Margaree, Nova Scotia
In its investigation report (A15A0054) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that ineffective crew resource management and an...
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11.3KLoss of directional control led to September 2015 collision with terrain near Sept-Îles, Quebec
In its investigation report (A15Q0126) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that a loss of directional control led...
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16.2KEASA and EC to Review the Effectiveness of the New Flight Time Limitations
The European Commission and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have set up a research study to review the effectiveness of the...
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6.8KSouth Supreme Airlines Aircraft Crashes in South Sudan
A South Supreme Airlines aircraft has crashed and burst into flames in South Sudan.
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15.4KIrish Coast Guard S-92 helicopter crashes with four on board
The Irish Coast Guard has confirmed that one of its search-and-rescue helicopters, a Sikorsky S-92 operated by CHC Helicopters, was involved in...
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11.6KPilots renew call for improved tracking on all aircraft on MH370 three-year anniversary
Today marks the three-year anniversary of one of the most high-profile aviation mysteries of all time, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight...
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14.1KBALPA: Exhausting European flight rules could lead to a pilot burnout crisis
Airlines are not doing enough to address fatiguing rosters and this will lead to many UK pilots suffering ‘burnout’ according to flight...
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11.2KLanding gear of a flybe airplane collapses during landing at Amsterdam
British regional airline flybe confirmed that one of its aircraft was involved in an accident today at Amsterdam Schiphol airport.
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16.2KSuper King Air 200 crashes into a shopping center near Essendon Airport, outside Melbourne
A Beechcraft Super King Air B200, registered VH-ZCR and carrying five people, crashed into a shopping center near Essendon Airport outside Melbourne...
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12.3KNumber of U.S. Helicopter Accidents Decrease, FAA says
The U.S. helicopter accident rate and the fatal helicopter accident rate have fallen for the third consecutive year, according to FAA data.
