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Tag Archives: Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters
Boeing’s 737 Max Is a Saga of Capitalism Gone Awry
A corporate culture that privileged profits over safety had terrible consequences.
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Boeing’s 737 Max Will Be Flying Again. Here’s What You Need to Know
It will take weeks, if not months, for American, United and Southwest to get the plane back into service — and reassure travelers about its safety.
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Boeing 737 Max Is Cleared by F.A.A. to Resume Flights
The U.S. agency said changes in software, design and training had made the plane safe to operate after two fatal crashes and 20 months out of service.
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Helicopter Crash in Egypt Kills 8 Sinai Peacekeepers
Six Americans are among the dead. The Multinational Force and Observers said there was nothing to suggest the crash was anything but an accident.
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The Sunday Read: ‘Lost in the Deep’
The epic hunt for a lost World War II aircraft carrier.
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Navy Plane Crashes in Alabama, Killing Crew
The plane crashed into a residential area. No civilians on the ground were injured, the authorities said.
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Jetpack Sighted Again Above Los Angeles, This Time at 6,000 Feet
Federal officials are looking into the second such sighting in just six weeks. Two airline pilots previously spotted a man in a jetpack at an altitude of 3,000 feet.
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Europe Can Impose Tariffs on U.S. in Long-Running Aircraft Battle
The World Trade Organization gave the European Union permission to tax up to $4 billion of American products annually in return for subsidies given to Boeing
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Stephen Barnes, Partner in Law Firm With Cellino, Dies at 61
A jingle helped them transform a two-partner practice in Buffalo into a 50-lawyer personal injury behemoth in New York State and California. Mr. Barnes died in a plane crash.
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Queens Seaplane Crash Kills One and Seriously Injures Two
The plane, “traveling rather fast along the water, skipped twice and hit the pier,” the New York fire commissioner said.
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Steve Barnes, of Cellino & Barnes Law Firm, Dies in Plane Crash
Mr. Barnes, one half of the personal injury firm known for its infectious jingle, was flying a small plane when it crashed in upstate New York, killing him and a passenger.
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Bipartisan House Bill Aims to Fix Boeing 737 Max Safety Lapses
The measure seeks to strengthen the Federal Aviation Administration and impose tougher penalties on corporate executives who undermine regulators.
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Kobe Bryant’s Widow Sues L.A. County Sheriff Over Crash Site Photos
Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit alleges that at least eight deputies took and shared graphic photographs of the victims.
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House Report Condemns Boeing and F.A.A. in 737 Max Disasters
A committee’s Democrats say two fatal crashes were a “horrific culmination” of engineering flaws, mismanagement and oversight lapses.
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3 Air National Guard Members Killed in Plane Crash in Tennessee
The crash, which occurred near an airport 70 miles southeast of Nashville, is being investigated by the F.A.A. and the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Deliveries Slowed by Quality Concerns
The company said it was stepping up inspections, citing new manufacturing problems. Federal regulators are also looking into production flaws.
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A Gender-Reveal Celebration Is Blamed for a Wildfire. It Wasn’t the First Time.
The El Dorado fire in California ignited as a family was using a “pyrotechnic device” to announce the gender of a new baby, the authorities said.
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Jet Pack Sighting at 3,000 Feet Over Los Angeles Prompts Investigation
Two commercial pilots approaching the city’s main airport reported a man out for a high-altitude spin. The F.B.I. is looking into it.
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Bald Eagle Sends Government Drone Into Lake Michigan
A Michigan state environmental agency, which is abbreviated E.G.L.E., lost a $950 drone in the aerial battle.
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Air Force Helicopter Hit by Gunfire Was Forced to Make Emergency Landing, F.B.I. Says
One crew member was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to the authorities, who said they were investigating the shooting.
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Storm, Runway and Perhaps Pilot Error Are Cited in India Air Crash
As investigators sought the cause of a jetliner accident that killed 18 people, blame began to fall on the pilot and the hilltop runway.
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Air India Plane With 180 Passengers Skids Off Runway and Cracks in Half
The plane had been returning from Dubai when it skidded off a rain-soaked airport runway in the state of Kerala in southern India. Images from Indian media showed the fuselage had split.
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Alaska Midair Collision Kills 7, Officials Say
Gary Knopp, a Republican member of the State House of Representatives, was among those killed. He was piloting one of the planes.
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Plane With Six Aboard Crashes Into Backyard in Utah City
Those on board and a person who was in a house were injured, an official said. There was no immediate word on fatalities.
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8 People Believed Dead After Planes Collide and Crash Into Idaho Lake
All 8 passengers and crew members on both planes are believed to have died, according to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office in Kootenai County.
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Boeing 737 Max Test Flights to Begin
The flights, which could begin as soon as Monday, are a major step in getting the plane flying again.
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Before Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant, Helicopter Service Raised Weather Concerns
The pilot texted “weather looking OK” on the morning of the crash, which killed all nine people aboard the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, according to newly released documents.
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U.S. Fighter Jet Crashes in Britain, With One Pilot Aboard
The British authorities were searching for the pilot, whose status American officials said was “unknown at this time.”
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Georgia Plane Crash Kills 5, Including Two Children
Two 6-year-old children were among the dead. The family was flying from Florida to a funeral in Indiana, the authorities said.
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Pakistanis Await Grim Word on IDs of Plane Crash Victims
Officials were using DNA samples to identify many of the 97 bodies pulled from rubble and smoldering wreckage after a flight went down in a congested neighborhood near Karachi.
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Plane Crashes in Pakistan With at Least 91 Aboard
The plane, an Airbus A320, crashed in a residential area near the Karachi airport, officials said.
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I’ve Been Sounding Taps Since My Ship Was Attacked in 1945
I played Taps for my fallen brothers-in-arms after a kamikaze pilot attacked our ship during World War II. I now play it every year on Memorial Day.
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Canadian Snowbirds Jet Crashes During Tribute to Coronavirus Workers
The jet crashed into a house in Kamloops, British Columbia. There was no immediate word on deaths or injuries.
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Kobe Bryant Autopsy Report Is Released After Helicopter Crash
The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in January, killing Mr. Bryant and eight others, didn’t have alcohol or drugs in his system. The victims all died from blunt trauma.
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Navy Reports Describe Encounters With Unexplained Flying Objects
While some of the encounters have been reported publicly before, the Navy records are an official accounting of the incidents, including descriptions from the pilots of what they saw.
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Coronanvirus Aid Plane That Crashed in Somalia May Have Been Shot Down, Report Says
The Kenyan-registered aircraft was delivering much-needed humanitarian supplies for the fight against the coronavirus when it crashed.
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Southwest Flight Hits and Kills Person on Austin Airport Runway
Flight 1392 landed at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Thursday night and tried to avoid the collision, the airline said. Medical teams said the person died at the scene.
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Houston Police Helicopter Crash Kills 1 Officer and Injures Another
The officers were investigating a report of bodies in a bayou when the helicopter crashed near an apartment building, the authorities said.
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Harrison Ford Strayed Onto an Active Runway in His Plane
The episode was being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, which ordered the actor to complete awareness training in 2017.
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When Airplanes and Zeppelins Competed to Conquer the Skies
Alexander Rose’s “Empires of the Sky” recounts the race to dominate the air.
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Boeing to Restart Production in Washington State With 27,000 Workers
The aerospace giant said employees in the Puget Sound area would begin manufacturing commercial planes by the end of next week.
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Drugs and Stunts Cited in Plane Crash That Killed Roy Halladay
The Hall of Fame pitcher had high levels of amphetamine and other prescription drugs in his system when he crashed off the Florida coast in 2017, a federal report said.
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