Accidents/NTSB

Mechanic: I’ll Pay For Crashed Heli

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to watch at HawaiiNewsNow.com. Earlier this month, a Robinson R22 helicopter flying a photo flight successfully auto-rotated onto a downtown Honolulu street and, now, the owner of the company that inspected the helicopter says he will pay to […]

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Sonex To Offer Transition Training

In a study of amateur-built aircraft completed last year, the NTSB cited a need for transition training to help new owners safely fly their airplanes, and this week Sonex said it has developed a training program for its fleet. Sonex said the FAA has authorized the company to provide flight training for pilots who are […]

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Maverick ‘Flying Car’ Crashes In Canada

Two men suffered minor injuries Friday when the Maverick “flying car” they were in crashed in an elementary schoolyard in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Children had just started classes for the day and no one on the ground was hurt. Ray Seibring, the pilot, and passenger Ed Haaskyk were on a demonstration flight of the […]

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Lost Russian Airplane Found

The burned wreckage of an Antonov An-2 biplane with 13 people on board that crashed last June in Russia was found late Saturday, and officials confirmed that all 13 were found dead at the scene. The airplane had taken off after 11 p.m. from an airport in the Ural mountains, reportedly by “revelers … who […]

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NTSB Plans ‘Urgent’ 787 Battery Tests

The FAA already has approved a fix to allow operators to re-launch the 787 fleet within weeks, but meanwhile the NTSB is still searching for the root cause of the battery problem. In a solicitation notice posted online Friday, the board said it is planning to conduct “teardown examinations as soon as possible of several […]

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Spokane Crew Likely On Crashed Tanker

It appears the three crew members lost in the overseas loss of a KC-135 tanker were from Spokane, Wash., but the aircraft was based in Kansas. Two of the three bodies have been recovered after the loaded tanker apparently exploded in flight and crashed in Kyrgyzstan. The aircraft was on its way to support the […]

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All Americans Aboard Crashed 747

Six Michigan residents and one from Louisville, Ky., have been identified as those aboard a National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400 that crashed on takeoff from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Monday. According to USA Today, pilot Brad Hasler of Trenton and Jeremy Lipka of Brooklyn, First Officers Jamie Brokaw of Monroe and Rinku Summan […]

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747 Crash Caught On Dash Cam

Warning: The video is graphic and may disturb some readers. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to watch on LiveLeak. An American-owned Boeing 747-400 operated by National Air Cargo crashed on takeoff from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan Monday killing all seven people aboard. […]

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NYPD: 9/11 Landing Gear Found In NYC

The NYPD said Friday that it believes a piece of wreckage found Wednesday in a narrow space between two buildings in lower Manhattan came from one of the jets that impacted the World Trade Center twelve years ago, but how it got there isn’t clear. According to a police spokesperson, the item was found by […]

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Pilot’s In-Flight Suicide?

The NTSB may remove itself from further investigation of the fatal crash of an RV-4 at Laughlin Bullhead International Airport, Ariz., Saturday April 20, after an autopsy determined the pilot died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head prior to the crash. First reports speculated that the pilot and sole occupant, 44-year-old Thomas Joseph, […]

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