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The crash of AirAsia 8501 on Sunday has raised questions about the safety record of Indonesia’s fast-growing aviation industry. While investigators search the Java Sea for clues to the cause of the crash, a New York Times report this week said Indonesia ranks low among other nations in airline safety practices and is one of […]
A law enforcement helicopter crashed in southeastern Arizona Wednesday, killing the pilot and a mechanic, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said. The helicopter was returning from Phoenix after routine maintenance when it crashed. The two on board were pronounced dead at the scene. The helicopter, leased by the sheriff’s office, is assigned a civilian crew […]
Two Las Vegas police officers were injured Wednesday when their helicopter crashed on a road near the city’s downtown, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The Hughes 369, owned by the city’s police department, landed on the road about 1:30 p.m. and emergency responders arrived, the newspaper said. The two officers were able to walk away […]
Investigators of the AirAsia jet crash are looking at evidence the A320 might have flown an “unbelievably” steep climb before crashing into the Java Sea, a Reuters report said Wednesday, quoting an unnamed official. Radar data transmitted before the aircraft disappeared Sunday indicate “this rate of climb is very high, too high. It appears to […]
Nine bodies have been recovered so far from the wreckage of the AirAsia jet that crashed in the Java Sea as bad weather continues to hamper the search for more bodies and the A320’s fuselage, Bloomberg reported Thursday morning.Sonar imaging had identified an object about 150 feet beneath the ocean surface which officials at first […]
A Cessna 404 Titan crashed in Centennial, Colorado, early Tuesday, killing the pilot. The wreckage stopped about 10 feet from a house in a suburban area about 4:30 a.m. The aircraft took off from Centennial Airport at 4:27 a.m., according to local media reports, and crashed five minutes later. The NTSB told a news conference […]
Indonesian authorities reported Tuesday that a warship had recovered several bodies in the Java Sea confirmed to have been victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, which vanished on a flight from Surbaya to Singapore on Sunday. Indonesia’s Strait Times said late Tuesday local time that the corvette Bung Tomo reported that more bodies are expected to […]
Back in the dark ages when j-school looked like it might lead to a sort of career, I was asked on a fall registration form to “state minor course of study, if any.” With all the thoughtful consideration a 21-year-old could muster, I checked the box next to Asian history. Somehow, sociology seemed boring and […]
The search resumed at daybreak Monday for the AirAsia Indonesia A320 that disappeared from radar above the Java Sea early Sunday morning. So far, several sightings of floating debris and oil slicks in the region have been checked out and found not to be associated with the jet. Government officials said the search will expand […]
Back in the 1970s, when transponders were just starting to be used, a pilot contacted Tucson Approach Control. Approach asked him if he “had a transponder on board.” To which the pilot responded:“No. Just the wife and I, headed to Phoenix.” Burke McClure
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