24 February 2012The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) published the final report of their investigation into the fatal Embraer 120 loss of control accident at Darwin, Australia. The airplane crashed during a simulated engine failure on takeoff.
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Works & Transport released their investigation progress report regarding the January 2010 fatal accident involving a Ethiopian Flight 409 off the coast of Beirut. On January 25, 2010 a Boeing 737-8AS (WL) passenger jet, registered ET-ANB, was destroyed in an accident 6 km southwest off Beirut International Airport (BEY), Lebanon. All […]
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) today, October 5, opened the second day of their third aviation safety conference. The conference was attended by 250 professionals from the aviation industry. The theme for the two-day conference is “Loss of Control”. A topic well chosen because Loss of Control (LoC) accidents are considered a safety priority […]
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) today, October 4, opened their third aviation safety conference. The conference is being attended by 250 professionals from the aviation industry. The theme for the two-day conference is “Loss of Control”. A topic well chosen because Loss of Control (LoC) accidents are considered a safety priority by many organisations. […]
The fatal accident involving a Boeing 737-800 operated by Kenya Airways in May 2007 was caused by spatial disorientation and a loss of control, according to the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) investigation. The airplane crashed at night shortly after takeoff from Douala Airport (DLA), Cameroon, killing all 114 on board. The CCAA report indicated […]
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) a task to identify and develop recommendations on additional requirements for low speed alerting in new transport category airplanes. The action was triggered, amongst others, by the fatal accident involving a DHC-8-400 of Colgan Air in February 2009. All 49 on board […]