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NTSB Publishes Additional Comments on Ethiopia’s Final Report on 737 MAX 8 Accident

24 January 2023 News by Gary Searing

WASHINGTON (Jan. 24, 2023) — The National Transportation Safety Board released additional comments on the Ethiopian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (EAIB) final report of the March 10, 2019, crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane. The new comments, provided to the EAIB’s investigator-in-charge, detail the NTSB’s concerns about several of the
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Indonesia, Australia discuss wildlife hazard management in aviation

19 January 2023 News by Gary Searing

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Directorate General of Civil Aviation at the Transportation Ministry of Indonesia held an aviation safety workshop, with focus on Wildlife Hazard Management, in collaboration with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia. “The Wildlife Hazard workshop discusses disturbances in flight operations caused by wild animals, especially from bird strikes around the
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Bird strike warnings resurface amid probe into deadly Nepal plane crash

18 January 2023 News by Gary Searing

KATHMANDU — On the morning of Jan. 16, the day after Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, killing all 72 people on board, authorities at the newly inaugurated airport were alarmed by yet another incident. A plane plying the same Kathmandu-Pokhara route as the ill-fated Flight 691 struck a steppe eagle (Aquila
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France’s BEA unhappy with final Ethiopian Airlines MAX crash report

7 January 2023 News by Gary Searing

The French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA), brought in to assist Ethiopian authorities in 2019, is the latest to add additional comments to the investigation’s final report. The BEA has asked Ethiopian authorities to revise the report on the 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8, claiming that concerns raised in the
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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Four Missing After Offshore Helicopter Crashes in Gulf of Mexico

29 December 2022 News by Gary Searing

The Coast Guard suspended its search for four people aboard a helicopter after it crashed approximately 10 miles off Southwest Pass, Louisiana, on Thursday. The search was suspended at 6:15 p.m. after rescue crews searched approximately 180 square miles over 8 hours. Coast Guard District Eight watchstanders received a call at approximately 8:40 a.m. from Rotorcraft Leasing
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Military Training Plane of Turkish Stars Team Crashed in Konya

6 December 2022 News by Gary Searing

The pilot is alive, he managed to eject. In the Karatay district of Konya, the F-5 plane belonging to the Turkish Stars team crashed as a result of a bird strike. The pilot reportedly escaped by jumping out of the plane. Ministry of National Defense of Turkey noted that the pilot is alive having managed
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South Korean KF-16 crash caused by bird strike

21 November 2022 News by Gary Searing

The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) said that the crash of a KF-16 on June 8, 2021, was caused by a bird strike. On June 8, 2021, a ROKAF pilot was forced to eject from his KF-16 fighter during a takeoff run. The incident took place at Seosan Air Base (HMY) in western South
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Air Force investigating damaged B-52 bomber after midair bird strike

9 November 2022 News by Gary Searing

An Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber was recently damaged in a skirmish along the northern U.S. border with foes a fraction of its size: birds. Air Force spokesperson Justin Oakes said Tuesday that a B-52H at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, hit a flock of birds in midair Nov. 3, prompting an investigation into
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Cause of the plane crash in Yeysk, Russia named: seagulls are guilty

24 October 2022 News by Gary Searing

Russia authorities have come to the conclusion that the crash of a military plane in Yeysk (Russia), as a result of which 15 people died, was caused by the ingress of seagulls into the engine of the bomber. Source: TASS, citing a source in the security forces Details: Two seagulls had got into the engine
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In-flight break-up involving a Bell 206L-1 LongRanger, registered VH-ZMF, near Maroota, NSW, on 9 July 2022

6 October 2022 News by Gary Searing

This preliminary report details factual information established in the investigation’s early evidence collection phase, and has been prepared to provide timely information to the industry and public. Preliminary reports contain no analysis or findings, which will be detailed in the investigation’s final report. The information contained in this preliminary report is released in accordance with
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