Category: Aviation
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Starship V3 Ship Makes Fiery Splashdown In Indian Ocean As Planned
SpaceX’s Starship V3 lands in Indian Ocean on 2 engines. It fell over and exploded as expected to massive cheers from SpaceX’s employees. Our wrap up of today’s launch will be posted shortly. SpaceX never intended to land and recover the Ship 39 upper stage. It did appear to survive reentry with no evidence of…
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YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft Returns To Flight With Software Fix After Crash
The YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft has resumed flight testing after a six-week pause that began when one of the drones crashed in early April. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, which builds the YFQ-42A, announced the return to flight May 21 and said a safety review conducted by the Air Force and GA determined the crash was…
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Hobe Sound Florida – Flight Instructor And Student Pilot Unhurt
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office and Fire Rescue both responded to a report of a plane that made an emergency landing in a field in Hobe Sound just after 3p.m. May 22. Sheriff’s officials said on social media the plane had some type of engine malfunction. A flight instructor and student pilot were on board.…
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Air Boss Orders Flight Demo Team Safety Stand Down Following Growler Crash
U.S. Naval Air Forces issued a safety stand down for four tactical aviation teams following a crash between two EA-18G Growlers at an air show over the weekend. All four Naval aviators ejected from the two aircraft, assigned to the “Vikings” of VAQ-129 EA-18G Growler Demo Team out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.…
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United Passenger Reportedly Attempts To Open Door At 36,000 Feet, Forcing Plane To Divert
A United Airlines flight out of New Jersey was forced to divert to Virginia after an unruly passenger caused a major disturbance on board, according to the Federal Aviation administration (FAA). United Flight 1551 was headed to Guatemala City on Thursday, May 21 when, according to Air Traffic Control audio obtained by ABC News, a…
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The US Navy Lost $136 Million Worth Of Jets In An Air Show Crash. Why Risk It?
The crash of two US Navy jets at an Idaho air show last weekend is raising questions about why the Pentagon risks multimillion-dollar warplanes – and their crews – for entertainment. “Those calls are almost always part of the noise surrounding an accident,” said John Venable, a senior resident fellow at the Mitchell Institute for…
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NTSB Removes UPS Flight 2976 Spectrogram Fearing Individuals May Reconstruct CVR Audio From Sound Spectrum Imagery
The National Transportation Safety Board has temporarily taken its docket system offline after discovering that modern image recognition and computational tools may allow people to reconstruct approximate cockpit voice recorder audio from sound spectrum images released during investigations. The concern emerged during the ongoing probe into the 2025 crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville.…
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A Van’s RV-7 Flipped Over Upon Landing At Jaffrey Airport, N.H. Both Occupants Were Injured
Two were injured Thursday (May 21st) when a small plane crashed at Jaffrey Airport, prompting a large emergency response. At just before noon on Thursday, fire, ambulance and police crews responded to the Silver Ranch Airpark for a report of a plane crash, where an RV-7, a small, home-built kit plane, had crashed and rolled,…
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$261k Fine, Guilty Verdict: Air France, Airbus Found ‘Entirely Responsible’ For 2009 Plane Crash
French airline Air France and aircraft manufacturer Airbus have been found guilty of “corporate manslaughter” in a case linked to the tragic 2009 plane crash that killed 228 people. Although a lower court acquitted the companies in 2023, the Paris Appeals Court found them guilty on Thursday following an eight-week trial tied to what has…
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Passenger Removed Showed No Symptoms – Air France Flight to Detroit Diverted to Canada Over Suspected Ebola Case
An Air France flight from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Montreal on Wednesday due to U.S. flight restrictions linked to the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa after it was determined that one of the passengers was from the Democratic Republic of Congo, federal officials and the airline said. Air France boarded the…
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