Tag: aviation safety
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“Another Aircraft Might Have Clipped Your Tail” – ATC To ANA As United Aircraft Makes Contact
A United Airlines aircraft taxiing to the gate at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) clipped the tail of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Cargo Boeing 777Fon Thursday. According to aviation insider JonNYC, it is believed to be a ‘light scrape’ with very minor damage. ANA confirmed the incident and is still working to verify information…
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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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$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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BOEING VS AIRBUS: Could Fly-By-Wire Technology Have Prevented the Al-171 Disaster?
The debate between Boeing and Airbus safety philosophy is once again under intense scrutiny after reports surrounding Air India Flight AI-171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, suggested the aircraft may have lost power after fuel switches were moved to the OFF position during the critical takeoff phase. If true, the question shaking the aviation world is…
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DGCA Team To Travel To Boeing Facility In Us For Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s Fuel Control Switch Testing
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will soon travel to plane maker Boeing’s facility in Seattle to test the fuel control switches (FCS) panel from a Boeing 787, which operated between London’s Heathrow airport and Bengaluru airport in February this year. Air India ordered a precautionary fleet-wide reinspection of the FCS latch on its…
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Air Force Pauses All T-38 Trainer Flights, A Week After Alabama Crash
The Air Force on May 19 announced it has temporarily halted all T-38 Talon flights, a week after one of the decades-old trainer jets crashed. The fleetwide operational pause, which the service said in a statement is being made “out of an abundance of caution,” will affect units within Air Education and Training Command, Air…
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UPS Cockpit Audio Reveals Moments Before Fatal Crash, Last-Minute Plane Swap Central To Investigation
The two-day investigative hearing in Washington, D.C. shed light on the moments preceding the aircraft’s departure as well. The report states that a last-minute aircraft substitution placed the crew on a different plane than originally scheduled to fly. Investigators say the aircraft had been assigned as a replacement after another plane developed a fuel leak…
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Seconds From Disaster: How These “Zero-Zero” Martin-Baker Ejection Seats Saved Four Crew Members In Idaho Jet Crash
Two U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler electronic warfare jets collided mid-air during the “Gunfighter Skies” air show near Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho on May 17, 2026. What could have turned into one of the deadliest military air show disasters in recent years instead became an incredible demonstration of pilot training, split-second decision making,…
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Two Fighter Jets Collide And Crash During An Air Show In Idaho. 4 Crew Members Safely Ejected
All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said. The collision involved two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island, Washington, said Cmdr. Amelia Umayam, spokesperson for Naval…
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Jury Orders Boeing To Pay $49.5 Million To Family Of 737 MAX Crash Victim
A federal jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million Wednesday to the family of a young woman who was killed when a Boeing 737 MAX jet crashed in Ethiopia in 2019. The verdict resolves one of the last remaining cases stemming from two deadly crashes that killed a total of 346 people and happened within months…
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