Accidents

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Jul 26, 2011 - 7:25 AM
A Let L-410 operated by Brazilian regional Noar Airlines crashed soon after takeoff from Recife, Brazil, on July 13, killing all 14 passengers and two pilo
Jul 14, 2011 - 11:00 AM
In a board meeting Tuesday, the NTSB <a href="http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2011/butte_mt/synopsis.html">pinned the blame</a> for the <a href="news/singl
Jul 5, 2011 - 10:00 AM
Both the U.S.-registered business jet and turboprop segments worldwide experienced more fatal accidents in the first half of this year, compared with the s
Jun 30, 2011 - 5:20 AM
When Robert Barnes, president of the <a href="http://iaftp.org/">International Association of Flight Training Providers</a>, read the initial BEA report on
Jun 30, 2011 - 5:15 AM
When the French BEA released a partial cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcript of the Air France Flight 447 accident in late May, pundits wasted no time un
Jun 29, 2011 - 7:20 AM
The NTSB’s final report on the fatal 2009 accident that killed a New Mexico State Police (NMSP) helicopter pilot and the hiker he had just rescued is sharp
Jun 27, 2011 - 4:28 AM
The NTSB is investigating the forced landing of a vintage B-17 Flying Fortress near Aurora Municipal Airport in Illinois last month.
Jun 26, 2011 - 9:25 AM
Preliminary Report: Global Suffers Wing Strike on Landing <b>Bombardier Global Express XRS, Teterboro, N.J., April 21, 2011–</b>While the twinjet was land
Data found in the flight recorders indicate that the crew maintained pitch-up...
Jun 6, 2011 - 6:48 AM
French BEA accident investigators on May 27 released factual information they have found in reading data from Air France Flight 447’s recorders, in hope of
Jun 1, 2011 - 5:00 AM
In an astonishing verdict, Brazilian federal judge Murilo&nbsp;Mendes&nbsp;on on May 19 found the air traffic controller most involved in the September 200