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When do you use an aircraft maintenance engineers’ logbook?
Jun 19 2016 | Comments (38)
The aircraft maintenance engineers’ logbook has been around for years, but in what ways do the engineers’ use their logboo...
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After SWA 1380, is it time for deep human factors study of emergencies?
May 01 2018 | Comments (11)
Images from inside the cabin of Southwest Airlines flight 1380, which made an emergency landing in Philadelphia following ...
Chinese airliner makes emergency landing after cockpit window falls out nearly sucking co-pilot out of cabin
May 29 2018 | Comments (4)
An airliner was forced to make an emergency landing in southwest China after part of the cockpit window fell out in mid-fl...
Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330 returns to Brisbane Airport, reportedly with two pitot tubes still covered
Aug 05 2018 | Comments (2)
Malaysia Airlines flight MH134, an Airbus A330-200, returned to land at Brisbane International Airport, Australia after th...
NTSB Cites Corrosion In FedEx Accident
Sep 02 2018 | Comments (2)
A landing gear collapse that caused a FedEx cargo jet to skid off the runway and subsequently catch fire in 2016 was cause...
Technician Accidentally Sets off an F-16 Cannon, Blows Up Another F-16
Oct 29 2018 | Comments (1)
This sounds like something straight out of a goofy military comedy, but I assure you this is real: a Belgian technician ac...
Omitted pin led MD-11F to shed nose-wheel at Buenos Aires
Nov 27 2018 | Comments (55)
Argentinean investigators have concluded that omission of a pin following a Boeing MD-11F nosewheel replacement led the ai...
Frontier A320 at Las Vegas on Nov 30th 2018, engine doors separated
Dec 08 2018 | Comments (56)
A Frontier Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N227FR performing flight F9-260 from Las Vegas,NV to Tampa,FL (USA) with...
Florida man decapitated in freak helicopter accident identified, authorities say
Jan 20 2019 | Comments (7)
A maintenance man working on a helicopter in south Florida was decapitated in a freak accident last Thursday after the mai...
Mechanic's error blamed for 2017 German helicopter crash in Mali
Jan 20 2019 | Comments (1)
The 2017 crash of a German army Tiger helicopter in Mali which resulted in the death of two crew members was caused by a m...
DGCA to conduct inquiry, take action in death of Spicejet technician at Kolkata airport
Jul 22 2019 | Comments (4)
The Civil Aviation Ministry Thursday said the DGCA will conduct a detailed inquiry and take appropriate action in the deat...
