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When do you use an aircraft maintenance engineers’ logbook?
Jun 19 2016 | Comments (39)
The aircraft maintenance engineers’ logbook has been around for years, but in what ways do the engineers’ use their logboo...
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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...
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...
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...
Accidents that changed aviation: Improving cockpit communication
May 22 2018 | Comments (6)
Aviation’s worst disaster occurred on March 27, 1977, when two 747s collided on a runway in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Five...
Just Culture Stories: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
May 18 2018 | Comments (2)
BY DR. BILL JOHNSON The author tells three stories about voluntary reporting and just culture. Fitting for this month’s...
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 ...
FBI Offers Reward for Capture of Fugitive Mechanic in ValuJet Crash
Apr 17 2018 | Comments (1)
The FBI is still seeking Mauro Ociel Valenzuela-Reyes, a mechanic who worked for ValuJet Airlines' maintenance contractor,...
Divers To Search For Stolen C-130 In The English Channel
Mar 30 2018 | Comments (17)
Mechanic Reportedly Took The Plane In 1969 In An Effort To Fly Home To Virginia. In May of 1969, military mechanic Sgt....
GULFSTREAM CAPTAIN KILLED BY CABIN DOOR
Mar 18 2018 | Comments (9)
Gulfstream G150, Jan. 4, 2018, Kittilä, Finland The German captain of an Austrian-registered Gulfstream G150 was killed...
NTSB: Fan Blade Separation Led To United B777 Cowling Loss
Mar 18 2018 | Comments (5)
Preliminary Report Offers Few Other Details The NTSB has released a preliminary report on an incident which occurred on a ...