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Aircraft maintenance checks. Aircraft maintenance checks are periodic inspections that have to be done on all commercial and civil aircraft after a certain amount of time or usage. Military aircraft normally follow specific maintenance programmes which may, or may not, be similar to those of commercial and civil operators. [citation needed]
Fairchild F-27. A passenger entered the cockpit and shot the captain and then the first officer and finally himself, causing the aircraft fall out of control in a murder-suicide. The incident led to an FAA requirement to keep the cockpit door locked during flight in most circumstances. March 1, 1964.
The Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 formally defines an aviation accident as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, and in which (a) a person is fatally or seriously injured, (b) the aircraft sustains significant damage or ...
The aircraft was retired on August 10, 2018. [31] [32] October 19, 1996: Delta Air Lines Flight 554, operating with an MD-88, crashed while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The aircraft struck the runway approach lights and then the runway edge, shearing off the main landing gear. The aircraft, N914DL, was repaired and returned to ...
An in-flight breakup is a catastrophic failure of an aircraft structure that causes it to break apart in mid-air. This can result in the death of all occupants and the destruction of the aircraft. In-flight breakups are rare but devastating events that can be caused by various factors. Faults in the design or manufacturing of the aircraft can ...
An Airbus A321 from Iberia having its CFM56 changed. Aircraft maintenance is the performance of tasks required to ensure the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft part, including overhaul, inspection, replacement, defect rectification, and the embodiment of modifications, compliance with airworthiness directives and repair.
An Air Malta crewman performing a pre-flight inspection of an Airbus A320.. Aviation safety is the study and practice of managing risks in aviation. This includes preventing aviation accidents and incidents through research, educating air travel personnel, passengers and the general public, as well as the design of aircraft and aviation infrastructure.
Air Midwest Flight 5481. Air Moorea Flight 1121. Air Transat Flight 236. Alaska Airlines Flight 261. American Airlines Flight 1 (1962) American Airlines Flight 191. Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529. 1977 Aviateca Convair 240 crash.