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No passenger may be turned away due to their disability, except for reasons based on safety, and each passenger is entitled to two personal-assistance devices, including a wheelchair. Assistance should be provided to these passengers, either through the airport or a third party hired by the airport, and the EU provides guidance in training ...
The decompression also ruptured all four hydraulic lines which controlled the aircraft's mechanical flight controls. The pilots were able to continue flying the aircraft with very limited control, but after 32 minutes the aircraft crashed into a mountain, killing 520 of the 524 people aboard in the deadliest single aircraft disaster in history ...
Title IV made the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA) inapplicable to aviation incidents, thereby broadening the circumstances under which relatives can seek compensation for the death of a family member in an aviation incident over the ocean. AIR 21 also includes a legislative advance for air travelers with disabilities.
It was a U.S. Army Black Hawk, with the call sign PAT25, that crashed with the American Airlines plane in midair, according to Aviation Safety Network, which provides information on aircraft ...
A. Accident classification; Administrative Company of International Airports; AEDC Ballistic Range S-3; Aeronautical fixed service; Air operator's certificate
A crane retrieves part of the wreckage from the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the river (REUTERS)
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.
For light general aviation, i.e. involving aircraft under 2250 kg MTOM, 159 persons lost their lives in accidents with EU-registered aircraft within the EU-28 territory in 2018. This category includes, in addition to smaller aeroplanes, balloons, dirigibles, para- and motorgliders, microlights and small helicopters.