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First Officer Edward H. Saunders, aged 33, had been employed by National Airlines since 1965, with 7,086 flight hours of which 445 hours were on the DC-10. Flight Engineer Golden W. Hanks, aged 55, employed by National Airlines since 1950, with 17,814 flight hours of which 1,252 flight hours were on the DC-10.
An aviation incident is any operating event that compromises safety but does not progress to an aviation accident. Preventing accidents and incidents is the main goal of aviation safety . One of the earliest recorded aviation accidents occurred on May 10, 1785, when a hot air balloon crashed in the town of Tullamore , County Offaly , Ireland.
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The Aviation Safety Reporting System, or ASRS, is the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) voluntary confidential reporting system that allows pilots, air traffic controllers, cabin crew, dispatchers, maintenance technicians, ground operations, and UAS operators and drone flyers to confidentially report near misses or close call events in the interest of improving aviation safety.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 767-269ER [a] registered as N251MY with serial number 23280. [1] The 131st Boeing 767 built, it first flew on January 30, 1986, and was delivered to Kuwait Airways approximately seven weeks later. While owned by Kuwait Airways, the airframe was leased at times to EgyptAir, Qatar Airways, and Polynesian Airlines.
Pages in category "Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents" The following 121 pages are in this category, out of 121 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Aircraft crashes with a high number of ground fatalities typically occur in areas where there are large congregations of people, such as buildings, marketplaces, neighborhoods, and sporting events. As of 25 January 2025, 64 accidents and incidents have resulted in at least twelve ground fatalities, fourteen at least 50 ground fatalities, and ...
Douglas DC-4 of Pacific Western Airlines in 1959. The Douglas DC-4 is a piston-engine airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1942 to 1947. . The type was originally designed as a commercial airliner, but until the end of World War II, all were built as military transpo