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  2. Mechanical failure or human error? What might've caused ... - AOL

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    A number of factors, among them the long development cycles involved in manufacturing commercial and military aircraft, mean the systems used typically lag behind even inexpensive consumer-grade ...

  3. Technology that alerts pilots of other aircraft may have been ...

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    Scripps News spoke with aviation expert Kit Darby who explained why certain technologies may have been disabled before the deadly crash near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.

  4. List of aircraft structural failures - Wikipedia

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    Spine failure during 6G pitch-up at air show 1965-07-06 1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident: RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Handley Page Hastings: Design flaw 41 Right-hand elevator became uncontrollable due to metal fatigue-related failure of two bolts in elevator system [9] 1966-03-05 BOAC Flight 911: Mount Fuji, Japan Boeing 707-436

  5. Plane that crashed in Virginia lost contact with air ... - AOL

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    Rumpel told The Associated Press Tuesday that new radios had been installed in the plane two or three weeks ago and the aircraft was equipped with emergency oxygen.

  6. Category : Airliner accidents and incidents caused by ...

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    Pages in category "Airliner accidents and incidents caused by instrument failure" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  7. 'Almost everyone' in a photo of Southwest's emergency ... - AOL

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    Why you need oxygen if an aircraft cabin loses pressure. Flying at high altitudes with a hole in an airplane is, to put it lightly, dangerous. At altitudes above 15,000 feet, people struggle to ...

  8. Emergency oxygen system - Wikipedia

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    Most commercial aircraft that operate at high flight altitudes are pressurized at a maximum cabin altitude of approximately 8,000 feet. On most pressurized aircraft, if cabin pressurization is lost when the aircraft is flying at an altitude above 4,267 m (14,000 feet), compartments containing the oxygen masks will open automatically, either above or in front of the passenger and crew seats ...

  9. A US Navy pilot pulled off a heroic landing that saved ... - AOL

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    The Greyhound reportedly crashed due to an engine failure but somehow, the pilot managed a landing on the open seas. A US Navy pilot pulled off a heroic landing that saved 8 after engine failure ...