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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. Swiss flight attendant died due to 'severe lack of oxygen ...

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    The 23-year-old flight attendant was working on Swiss Flight 1885 when it encountered an engine problem and filled with smoke. Swiss flight attendant died due to 'severe lack of oxygen' after the ...

  4. Loss of oxygen in cabin may have led to Virginia plane ... - AOL

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    A loss of oxygen is a leading theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew off course and over the nation’s capital Sunday before it crashed in rural Virginia. The Cessna Citation took off ...

  5. 'Catastrophic' gearbox failure cause of Osprey crash ... - AOL

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    The crash of an Air Force Osprey aircraft eight months ago in Japan that killed all eight airmen on board was caused by a “catastrophic failure” of one of the aircraft’s proprotor gearboxes ...

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Engine issues preceded fatal plane crash near Siler ... - AOL

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    The aircraft crashed about 12:45 p.m. Friday, landing in a wooded area and catching fire, the FAA reported. Flight instructor McMillan Abernathy, of Beech Mountain, and student Justin Strauss, of ...

  9. How common are plane engine fires and bird collisions? An ...

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    Or you can have a failure of some of the metal components within the engine. "Foreign object damage — in the form of, normally, birds — can also lead to engine fires. And when these things ...